A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...

Yoga and pranayama (breathing exercises) can be powerful tools for maintaining respiratory health and reducing the risk of asthma and bronchitis flareups. When practiced regularly, these techniques ...

A recent review provides insight into the clinical progression of treatment-naive patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 who have lost ambulation. Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

—Lower respiratory tract infections occurring during early childhood were associated with poorer lung function at school age. Both upper and lower respiratory infections during early childhood were ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

Hemocyanins are exceptionally large, copper-containing glycoproteins that play a dual role in invertebrate physiology. Primarily recognised for their function in oxygen transport, these complex ...

Paradoxical bronchoconstriction in response to the use of bronchodilators is not well understood. This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of bronchoconstriction after using ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The prevalence of acute and chronic respiratory symptoms and lung-function changes was studied in a group of 81 municipal sanitation workers.