What do catching our breath, diving underwater and singing a tune all have in common? They all require us to take a deep breath, which supplies us with enough oxygen to perform other activities. We don’t usually give much thought to breathing, but we definitely notice if it gets interrupted.
The posts below touch on what happens when we breathe, a process that starts the moment we are born, and how it affects other parts of our body.
- 2020’s Most-read I Spy Physiology Posts
- Mild Symptoms, Major Impact: How Getting COVID-19 Changed One Student’s Perspective
- How ACE2 Influences COVID-19 Severity in Older Adults
- How Physiologists Are Helping Patients Recover from COVID-19
- Why COVID-19 Makes It Hard to Breathe
- Ground-breaking Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Is a Testament to Basic Research
- How Do We Know When to Take Another Breath?
- Breathe Deep to Explore the Heart’s Physiology
- Time to Breathe
- The Iceman: Wim Hof Is a Real-life Superhero
- Pumpkins: Orange, Tasty and Good for Your Health
- Maybe She’s Born with It: Genetics Give Competitive Swimmers Their Edge
- When Sleep Problems Get in the Way of Your Greatness
- Did You Know?: A Muscle May Increase Pneumonia in Older People
- Spotlight On: Tuberculosis
- 2017’s 10 Most-read Posts
- Research and Education Help Babies Born Too Early
- The Trouble with E-Cigs: Why They May Pose More Harm than Good
- Why Does Air Pollution Affect More Women than Men?
- When Hormones Take Your Breath Away
- Spinal Cord Injury: Let’s Clear the Air(ways)
- April Showers Bring May Flowers—and Sneezes
- Bring on Winter! (But Stay Safe and Healthy)
- Nanoparticles: A High-Tech Solution for Lung Cancer Treatment
- Keeping Up with the Highland Natives
- A 10,000-Foot View from the ALMA Observatory in Atacama
- In Santiago, What’s Smog Got to Do with It?
- The Antioxidant-Activity Connection
- Of Ice Swims and Mountain Marathons (and So Much More)
- Stack the Deck against the Flu