The next time you feel a hot flash coming on, consider trying breathing exercises to help you cool down. Equal (box) breathing, cooling breath, and visualized breathing are just a few to try.

Mark Courtney, RRT, has been a respiratory therapist for over four decades. He worked with hospitalized patients with lung cancer for 25 years and now serves as a manager at the HelpLine for the ...

High blood pressure can increase a person’s risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart disease. However, daily breathing exercises can lower blood pressure and reduce these risks. Blood pressure is the ...

New research suggests a daily, five-minute breathing practice can effectively help manage your stress. It’s called cyclic breathing, a breathwork practice that’s also known as the physiological sigh.

Lung exercises can increase lung capacity and help people control their breathing. They are helpful for people with lung problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. When a person breathes, ...

Breathing is automatic. We are born breathing; we do it all of the time, even when we are asleep. Breathing is something a lot of people don’t really think about unless there is a problem (e.g., ...

Focusing on your breath can help keep you in the present moment and avoid a wandering mind. Try box, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic, or mindfulness breathing during your next manic episode. Breathing is vital ...

Good sleep is a crucial part of overall health, but plenty of people struggle to get the recommended seven-plus hours a night. In fact, data suggests that one in four women has symptoms of insomnia, ...