You may understand the respiratory and digestive systems as separate entities but, in many ways, the two are intimately connected. For example, breathing provides oxygen to help your digestive tract ...
Your diet significantly impacts lung health, influencing inflammation and breathing. Avoiding processed meats, salty foods, ...
Alveoli are tiny air sacs in your lungs that take up the oxygen you breathe in and keep your body going. Although they’re microscopic, alveoli are the workhorses of your respiratory system. People ...
Simple daily habits—deep breathing, exercise, posture, and diet—can strengthen lungs, reduce infection risk, and improve overall wellness. (Image: Pexels) Our lungs spend whatever second ticking of ...
As most people are aware, marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. 1 Cannabis is the second most smoked substance, after tobacco. In the past few years, recreational use of ...
New research has revealed the healthy carriers of a gene that causes a rare respiratory disease are taller and larger than average, with greater respiratory capacity. The disease, alpha1-antitrypsin ...
People born prematurely may have smaller airways than those born at full term, which can cause respiratory problems. People born prematurely may have smaller airways than those born at full term, ...
1 Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK 2 Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan ...