News tagged with breathing
Study: Cigarette smoking does not affect everyone in same way
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Cigarette smoking induced COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a disease that results in severe breathing difficulty. According to World Health Organization (WHO) it is the fourth leading killer worldwide. However ...
Simple drug treatment may prevent nicotine-induced SIDS
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has identified a specific class of pharmaceutical drugs that could be effective in treating babies vulnerable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), because their mothers smoked ...
Breathing problems during sleep associated with calories burned at rest
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Su ...
MIT pieces together the mechanism that allows 2 pacemakers to control breathing
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Two pacemakers in the brain work together in harmony to ensure that breathing occurs in a regular rhythm, according to new research from MIT scientists.
Meat-eating dinosaur from Argentina had bird-like breathing system
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system.
Urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea possible
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or habitual snoring by screening their urine.
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
Improved diet and exercise alone unlikely to cure obstructive sleep apnea in obese patients
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that while a strict diet and exercise program may benefit obese patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is unlikely to eli ...
Older men with breathing problems during sleep more likely to have irregular heartbeats
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Increasingly severe sleep-related breathing disorders in older men appear to be associated with a greater risk of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to a report in the June 22 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
Protein may be strongest indicator of rare lung disease, study shows
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have discovered a protein in the lungs that can help in determining progression of the rare lung disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
Simple new way to analyze sleep disorders
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Sleep is such an essential part of human existence that we spend about a third of our lives doing it -- some more successfully than others. Sleep disorders afflict some 50-70 million people in the United States and are a ...
Strike a yoga pose to strike down stress
Jan 05, 2009 |
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When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga.
New laryngoscope could make difficult intubations easier
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A new tool developed by a Medical College of Georgia resident and faculty member may make it easier to place assisted breathing devices under difficult circumstances.
Will giving coffee to babies keep them awake as adults?
Oct 08, 2009 |
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An F1000 evaluation looks at a Canadian study on how giving caffeine to newborn rats has a long-lasting and detrimental effect on sleep and breathing in adulthood.
Obese children at significantly greater risk for post-adenotonsillectomy complications
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy ...
