Amy Duggar King's husband, Dillon King, has been diagnosed with a severe diaphragmatic rupture. "After continued pain and ...

Netherlands: A recent prospective study published in Respiratory Medicine has spotlighted ultrasound as a reliable and ...

Plication of the diaphragm is performed for paralysis or eventration (abnormal elevation/shape) of the diaphragm which can result in breathing difficulties. Diaphragm paralysis is typically due to ...

Your body is designed to breathe deeply using the diaphragm, but people get out of the habit and end up breathing more with the chest instead. But when you breathe with your chest, the breath is ...

In some patients, involvement of the diaphragm necessitates a full-thickness resection of the diaphragm muscle. Once the dissection is completed to expose the vessels connecting the heart and lungs, ...

Optimal breathing is slow, deep, and diaphragmatic, meaning the diaphragm, rather than the chest, does most of the work. A healthy breathing pattern involves inhaling through the nose, allowing the ...

When the diaphragm activates as we inhale, the dome flattens and descends, which expands the rib cage and the chest cavity, allowing the lungs to expand and fill with air. As we exhale ...

and the diaphragm. The most common way that lupus can affect your lungs is through inflammation of the pleura, the lining that covers the outside of the lungs. The symptom of pleuritis that you may ...

tragically lost his life after stopping a penalty with his chest during a training session in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The direct impact of the ball between his sternum and diaphragm caused ...