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Breathing is the most important thing your body does. Without breathing, you simply cannot live. It’s something you do without even thinking—unless you suffer from a lung condition that makes breathing a difficult task. There are many facts about the respiratory system and the lungs that most people are unaware of.

This video from Animated COPD Patient, shared in August 2014, explains a little bit more about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including why it happens, what the symptoms are and the treatment options available. COPD diagnosis with lung function test linked to decreased mortality and fewer hospital…

A recent study examined the possible association between more frequent exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and stroke, finding no evidence for such a link. The report, “No association between exacerbation frequency and stroke in patients with COPD,“ appeared on Feb. 2, 2016, in the…

Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., released several new Next Generation Sequencing tests designed to evaluate people with epilepsy and mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial diseases are inherited or chronic illness. They can occur either at birth or may develop later, and include problems with development and cognition. They may cause poor growth, lack of coordination, weakness, pain and seizures.

A collaborative team of German and Italian researchers from the Institute of Human Genetics (Neuherberg) and the Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carettere Scientifico (Milan) identified mutations in the COQ4 gene that are responsible for the early-onset of mitochondrial diseases. The study entitled “COQ4 Mutations…