When developing longevity is your priority over one-rep maxes and timed-run events, consider the three most important “organs” on which to focus your training: heart, lungs and legs. The combination ...

Your baby’s first cry is more than just a sound; it’s the start of life outside your womb. That first breath opens the lungs ...

Deep sighs physically reset the lung’s inner surface. This lowers breathing effort and explains why caregivers use controlled ...

Smoking decreases blood oxygen and makes the heart and lungs work harder, leading to fatigue. Nicotine in tobacco can also cause an adrenaline rush, leaving someone feeling tired when it wears off.

Gino Marcantonio has two things to be thankful for that helped save his life when he collapsed from a heart attack on Jan. 21 in his mother’s house. One is technology: Hartford Hospital’s ECMO on the ...

Liver disease can lead to complications that affect your lungs, such as the buildup of fluid around your lungs or high blood pressure in the arteries that lead to your lungs from your heart. Your ...

Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a 'heart and lungs' which effectively regulate their 'breathing' and prevent them growing out of control, a new study suggests. If they didn't, the ...

Can fidgeting and belly laughing keep your heart ticking? Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the US since the American Heart Association was founded in 1924, and the AHA warns that ...