Taking a deep breath can do so much more than calm anxiety and lower your heart rate. A recent study found that a type of breath training, paired with an over-the-counter breathing device, can help ...

High blood pressure creeps up as you age. It affects over 65% of adults older than 50 in the U.S. and is one of the biggest risk factors for heart attacks and strokes. The usual advice is to walk more ...

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

Blood pressure medications are life-saving drugs. For women on prescriptions, they keep systolic (top) and diastolic (bottom) numbers within a safe range, preventing heart attacks and heart failure.

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

It's well known that weightlifting can strengthen our biceps and quads. Now, there's accumulating evidence that strengthening the muscles we use to breathe is beneficial too. New research shows that a ...

If you are alive, you are almost certainly breathing. Breathing is an automatic process — something the body generally manages to do all by itself, as intuitive as your heart beating. Very few times ...

A new study found that a type of breathwork (or breath training) performed for 30 minutes per day can lower blood pressure. A special device and a technique called high-resistance inspiratory muscle ...