Shaakira Chaya’s PhD on early-life exposures on lung infection has left a curious query: can impacts can be reversed as children grow?

OBJECTIVE: To examine potential differences in clinical risk factors, including indices of hemodynamic and respiratory functions, of premature infants developing periventricular hemorrhagic infarction ...

Children's growth in the first three years of life affects the development of their lungs and the risk of asthma at 10 years of age. Children's growth in the first three years of life affects the ...

A home-based respiratory physiotherapy program was found to significantly improve quality of life for young people with SMA ...

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Respiratory muscle training moderately improved lung function, especially respiratory muscle strength, in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with no intervention or sham ...

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 ...

Exercises that strengthen respiratory muscles in the chest can help improve lung function in people with multiple sclerosis, ...

In acute respiratory failure, the usual exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the lungs does not occur. As a result, the heart, brain, and other organs cannot get enough oxygen. A person ...