New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that nitrate improves function in the diaphragm, the muscle involved in coughing and breathing, by improving power. The study done in ...

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that is primarily responsible for breathing. Contraction of the diaphragm expands the lungs and draws air into them. The phrenic nerve ...

Author: Jared Cregg, Neurosciences graduate student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio is first author on the study. His advisor, Jerry Silver, PhD, Professor of ...

STARI will investigate continual diaphragm neurostimulation to improve lung, diaphragm, cardiac and brain function at the earliest stages of mechanical ventilationEXTON, Pa., Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE ...

Lung volume, a clinical indicator of lung growth and function, is commonly quantified using pulmonary function tests (PFTs) such as spirometry and body plethysmography which measure lung volumes, ...

Lungpacer Medical announced today that it enrolled the first six patients in its STARI clinical trial for its next-generation AeroNova system.

Breathing is an involuntary function that most people take for granted each day. However, for many around the world, this function becomes suddenly difficult when one has a phrenic nerve injury, ...

Your posture, the way you sit or stand, can influence how you breathe and digest your food. Poor posture strains your muscles ...