A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...

Alveoli are tiny air sacs in your lungs that take up the oxygen you breathe in and keep your body going. Although they’re microscopic, alveoli are the workhorses of your respiratory system. People ...

A recent review provides insight into the clinical progression of treatment-naive patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 who have lost ambulation. Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

—Lower respiratory tract infections occurring during early childhood were associated with poorer lung function at school age. Both upper and lower respiratory infections during early childhood were ...

Assisted ventilation for extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks of gestation) has become less invasive, but it is unclear whether such developments in care are associated with improvements in short-term ...

Simple daily habits—deep breathing, exercise, posture, and diet—can strengthen lungs, reduce infection risk, and improve overall wellness. (Image: Pexels) Our lungs spend whatever second ticking of ...

Dear A.T.R.: Both colds and influenza (the "flu") are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused ...

We all know that asthma impacts breathing. What may be less known is that the disease, which restricts our airways due to ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers created the Sleep and Dementia Consortium, comprising five population-based cohort studies. Study: Sleep Architecture, Obstructive Sleep ...

The respiratory health of 268 brickworkers in five brickworks was investigated by means of a questionnaire, a physical examination, and pulmonary function testing. The prevalence of respiratory ...