School of Nursing researchers have identified a new benefit of mindfulness for people managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a condition commonly known as COPD. The study, “Associations ...

Increased breathlessness was most strongly associated with obesity (aOR, 7.6), stress (aOR, 6.7), heart failure (aOR, 6.1), and chronic bronchitis (aOR, 4.2). Breathlessness in middle-aged adults is ...

Chronic breathlessness, a symptom often overlooked by healthcare systems, is associated with longer lengths of hospital stay on already overstretched healthcare resources, says new Flinders University ...

Feeling short of breath during physical activity, such as climbing stairs or exercising, is often normal, as your heart and lungs work harder to supply oxygen to your muscles. Occasional ...

It’s common to feel breathless after climbing a flight of stairs, this is a normal reflex as your body works harder during physical activity. When you’re active, your heart and lungs increase their ...

Chronic breathlessness affects every part of a person's life—including their sex life, with people experiencing ...

Morphine failed to improve chronic breathlessness from cardiorespiratory conditions in one randomized trial, but online group singing exercises did boost quality of life in another. In the MABEL trial ...

The BETTER-B clinical trial found that patients with COPD and ILDs using mirtazapine for breathlessness vs placebo had slightly increased adverse events and care use. Among patients with chronic ...

Can you hold your breath until you’re almost bursting to take another breath in? This urgent feeling that you need to get more air is called “air hunger”. You may feel this sensation when you exercise ...