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When people are anxious before getting surgery, doctors and nurses often tell them to take slow, deep breaths with long exhalations. It may seem like an inadequate way to quell anxiety, but in many ...

Experts believe most people could benefit from improving their breathing patterns. Before you read on, take this test to find out how healthy your own breath rate is. Test Your Breathing Continue ...

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Many of us think of breathing as the most boring and natural thing in the world. We do it all day every day without thinking. But a host of experts insist we’re underappreciating the incredible power ...

Insomnia is a common problem. You may find it hard to fall asleep or stay asleep, or you may wake up too early and not be able to go back to sleep. Certain breathing techniques can help you relax and ...

Breathing is a unique process in the human body. Unlike, for example, digestion, breathing has both an involuntary control mechanism as well as voluntary; it can shift between being piloted and being ...

Box breathing, also referred to as square breathing, is a deep breathing technique that can help you slow down your breathing. It works by distracting your mind as you count to four, calming your ...

Here’s one type of breathing that you could eventually get behind, so to speak—a way to essentially breathe through your butt. It would involve squirting an oxygen-carrying liquid up your butt to then ...

Living with a plugged nose isn’t fun, but James Nestor was ready. Plus, it was for science. While researching his book, “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art,” Nestor let Stanford University ...