Fentanyl poisonings among children in the U.S. increase sharply over eight years
Incidents of children in the U.S. being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl "increased and became more severe", a new ...
Tag: Breathing
Study reveals how breathing regulates pupil size and vision
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our ...
How exercise resets your body clock and improves sleep patterns
Exercise improves sleep quality and helps treat sleep disorders by regulating circadian rhythms, reducing stress, and enhancing physiological functions like ...
Qigong shows promise in reducing chronic back pain in veterans
Chronic pain is widespread in the United States, particularly among military veterans, affecting between 40 to 70% of this population ...
Innovative scanning technique enables better lung function monitoring
A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time ...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires leads to surge in heart and lung problems in the U.S.
Wildfire smoke has long been known to exacerbate health problems like heart disease, lung conditions, and asthma, but now a ...
Study links obstructive sleep apnea to increased dementia risk in women
A common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder contributes to the development of dementia among adults -; particularly women, a Michigan Medicine ...
Study reveals links between bodily rhythms and visual perception
A study funded by the SNSF highlights previously unknown links between the body and the brain. The findings of this ...
Researchers identify strategy to design safer opioids
Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal ...
UVA researchers identify a potential treatment for respiratory symptoms of long COVID
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID after ...