Travis Corbitt's struggles to breathe led to his retirement and reliance on an oxygen tank.

(RNS) — The normally simple, normally unconscious act of drawing breath has come to define the United States’ most pressing problems. The country has been racked by COVID-19 — a disease that often ...

Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, occurs when a person feels that they are unable, or less able than usual, to take enough air into the lungs. The sensation of shortness of breath is subjective. For ...

Breath is an important matrix for analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are generated within the body. These compounds travel through the blood in the body, reach the alveolar interface, ...

Bad breath can affect confidence, conversations, and social comfort. You may brush your teeth carefully every morning and ...

You’re not alone. Up to 80 million people have chronic bad breath, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. Besides the obvious impact on your popularity, bad breath can be a sign of diseases ...

A new breath-based sensor from researchers at Penn State could soon offer an easy, pain-free, quick way to diagnose diabetes. The sensor was created through a technique that basically toasts a polymer ...

Everyone’s breath has felt not-so-fresh now and again. If a person’s breath smells like mothballs, there’s most likely a medical cause behind it. Most causes of mothball breath are easy to diagnose ...

The average person can hold their breath for about 30 to 90 seconds. However, this time can increase or decrease due to factors such as smoking, underlying health conditions, and breath training. A ...

Nintendo capped off its September Direct presentation with a new trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to Breath of the Wild, now officially titled The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The ...

Your breath can be a weird thing. Did you ever notice that your breath is used for both its heating and cooling properties? You use your breath to cool soup, but you also use your breath to warm your ...