Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Your breath may hold clues to a lot more than what you ate for lunch. In the small study of less than 80 participants published in the British Journal of Surgery, researchers from the the University ...

A breathing test can help people learn how many calories they consume each day and form a plan to lose weight. Many people fail at diets because they don't know how many calories they can consume per ...

A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...

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A quick and easy breath test could mean new hope in the early detection of pancreatic cancer, and medical experts say it could be the biggest breakthrough in the fight against the deadly disease in ...

Lead author Dr. Shawn Aaron, a senior scientist and lung specialist at The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, described the research as "the world's first study to find people with ...