Yawning and deep breathing each have different effects on the movement of fluids in the brain, and each of us may have a ...

An 18-year-old’s long-standing snoring and nasal congestion were brushed off as allergies, until the doctor revealed a nasal ...

Asthma may not be driven by the molecules scientists have blamed for decades. Researchers have identified “pseudo leukotrienes,” inflammation-triggering compounds formed by uncontrolled free-radical ...

Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...

Overuse of antibiotics has accelerated the development of bacterial resistance to conventional drugs, a global health crisis ...

Interestingly, there is one case where the villain defeated himself, which spoke volumes about that character's own arc.

Scientists have captured the process of plants “breathing” in real time using a camera, marking a significant scientific breakthrough. For many years, researchers have known that plants take in air ...

In weightlifting or calisthenics, an eccentric movement occurs when you lower the weight or lower your body, such as the downward portion of a pushup or the lowering of a dumbbell. A concentric ...

Animals are incredibly adaptable creatures that have developed a variety of survival mechanisms throughout their evolution. Many amphibians, like frogs, axolotls, and caecilians, can breathe through ...

The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how they might cause discomfort in the body. In this way, the surface tissues in our lungs actually ...

Inflammatory response is an important pathological and physiological mechanism in the occurrence and development of acute ischemic stroke. This study investigated the effects of normobaric hyperoxia ...