At a certain point, irregular breathing stops being a quirk and becomes what clinicians call a breathing pattern disorder. In this state, the default rhythm is distorted even at rest, with people ...

Catathrenia: Parasomnia or Breathing Disorder? Individuals with catathrenia experience a moaning, groaning, or high-pitched squeak during sleep. The bed partner will be the first one to complain of ...

The healthy adult at rest involuntarily inhales and exhales some 20,000 times a day, as naturally as seawater slides back and forth in a tidal zone. This cycle is so routine and rhythmic that we ...

Most people rarely think about how they breathe unless experiencing respiratory distress. Yet emerging research suggests that the pathway through which we inhale and exhale – nose versus mouth – ...