You arrive for a difficulty-breathing emergency. The patient is alert and oriented and complaining of difficulty breathing. The patient appears to be mildly distressed and slightly anxious, but vitals ...

Persistent exhaustion is often blamed on stress, workload, or poor sleep, but a growing body of research points to something ...

If you’re lucky enough to live to 80, you’ll take up to a billion breaths in the course of your life, inhaling and exhaling enough air to fill about 50 Goodyear blimps or more. We take about 20,000 ...

Breathing and swallowing processes are closely interrelated in their central control and are highly coordinated. Many muscles and structures have dual roles in respiration and swallowing. Neural ...

Winter often brings more than chilly mornings and cosy evenings but it can also trigger respiratory problems like cough, congestion, sore throat, and mild breathing difficulties. Cold air, dust, and ...

Respiratory therapists help people breathe. And they’ve never been as valued as during the COVID-19 pandemic, when breathing was no longer a basic body function. “It was surreal,” says Roger Plummer, ...

Breathing is something most people take for granted—until it becomes harder than it should be. With rising concerns over air quality, seasonal allergies, and respiratory challenges from conditions ...