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

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While there is no general consensus on this, the Ohio State University estimates the safe limit for holding your breath at 1 ...

During Healthy Lung Month and the cold part of the year, you might be thinking a little more than normal about the way you breathe. But during any part of the year, we all need to get oxygen to live.

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' lungs can regenerate after injury. A failure of this repair process is a ...

New runners can feel as though their lungs are burning after running for some distance. Running forces you to breathe more rapidly, meaning your lungs work harder to get oxygen throughout your body.

For years we’ve thought of heart health as critical for living a long life. Yet an increasing number of studies have found that lung capacity may in fact be just as important a predictor of longevity.

When a person inhales, their lungs absorb oxygen from the air to carry through to their bloodstream. The lungs release carbon dioxide when an individual exhales. Some manufacturers of vitamins claim ...

Cheryl Russell of Highland Beach, FL, doesn’t indulge in what she calls “symptom chasing.” After more than three decades with lupus, she refuses to head to the doctor every time she has joint pain or ...

Delhi's air pollution has become a serious health emergency, Dr Harsh Vardhan Puri, chest surgeon at Medanta Hospital, warns.