You already know that getting a good night’s rest is essential for good health. However, mouth breathing can interrupt the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep your body needs to function at its best. Like ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Snoring and feeling tired even after a full night's sleep can signal sleep apnea, a condition that causes a person to repeatedly stop breathing during sleep. CPAP has been the ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Could a chemical produced by the brain that regulates mood, sleep and breathing also be protective in people with epilepsy? New research has found that higher levels of serotonin in the ...

We breathe in and out around 25,000 times a day and most of us don’t think about it at all. Getting air in and out of your lungs seems like the most straightforward activity imaginable. Our brain ...

Even mild sleep apnea can cause you to stop breathing several times an hour—setting off a cascade of threats to your brain and heart health. Staff at a sleep clinic in France place monitor leads on a ...

Could a chemical produced by the brain that regulates mood, sleep and breathing also be protective in people with epilepsy? New research has found that higher levels of serotonin in the blood after a ...

"If she concentrates really hard, she'll stop breathing," Star Bowyer said of her little girl, Sadie, who suffers from congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. "She starts turning blue, she gets ...

It's happened to all of us: We're running late for a meeting and it's only one flight of stairs away, so we dash on up. But when we arrive at the meeting, we're embarrassed to be huffing and puffing ...

A new study investigating the respiratory system of insects may have solved a mystery that has intrigued physiologists for decades: why insects routinely stop breathing for minutes at a time. A new ...

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 14, 2005 -- A new study investigating the respiratory system of insects may have solved a mystery that has intrigued physiologists for decades: why insects routinely stop ...