I will never forget the first time I went out for a run with a mask on. I made it less than a mile before I was out of breath and I had to turn around to walk home. It was clear that my lung capacity ...

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on email Dr. Gupta suggests strengthening your breathing with some lung capacity exercises during the hours you spend mask-free. "Breathing ...

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study reports. The researchers consider the results important, since the lung ...

‘At least I didn’t faint or vomit’ … Daoust tests his V02 max at Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian Lungs are amazing. There they sit ...

Globally, children and adolescents have being growing up in areas with high levels of air pollution since the Industrial Revolution took off. According to the World Health Organization, more than 90% ...

Lung capacity generally peaks in your mid-20s, but the rate at which it declines depends entirely on your daily habits.

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Q: I recently started going to a yoga class at our community center. We were doing deep breathing, and it felt like my lungs weren't filling up as much as they used to. Do your lungs get less elastic ...

Over the years we’ve seen wearables measuring every aspect of your body, but lung capacity is more esoteric than most. Sylvee is a brand new wearable from Respira Labs which continuously measures lung ...

One of the largest studies to investigate whether Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm), an understudied low lung function state, is an early predictor of co-morbidities has found it is strongly ...

Your lungs power every cell in your body by supplying the oxygen they need and removing the carbon dioxide they don’t. But when these important organs stop operating at 100 percent, it can leave you ...