Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.

How you breathe during strength training directly affects muscle engagement, core stability and power output. Dana Santas explains in the last of this five-part series.

We breathe to sustain life but, aside from its most essential role, breathing supports the health of your body and mind in many other ways. More specifically, your breathing rate and patterns help ...

Mindful breathing teaches you to focus on the present moment and relax. It has been shown to reduce anxiety and help with ...

Taking a deep breath can help assuage anxiety, calm your heart rate, and even lower blood pressure (BP). In fact, Daniel Harrison Craighead, Ph.D., an assistant research professor of integrative ...

Feeling anxious or overwhelmed at work? The 4-7-8 breathing technique, created by Dr. Andrew Weil, is a simple, one-minute method that helps calm your body and reset your focus.

Somewhere in Earth’s past, some branches on the tree of life adopted a body plan that made breathing and cooling down considerably more efficient than how mammalian bodies like ours do it. This ...