“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

“Respiratory tract infections remain the leading cause of infectious disease presentations, often spreading through droplets. Gastrointestinal infections follow closely, with safe food handling and ...

That feeling of struggling to breathe normally might seem like a simple sign of being out of shape, but medical experts warn it could signal something more serious. Shortness of breath, known ...

As humans evolved over many thousands of years, our bodies developed a system to help us when we start running and suddenly need more oxygen. Now, using that innate reflex as inspiration, UCLA ...

Dr. Shrirang Gadrey saw the tragedy play out far too many times: A patient's breathing would be stable in the morning, but— without much warning—abruptly collapse by the afternoon, necessitating life ...

Breathing feels naturally ‘automatic,’ so the involuntary action doesn't draw much attention, until something disrupts and your breathing falls out of rhythm. How you breathe can also signal ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves patients exhausted and struggling with brain fog - and it typically gets worse after mental or physical exercise, a phenomenon called post-exertional malaise. Now ...

ATLANTA -- Asthma sufferers and others with breathing problems are turning up at hospitals and doctors' waiting rooms, wheezing and hacking. Schoolchildren are being kept inside at recess. And people ...

Researchers think they’ve found a way to improve breathing problems among patients with spinal cord injuries A group of brain and spinal cord nerve cells called interneurons boost breathing when a ...