Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner talks about why breathing through your nose is better than breathing through your mouth. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, Have ...

We're born knowing how to breathe, but learning to maintain the quality of your inhalations and exhalations can improve your existence.

The lungs are the silent engines of vitality. They breathe life into every cell of the body, yet most people hardly give them the attention they deserve. In today’s fast-paced, polluted environments, ...

You arrive for a difficulty-breathing emergency. The patient is alert and oriented and complaining of difficulty breathing. The patient appears to be mildly distressed and slightly anxious, but vitals ...

Breathing effectively and efficiently is not only vital in swimming but also in everyday life. On a daily basis, we involuntarily inhale and exhale between 17,000 and 23,000 times. That’s a lot of ...

Breathing must be smarter when air quality declines. In the future, when we can no longer assume we can always breathe clean air, the question is not just how to ward off pollution but how to toughen ...