How Negative Emotions Impact Breathing
American scientists have discovered that a neural circuit coordinates our breathing when it is associated with negative emotions such as ...
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He’s struggling to breathe: doctors find a tooth growing… in his nose!
This phenomenon, called "ectopic tooth", affects 0.1% of the world's population. THE ESSENTIAL A tooth that erupts in an abnormal ...
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HTA linked to sleep apnea: how to breathe well to lower your blood pressure
Simple breathing exercises could soon reduce sleep apnea and the high blood pressure it causes. THE ESSENTIAL Breathing exercises to ...
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How its effects on breathing can make anxiety worse
People who have high levels of anxiety have an altered perception of their breathing, which can lead to even more ...
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When clothes help you better control your breathing
A textile fiber is able to detect its level of stretching or compression and then adapts, like a muscle, to ...
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Stuffy nose ? An orgasm can make you breathe again!
Achieving orgasm after sex would be as effective as a nasal spray in improving nasal breathing. THE ESSENTIAL The German ...
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Why don’t we breathe equally with both nostrils?
We breathe about 75% from one nostril and 25% from the other, but the dominant nostril changes throughout the day ...
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Covid-19: lung damage could be caused by the efforts some patients have to make to breathe
In severe forms of Covid-19, the high efforts of some patients to breathe could be the cause of self-inflicted lung ...
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ADHD: yoga and breathing exercises help kids focus
A new study shows that yoga and breathing exercises help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) improve their attention ...
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Snoring in children: the consequences on their behavior linked to a change in the structure of the brain
Children who snore daily, more than three nights a week, may experience changes in their brain structure and suffer from ...
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Birth: what the baby’s first cries hide
The first detailed images of newborns' lungs during their first breath provide insight into a baby's first breath and why ...
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To watch your heart, climb the stairs
How fast you can climb four flights of stairs without getting out of breath is a good indicator of heart ...
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Cardiac coherence, a breathing technique as an anti-stress remedy
To reduce stress and anxiety, cardiac coherence, based on controlling our breathing to control our nervous system, has proven itself. ...
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Cooking with wood is very bad for the lungs
Burning wood results in the release of pollutants that interfere with breathing. Worse still, these pollutants trap some of the ...
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Respiratory rate during the night, an indicator of risk of serious diseases
Activity trackers have been developed to measure respiratory rate during the night through gentle arm movements. This measurement helps to ...
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Alcohol: sober up faster with hyperventilation
Thanks to a small case equipped with a mask and a bottle of compressed carbon dioxide, it is possible to ...
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Wearing a mask: what consequences on health at work?
In high temperature environment, wearing the mask would make breathing difficult when doing manual work. THE ESSENTIAL In a hot ...
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Brain damage: a simple smell test could help predict the evolution of a critical patient
A simple sniffing test can predict the rate of recovery and long-term survival of a patient with severe brain damage, ...
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Learn about meditation to better live in confinement
While some people are beginning to learn about meditation to ease the tensions linked to confinement, Why doctor has collected ...
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Our free will would be linked to our breathing
Our conscious ability to make decisions, or free will, is linked to internal bodily signals, including breathing. Specifically, one would ...
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Hyperventilation facilitates radiation treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
Prolonged and secured hyperventilation by a medical team can suppress the pain associated with coronary heart disease, such as that ...
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Are you having trouble breathing? Your down comforter may be responsible
© Getty ImagesThe story begins in November 2016: a 43-year-old Scottish man visits his GP. For 3 months, he feels ...
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A wearable sweat sensor to measure our state of health in real time
The new wearable sensors can monitor levels of metabolites and nutrients in a person's blood by analyzing their body sweat. ...
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Influenza: the disease can be transmitted simply by breathing
© ThinkstockThe virus of flu can be transmitted by breathing, depending on results of a study published in the medical ...
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A t-shirt to monitor our lung function
Presented at the ERS International Congress, this smart garment could improve the quality of life of people with chronic obstructive ...
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Premature: hypoxia does not kill brain cells
Hypoxia has long-term consequences on the hippocampus, which can cause memory and learning impairments. What are the consequences of oxygen ...
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Electronic cigarette: thirty consumers hospitalized in the United States
In the United States, around thirty people have been hospitalized for respiratory problems in recent weeks. Their common point: the ...
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Sleep apnea: some patients would be better treated with braces
While many sleep apnea sufferers struggle to sleep with a CPAP mask on, some would benefit from being treated with ...
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World Asthma Day: Nearly 1,000 people still die of it every year
Today in France, 4 million people are asthmatic. On this World Asthma Day, let's take stock of this chronic disease ...
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Hypertension: exercising your respiratory muscles can lower blood pressure
Did you know that just five minutes a day of breathing into a small device is enough to build respiratory ...
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