Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

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A breathing test can help people learn how many calories they consume each day and form a plan to lose weight. Many people fail at diets because they don't know how many calories they can consume per ...

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 ...

A new study has found that breathing does more than just move air in and out of your lungs—it could even be used to identify who you are. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel ...

Study found that that breath samples from children with asthma could predict intestinal abundance of a bacterium, Eubacterium siraeum, linked to the condition.