A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

Background: Exercise is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung disease. Objective: To explore the role of physical activity in maintaining cardiac and ...

—Lower respiratory tract infections occurring during early childhood were associated with poorer lung function at school age. Both upper and lower respiratory infections during early childhood were ...

Recent studies clearly demonstrate the respiratory importance of the hemocyanins in each of the three animal phyla in which they occur. Despite their generally low oxygen affinity, hemocyanins can be ...

A review in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows how particulate matter damages the lungs through oxidative stress, ...

WHOEVER reads this book—and every physiologist who deals at all with the hæmato-respiratory functions must read it—will gain one certain result: he will conceive a sincere liking for the author, as ...

Although there are a number of reports on the effect of yoga training on pulmonary functions, very few studies have been undertaken on the effect of yoga training on respiratory pressures and handgrip ...

Dalia M. Spektor, Vera A. Hofmeister, Paulo Artaxo, Jose A. P. Brague, Francisco Echelar, Diogo P. Nogueira, Carl Hayes, George D. Thurston and Morton Lippmann Under a cooperative agreement between ...