Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways The diaphragm is the main muscle used for breathing. The diaphragm helps ...

Diaphragmatic breathing is a technique that makes full use of your lung capacity. Diaphragmatic breathing benefits include reduced stress, improved sleep, and lowered heart rate. You should practice ...

This post was written with contributions from Margaret Heaton-Ashby, LMFT, and Kelsey Tunney, DPT. When you think about your health and specifically any dysfunction in your body, you probably don’t ...

We examined the extent of fetal lung hypoplasia and lung maturation using the amniotic lamellar body count (LBC) in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We obtained 30 amniotic fluid samples from ...

A 52-year-old woman presented to hospital for dyspnea that had been progressively worsening for the past 8 months. She had been referred by a rheumatology outpatient clinic. She told clinicians that ...