DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife of 52 years is 71 and has developed what I assume is a problem with her breathing when she sleeps. During some periods of sleep, she starts taking a rhythmic set of breaths.

My wife of 52 years is 71 and has developed what I assume is a problem with her breathing when she sleeps. During some periods of sleep, she starts taking a rhythmic set of breaths. There usually are ...

Apneustic breathing is a type of abnormal breathing pattern. It involves long, gasping inhalations and insufficient, irregular exhalations. It often stems from a brain injury but there may be other ...

From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, the Cardiac Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard ...

Cheyne-Stokes respiration involves rapid breathing and long pauses, indicating reduced brain control over respiration. Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead, sheriff ...