Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I’m on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) exercises your breathing muscles. Participants who used the device had higher levels of nitric oxide, which widens the blood vessels.

Taking a deep breath can do so much more than calm anxiety and lower your heart rate. A recent study found that a type of breath training, paired with an over-the-counter breathing device, can help ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado-Boulder just discovered a quick and easy way to regulate blood pressure — a problem that afflicts about 108 million or 45% of people in the U.S. and can ...

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults have high blood pressure but not even 40 percent are ...

High blood pressure creeps up as you age. It affects over 65% of adults older than 50 in the U.S. and is one of the biggest risk factors for heart attacks and strokes. The usual advice is to walk more ...

Strength training is a well-established way to boost the capabilities of the body's many muscle groups, and the same may well be true of those that facilitate breathing. A new study has provided the ...

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

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