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Respiration is the act or process of breathing. Humans inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Oxygen is picked up in the lungs through the circulating blood.

What's the difference between a sign and a symptom?

When you enter a health care facility such as your doctor's office, the medical assistant may be the first person you encounter.

Caregivers of seniors learn about normal & abnormal breathing patterns. Provide safe care for an older adult by learning to identify warning signs of breathing problems.

Pain assessment concludes the series on taking vital signs.

A slower, more efficient way of breathing can improve heart and lung health, decrease fatigue, relieve anxiety and stimulate the immune system. Best of all, it's free!

When the doctors can do nothing else, it is the nurse who is left to take care of a patient's end of life needs. A dying patient deserves respectful, gentle nursing care.

Holidays can be especially hazardous for our four-legged companions.

Signs and symptoms are used to help the health care practitioner diagnose an illness or injury.

Each time you visit your health care provider, someone takes your vital signs and usually weighs you. What do vital signs tell about your condition?

The respiratory distress caused by croup can be alarming for both patients and parents; knowing how to respond when croup strikes will help to alleviate those fears.