Mark Courtney, RRT, has been a respiratory therapist for over four decades. He worked with hospitalized patients with lung cancer for 25 years and now serves as a manager at the HelpLine for the ...

When people think about protecting their lungs, they usually think about not smoking. But pulmonologists say there's another ...

Breathing is automatic. We are born breathing; we do it all of the time, even when we are asleep. Breathing is something a lot of people don’t really think about unless there is a problem (e.g., ...

Cardio, short for cardiovascular exercise, refers to any form of rhythmic physical activity that increases your heart rate and breathing so the heart and lungs can deliver oxygen to the working ...

Share on Pinterest Exercise timing and consistency can influence heart and lung fitness as we age. Image credit: Alina Rudya/Bell Collective/Getty Images. Researchers have come to have a better ...