Study finds cheap nasal spray rivals steroids for children’s sleep breathing issues, could curtail surgeries

Saline spray is as effective as a steroid spray for treating sleep-disordered breathing in children, resolving symptoms for about 40-44% of kids in a clinical trial. This simple, over-the-counter treatment could prevent many unnecessary tonsil surgeries, which are common, costly and carry risks, while also reducing surgical wait times. The saline spray works physiologically by […]