Your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is a muscular ring that connects your esophagus with your stomach. It relaxes to let food pass through but otherwise stays closed to prevent stomach acid from ...

Almost 30,000 people in England with a respiratory disease called COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) could have their lives transformed after NICE today recommended a new targeted treatment ...

Breathing is largely involuntary, and one rarely gives much thought to it. But you need to consciously change it if you are breathing incorrectly. Mouth breathing, in particular, where you inhale and ...

Scientists have discovered that most chronic fatigue patients experience dysfunctional breathing, which may worsen their symptoms. The likely culprit is dysautonomia, a disruption in how the body ...

The Seville European Film Festival is taking a step toward mainstreaming animation, integrating animated titles throughout its lineup rather than cordoning them off in a single strand. The strategy ...

Rectal delivery of a liquid with a high capacity for oxygenation appeared to be tolerable in a phase Ia first-in-human trial. The ultimate goal is to boost ventilation in patients with respiratory ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — People arriving at the Breathing Association building on Broad Street were greeted Monday with a closed sign and locked doors. The nonprofit that offers medical care and energy ...

Here’s one type of breathing that you could eventually get behind, so to speak—a way to essentially breathe through your butt. It would involve squirting an oxygen-carrying liquid up your butt to then ...

Last year, a group of researchers won the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus. But as with many Ig Nobel awards, there is a ...

The technique sounds so outlandish that it won an IgNobel prize in 2024. But the science behind rescuing people with blocked airways and clogged lungs by rectally delivering oxygen to the body is no ...

When you’re stressed at work, overthinking on a plane, or feeling mildly panicked before a first date, you might catch yourself taking quick, uneven breaths. Before you know it, you’re lightheaded — ...

Errol Doebler, onetime Navy SEAL and FBI agent, has used breathwork throughout his career. From surviving SEAL training and special operations with the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan in 2010, to ...