Fruity-smelling breath can be an early warning sign of undiagnosed diabetes, caused by ketone buildup when the body burns fat ...

Breath is an important matrix for analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are generated within the body. These compounds travel through the blood in the body, reach the alveolar interface, ...

Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, occurs when a person feels that they are unable, or less able than usual, to take enough air into the lungs. The sensation of shortness of breath is subjective. For ...

Breathwork has been shown to help regulate your autonomic nervous system (ANS) through vagal stimulation, and it may also ...

Bad breath stinks, literally, but it may also be a sign of a serious health problem. A dentist discusses the different types and causes of halitosis. Bad breath happens to everyone from time to time.

Everyone’s breath has felt not-so-fresh now and again. If a person’s breath smells like mothballs, there’s most likely a medical cause behind it. Most causes of mothball breath are easy to diagnose ...

A new breath-based sensor from researchers at Penn State could soon offer an easy, pain-free, quick way to diagnose diabetes. The sensor was created through a technique that basically toasts a polymer ...

You’re not alone. Up to 80 million people have chronic bad breath, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. Besides the obvious impact on your popularity, bad breath can be a sign of diseases ...

Hydrogen breath tests are a diagnostic tool that doctors use to identify small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), lactose intolerance, and other digestive conditions. The test measures the amount ...

(RNS) — The normally simple, normally unconscious act of drawing breath has come to define the United States’ most pressing problems. The country has been racked by COVID-19 — a disease that often ...

Your breath can be a weird thing. Did you ever notice that your breath is used for both its heating and cooling properties? You use your breath to cool soup, but you also use your breath to warm your ...