Archive for the 'Breathing' Category
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
The American Heart Association has summarized the blood pressure-lowering effects of several alternative approaches and provided recommendations for their use.
Here’s what we know in people with blood pressure (BP) levels higher than 120/80 mmHg. (more…)
Biofeedback, Breathing, Exercise, High Blood Pressure, Meditation, Yoga | Comments Off on Review: Benefits of CAM to help treat hypertension
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Breathlessness (aka dyspnea) is difficult to manage in palliative care.
Researchers in the UK reviewed and ranked the most effective nonpharmacological strategies. (more…)
Breathing, Elderly, Exercise, Palliative/End of Life | Comments Off on Nonpharmacological strategies for breathlessness
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Surveys suggest many people with asthma use it, often without the knowledge of their healthcare providers.
Researchers at the University of Southampton, in the UK, reviewed the evidence. (more…)
Asthma/Allergy, Breathing | Comments Off on The value of breathing training in asthma
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
MayoClinic.com tells us, “When fibromyalgia pain or fatigue is severe, you might not be thinking clearly… Having a plan to follow gives you a sense of control over your signs and symptoms.” (more…)
Breathing, Fibromyalgia, Meditation, Relaxation | Comments Off on Plan to treat fibromyalgia pain in advance
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
During the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, researchers at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, in Perth, Western Australia reported less distress, and improvements in pain, fatigue, nausea, appetite, sleep, breathing and bowel function. (more…)
Aromatherapy, Breathing, Cancer, Meditation, Nausea/Vomiting, Pain, Reflexology, Reiki, Sleep (Insomnia) | Comments Off on Using CAM to improve the lives of cancer patients
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Researchers at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Brazil, evaluated the effectiveness of inspiratory muscular training on strength, resistance, functional performance, and quality of life among chronic stroke survivors. (more…)
Breathing, Stroke | Comments Off on Inspriatory muscle training in patients following stroke
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Asthma affects over 15% of Australian Aboriginal people. This is at least 50% higher than in non-indigenous Australians.
Researchers at the University of Southern Queensland, in Australia, studied whether Aboriginal people would engage in music lessons to increase their knowledge of asthma and support management of their asthma. (more…)
Art, Music, Dance, Asthma/Allergy, Breathing | Comments Off on More digeridoo playing in Australia
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Researchers from several US medical schools surveyed the students. (more…)
Aromatherapy, Breathing, CAM Education, E. DIETARY, Herbals, Massage, Meditation, Relaxation, Yoga | Comments Off on Survey of American medical students about CAM
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Researchers at Arizona State University, in Tempe studied the effects of breathing rate following thermal pain in women with fibromyalgia syndrome. (more…)
Breathing, Fibromyalgia, Meditation, Pain | Comments Off on Effect of breathing rate on pain and emotion in women with fibromyalgia
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
There was a significant difference in patient satisfaction, according to researchers in Chicago.
But what about their pain? (more…)
Breathing, Pain | Comments Off on Effects of deep breathing on pain management
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Normocapnic hyperpnea is a form of endurance training for respiratory muscles.
This study reports it’s useful in people with myasthenia gravis. (more…)
Breathing, Myasthenia Gravis | Comments Off on Endurance training for people with myasthenia gravis
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
 Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil evaluated the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy during the immediate postoperative period among patients who had elective upper abdominal surgery. (more…)
Breathing, Physiotherapy, Surgery | Comments Off on Chest physiotherapy after upper abdominal surgery
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Medscape has published a review written by clinicians from around the US.
Let’s focus on 6 supportive care options for chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, aka chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and myalgic encephalomyelitis. (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Breathing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Fatigue, Massage, Pain, Physiotherapy, Qigong, Relaxation, Tai Chi, Therapeutic Touch, Yoga | Comments Off on Supportive care for chronic fatigue syndrome
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
 Researchers from the University of Ferrara, in Italy tell us yoga-derived breathing improves gas exchange in patients with chronic heart failure and in people exposed to high-altitude hypoxia.
Here’s what they found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (more…)
Asthma/Allergy, Breathing, Yoga | Comments Off on Yoga in patients with COPD
Friday, May 8th, 2009
The use of prayer is rarely queried in surveys of CAM use. Here are the highlights from a Centers for Disease Control survey on the use of CAM. It’s based on interviews with more than 31,000 adults. The report is available here (then go to the “Barnes PM” link) and here. (more…)
Breathing, Chiropractic, Diet-Nutrition, Massage, Meditation, Religion/ Spirituality, Yoga | Comments Off on The use of prayer as CAM
Monday, March 16th, 2009
 Here are the results of a Cochrane review of non-drug options in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Breathing, Cancer, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, COPD, Heart Disease, TENS/FNS/VNS, Walking | Comments Off on Non-pharmacological treatments for breathlessness
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Here’s a follow-up to earlier posts here, here, and here on the use of CAM in the US as surveyed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). (more…)
Breathing, Chiropractic, Diet-Nutrition, F. BIOLOGICALS, G. BOTANICALS, H. CHEMICALS, Herbals, Homeopathy, I. PROTEIN/ENZYMES, Massage, Meditation, Obesity, Yoga | Comments Off on Most commonly used CAM in the US
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Get out your MP3 player if you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
As the researchers from the University of Hamburg state in their ivory tower way, “Auditory distraction might… serve as an intervention for the reduction of dyspnea [difficulty breathing] during exercise in this patient group.” (more…)
Art, Music, Dance, Breathing, COPD, Walking | Comments Off on Music helps breathing in people with COPD
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Medscape has published a review.
Here’s a summary of CAM options. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Breathing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Exercise, Fatigue, Hydrotherapy, Massage, Physiotherapy, Reiki, Relaxation, Tai Chi, Yoga | Comments Off on CAM and the chronic fatigue syndrome
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) sometimes claim to experience immediate subjective benefit when they purse their lips while exhaling. It’s called pursed lips breathing and results in a positive expiratory pressure (PEP).
Are they wasting their breath? (more…)
Breathing, COPD | Comments Off on The value of PEP in obstructive lung disease