Brief exercise improves mental performance in people with chronic lung disease
...ng the disease. In addition to increasing rates of respiration and blood flow, exercise stimulates the nervous system and is also associated with the release of hormones that may influence how the brain functions. In a 1998 study, E...Essential fatty acids in mothers diet affect infants sleep patterns
... an amplifier that records signals of the infant's respiration and body movements during sleep cycles. Infants of mothers in the high-DHA group demonstrated more mature sleep patterns, characterized by a lower ratio of active to quiet sleep, significantly less sleep-wake transition time, and more wakefulness tha...Non-drug, treatment for hypertension gets further physiological backing in AHA's Hypertension Primer
...ludes a new chapter which reviews the link between respiration and blood pressure and suggests a physiological basis for the therapeutic effect of the RESPeRATE TM previously demonstrated in six clinical studies. "We now believe that significant blood pressure reductions delivered by RESPeRATE TM may be expla...A cheap and easy way to treat Parkinson disease
...f the ketone body D-beta-HB restored mitochondrial respiration and protected against MPTP-induced neurodegeneration and motor deficits. The study supports a critical role for mitochondrial defect in Parkinson disease. Ketone bodies are already successfully used in the treatment of epilepsy. They are also able to...Researchers: Diet a significant factor in reducing risk of three common cancers
...free radicals form naturally in the course of cell respiration and metabolism, but have been linked with disease-causing damage to tissue and changes in DNA that can lead to malignancies. While this oxidative stress is considered to be a major causative factor for breast cancer, prominent research including th......is programmed with an alarm algorithm scanning the respiration patterns in order to detect dangerous situations and to produce an alarm signal. These sensors, algorithms and processors were all originally developed to monitor the condition of astronauts in orbit. People seeking to become healthier can also bene...Research targets biologic profile of obesity
...ending pressure (MDP, the lowest pressure at which respiration motion is present in the barostat reading), gastric compliance and gastric accommodation using an electronic barostat, which monitors the volume of air in the stomach. Gastric volume was measured after a liquid meal of 300kcal. Gene Expression Pr...Zinc therapy accelerates recovery from pneumonia
...awing of the chest when breathing, severely raised respiration rates and low oxygen concentration in the blood. Zinc therapy also reduced the duration of severe pneumonia and overall hospital stay by an average of one day. However, the zinc did not affect the overall length of hospital stay or the duration of se...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...sponding to asthma medications. The team monitored respiration and heart function continuously while patients exercised on a treadmill vigorously enough to reproduce their usual symptoms. Sophisticated equipment allowed breath-by-breath analysis of oxygen use, carbon dioxide production and other important lung c...