Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

[4] Diaphragmatic paralysis due to phrenic nerve involvement has only been reported in two previous instances, [6,7] both from the tropics. Our report introduces the third such patient with this ...

Potential cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to families caring for a child born with a congenital heart disease ...

Diaphragm paralysis has been reported radiologically after cardiac surgery with an incidence ranging from 30% to 75% of patients. We studied 100 consecutive patients undergoing open heart ...

Otto and fiancé Ricky Riessle give a look into their first weeks home with Rylee after she competed in the Paralympics while ...

“My diaphragm is paralyzed as well … I can't thermally regulate, and that means I can't sweat anymore.” She and Riessle had just started dating at the time of the attack (in which he was ...

• In the Hants Journal from 1949, it was reported that Earl Boyd, of Three Mile Plains, was a lucky man. The welder at the ...

WHEN life gave Lina Nielsen lemons, she sprinted straight to the Olympics.  The 28-year-old was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 17 years old, leaving her terrified of disability. Doctors gave ...

The botulinum toxin blocks the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter responsible for muscle contractions, leading to muscle paralysis. If this impacts the diaphragm and other respiratory ...