Graph showing Biot's respiration and other pathological breathing patterns.

ventilation is the physiological mechanisms involved in the control of breathing, which is the movement of air into and out of the lungs. Ventilation ...

The 4-7-8 breathing may help you better manage your breathing. It involves inhaling for 4 seconds, holding your breath for 7 seconds, and exhaling for 8 seconds. This is typically practiced as a ...

Panelists discuss how the differential diagnosis for Friedreich's Ataxia involves distinguishing it from other ataxias, the process of definitive diagnosis through genetic testing, and the ...

Ujjayi breathing is a technique that allows you to calm your mind by focusing on your breath. The goal is to help you override thoughts that could distract you from your meditative state.

Difficulty breathing—whether it's wheezing, chest pain or tightness, shortness of breath, or coughing—is characteristic of asthma. But it can also occur with gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), ...

Sleep apnea is a common condition that causes your breathing to stop intermittently while asleep. You may be wondering how serious this is or even asking, “Can sleep apnea kill you?” It is extremely ...

The method involves breathing exercises and cold exposure in the form of ice baths or very cold showers. Hof views his method as a meditative approach to improving health and well-being.

Expert Rev Neurother. 2013;13(11):1201-1220.

It is named for Nicholas Friedreich, a German pathologist who described the condition in the 1860s and 1870s.According to an article about Friedreich published in the Journal of Neurochemistry in 2013 ...