High blood pressure can increase a person’s risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart disease. However, daily breathing exercises can lower blood pressure and reduce these risks. Blood pressure is the ...

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Lung exercises can increase lung capacity and help people control their breathing. They are helpful for people with lung problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. When a person breathes, ...

Focusing on your breath can help keep you in the present moment and avoid a wandering mind. Try box, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic, or mindfulness breathing during your next manic episode. Breathing is vital ...

Feeling anxious? You’re far from alone. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for ...

The next time you feel a hot flash coming on, consider trying breathing exercises to help you cool down. Equal (box) breathing, cooling breath, and visualized breathing are just a few to try.

In our ongoing quest for greater productivity, we often overlook one of the most powerful and accessible tools we have: our breath. Breathing is an automatic process, yet we can unlock a range of ...

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Mark Courtney, RRT, has been a respiratory therapist for over four decades. He worked with hospitalized patients with lung cancer for 25 years and now serves as a manager at the HelpLine for the ...

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Editor’s Note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of “Practical Solutions for ...

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 ...