A new study has found that breathing does more than just move air in and out of your lungs—it could even be used to identify who you are. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel ...

A person with air trapping in the lungs may feel short of breath or experience wheezing. ... Air trapping can be slow-growing, and a person may manage it with breathing techniques.

Breathing patterns vary from person to person, similar to fingerprints. They can also reflect each person’s mood, according to a recent study in Current Biology (online June 12, 2025) by Timna Soroka ...

GENEVA More than nine out of 10 people worldwide live in areas with excessive air pollution, contributing to strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and other problems, the World Health Organization ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing unhealthy air across North Dakota and Minnesota, with doctors warning of serious ...

Every person is different, but as a general rule, people with breathing issues should not spend any longer than two or three hours outdoors during air quality alert periods, he said.

“When they go in and out, back and forth, the temperature shifts cause some problems as well, and then that adds to the ...

Almost half of Americans -- 137 million people -- are experiencing more days of "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" air quality than in the previous two decades combined, according to a report ...

“People of color are 61% more likely to live in areas with poor air quality,” Prunicki said. That’s why I volunteered for an organization that is taking on this important issue.

But with air, you can’t ask people to stop breathing, even for a second,” said Fatimah Ahamad, chief scientist at Malaysia’s Sunway Centre for Planetary Health.

But by and large, Americans are still breathing the indoor air that set the stage for the pandemic. “Everyone just does the minimum,” said Shelly Miller, an aerosol expert at the University of ...