Sighing can ease lung function, with deep breathing playing a crucial role in restoring the lung's pliability, say scientists in an international study, in findings that could point to new ways of ...

lungThe respiratory system represents one of the body’s most remarkable yet often overlooked systems, automatically adjusting to our needs whether we’re sleeping, walking, or exercising intensely.

Breathing is a vital action, so automatic that we forget about it. However, to produce speech, breathing must be modulated to ...

More than half of all premature babies born before the 28th week of pregnancy develop respiratory distress syndrome shortly ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology, ...

Scientists have created a model alveolar system that mimics the breathing action of the human lung and allows visualization of flow patterns within the alveoli. The chip they designed includes tubes ...

A recent study in Frontiers in Psychiatry found that yoga breathing can help reduce anxiety. Researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 30 participants who were new to yoga breathing and ...

Accessory muscle breathing means using muscles other than those typically used for breathing to take in and expel air. One example is the subclavius — between the collarbone and the top rib — which ...

Breathing comes naturally and easily when our lungs are healthy. However, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing are among the symptoms of COVID-19 that can linger for some patients after ...

A recent study in Frontiers in Psychiatry found that yoga breathing can help reduce anxiety. Researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 30 participants who were new to yoga breathing and ...