The old Benjamin Franklin adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” can be applied to an action people perform more than 25,000 times a day — breathing. Research conducted by author and ...

Covid-19 has been a wake up call for all us, especially those who have trouble breathing. As we don masks and worry about anyone breathing too close, what do we know about the science of breathing and ...

James Nestor is the author of the book "Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art." He's written for many publications including The New York Times, National Public Radio, and Scientific American. For the ...

Living with a plugged nose isn’t fun, but James Nestor was ready. Plus, it was for science. While researching his book, “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art,” Nestor let Stanford University ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- 2020 has been a disorienting and upsetting year for nearly everyone. Most of the Bay Area is living with chronic stress, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic with its shutdowns and ...

We breathe in and out around 25,000 times a day and most of us don’t think about it at all. Getting air in and out of your lungs seems like the most straightforward activity imaginable. Our brain ...