In this video, I use a fun and easy model to break down how your lungs really work. With just a straw, a cup, and some ...

In this week's Moves in Medicine, Temple Health doctors look at an uncommon, but very serious condition call diaphragm paralysis. It can easily be repaired, if it is diagnosed in the first place.

Pursed lip breathing is a slow breathing technique that enables a person to control how much air enters and leaves their lungs. It can help people with lung conditions such as chronic obstructive ...

What Is the Respiratory System? The respiratory system is the organs and other parts of your body involved in breathing, when you exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. All the cells in your body need ...

Breathing techniques may reduce stress and anxiety, help a person get to sleep, or support treatment for lung conditions. Some techniques work to give immediate relief. Others may work best with ...

Inflammation caused by lupus may affect the lungs in many ways, and can involve the membrane lining of the lungs, the lungs themselves, the blood vessels within the lungs, and the diaphragm. The most ...

Without a ripple in the water, alligators dive, surface or roll sideways, even though they lack flippers or fins. Biologists have discovered alligators maneuver silently by using their diaphragm, ...

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Hyperinflated lungs are larger-than-normal lungs as a result of trapped air. It happens when you can’t exhale, or push out all of the air that’s in your lungs. The air gets trapped and takes up space, ...

Sarah Murnaghan upbeat in new video after diaphragm surgery. July 5, 2013— -- She's not back to singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" just yet, but there's a new video of Sarah Murnaghan awake ...