Your breath may hold clues to a lot more than what you ate for lunch. In the small study of less than 80 participants published in the British Journal of Surgery, researchers from the the University ...

A breathing test can help people learn how many calories they consume each day and form a plan to lose weight. Many people fail at diets because they don't know how many calories they can consume per ...

When you breathe out, you’re not just releasing carbon dioxide. Your breath carries a complex mix of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs—tiny molecules that come from normal body processes. These ...

A quick and easy breath test could mean new hope in the early detection of pancreatic cancer, and medical experts say it could be the biggest breakthrough in the fight against the deadly disease in ...

A multicenter prospective study validated that an electronic nose (eNose) can accurately detect lung cancer in individuals with suspected disease. In the validation cohort, a new eNose model achieved ...

A new diagnostic tool developed by physicians and scientists from UNSW Sydney that analyzes a person's breath for signs of silicosis has the potential to catch the disease earlier rather than wait for ...

A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...