It's a sad fact that people with conditions such as muscular dystrophy and ALS often have difficulty breathing, as their diaphragm muscle doesn't work properly. MIT scientists have set out to give ...

Complex airway surgery, particularly tracheal/carinal resection and reconstruction, is still considered as the “crown jewel” of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Notably, during these ...

You have been breathing your whole life without thinking about it. But imagine if a machine — a mechanical ventilator — muscled its way into that delicate, unconscious dance. It is trying to help, but ...

As ventilators and other respiratory devices became more crucial than ever throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, so too did any safety issues embedded in the machines become more apparent. Following in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For individuals with mild to moderate-severe cystic fibrosis, relying solely on reduced breathing reserve may ...

Here’s one type of breathing that you could eventually get behind, so to speak—a way to essentially breathe through your butt. It would involve squirting an oxygen-carrying liquid up your butt to then ...