Morning breathing exercises prolong lifespan by improving hyperventilation in people living with respiratory cancer

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Breathing: a Powerfull Tool for Physical & Neuropsychological Regulation. The role of Mobile Apps

“…Higher heart rate variability constitutes a marker of the body's resilience and self-regulation, while low frequency reflects the opposite. Wu et al (2017) conducted a cohort study to investigate long-term surviving patients with cancer who practice morning breathing exercises daily. 76 respiratory patients performed morning breathing exercises, while 46 patients in the control group did not perform exercises.…”

“…Due to the aforementioned reasons, many of the physiological functions related to breathing start to malfunction leading to the general degeneration of the body (Wu et al, 2017). With aging, for instance, breathing becomes shallower because of elastic recoil which enables, after inhalation, the lungs to automatically exhale.…”

“…Shallow breathing also entails a dangerous imbalance between O2 and CO2, since one over-breaths oxygen and breaths out too much CO2. (Colebatch, Greaves & Ng, 1979;Wu et al, 2017;CliftonSmith & Rowley, 2011).…”

The COMFORT Trial: A randomised control trial comparing group-based COMpassion FOcused Therapy and breathing pattern ReTraining with Treatment As Usual on the psychological functioning of patients diagnosed with cancer recurrence during COVID.

“…Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a holistic and integrative psychological approach to universal human suffering, which makes it well placed as a psychotherapeutic intervention for cancer patients. It is being combined with Breathing Pattern Retraining (BPR), used in Buteyko methods [23], to activate bodily reactions linked to hyperventilation and show patients how to facilitate their own states of relaxation and self-soothing just by breathing in a better way. The Buteyko method, or Buteyko Breathing Technique, is a form of physical therapy that proposes the use of breathing exercises primarily as a treatment for respiratory conditions, and the principal investigator (SL), has trained in this breathing method.…”

From Precision Metapharmacology to Patient Empowerment: Delivery of Self-Care Practices for Epilepsy, Pain, Depression and Cancer Using Digital Health Technologies

“…Breathing exercisesC Reduction of depressive symptoms inMDD Sharma et al (2017) C Modulation of parasympathetic nervous system and cardiac autonomic controlToschi-Dias et al, (2017);Pramanik et al (2009) C Improvement of lifespan and HRQoL in people with lung cancerWu et al (2017);Liu et al (2013) C Increased neuronal oscillations in the brainBhaskar et al (2020) C Reduction of chronic low back painAnderson and Bliven, (2017) C Reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and modulation of immune functions Zope and Zope, (2013); Twal et al (2016) C Reduction of epileptic seizures Haut et al (2018) C Reduction of blood pressure Brandani et al (2017) Mindfulness/meditation C Improvements of anxiety, depression and pain Goyal et al (2014) C Activation of anterior cingulate cortex and other brain structures involved in self-regulation of emotions and attention Tang et al (2015) C Decrease in pain Hilton et al, (2017); Zeidan and Vago, (2016) C Reduced systolic blood pressure, CRP, TNFα Pascoe et al (2017) C Improvements in depression and anxiety, seizure frequency and HRQoL in PWE Wood et al (2017); Tang et al (2015) C Improved self-regulation Vago and Silbersweig (2012) C Improved sleep quality Guerra et al (2020) Physical activity C Improved cognitive functions Cai et al, (2017) C Modulation of the HPA and autonomous Zschucke et al (2015); Joyner and Green (2009) C Reduction of cancer-related fatigue Jiang et al (2020) C Modulation of cytokines and immune functions Nieman and Wentz (2019) C Reduction of depressive symptoms Gujral et al (2017) C Increase in brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) Dinoff et al, (2017) C Pain relief in chronic low back pain Chou et al (2017) Yoga practice C Reduction of depressive symptoms Brinsley et al (2020) C Modulation of the sympathetic nervous system and the HPA axis, reduction of cortisol, fasting blood glucose and cholesterol Pascoe et al (2017) C Improvements in HRQoL, fatigue, immunity markers, and other physical and psychological symptoms in cancer care Agarwal and Maroko-Afek (2018); Danhauer et al (2019) C Improvement of cardiovascular biomarkers Mohammad et al (2019) C Reduction in pain intensity for low back pain Chou et al (2017); Nahin et al (2016) C Decrease of pro-inflammatory markers IL-1β, IL-6 and TNFα Falkenberg et al (2018) C Improved HRQoL and reduction of epileptic seizures Panebianco et al (2017) C Reduction of migraine headaches Kumar et al (2020) Listening to music C Reduction of depression levels Leubner and Hinterberger (2017); Tang et al (2020) C Modulation of parasympathetic nervous system Mojtabavi et al (2020) C Lowering BP, decrease of anxiety and depressive symptoms in breast cancer patients Wang et al, (2018) C Modulation of the immune system Chanda and Levitin (2013) C Reduction of cancer-related fatigue Qiu et al (2017) C Modulation of dopaminergic system Salimpoor et al (2011) C Reduction of pain Garza-Villarreal et al (2017); Lee (2016) C Modulation of opioid receptors Mallik et al (2017) C Reduction of epileptic seizures Yuen and Sander (2017); Rafiee et al (2020) Adequate sleep C Reduced anxiety Pires et al (2016) C Improves inflammatory homeostasis and immune functions Irwin, (2019); Besedovsky et al (2019) C Improved all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events Yin et al (2017) C Modulation of the HPA axis and the sympathetic nervous system Irwin, (2019) C Improved memory, cognitive functions and emotional regulation Walker (2009) C Modulation of synaptic plasticity Raven et al (2018) Forgiveness C Lower level of pain Carson et al (2005) C Activation of lateral prefrontal cortex and other specific brain st...…”