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Entries for January, 2009

Mechanism of rehabilitation from smoking

In the United States, the estimated 46 million people (this is 41.9% of the population) are smokers. This includes 25.1 million men (23.4% of the population) and 20.9 million women (18.5% of the population). These people are at higher risks of heart attack and stroke. The statistics is taken from the National Health Interview Survey [...]

Combined effect of additional resistance to breathing, hypoxia and hypercapnia on the female organism

The aim of the investigation at hand was to determine changes in some functional parameters of cardiopulmonary system, occurring as a result of a combined effect of an additional resistance to breathing, hypoxia and hypercapnia in the course of breathing through the Frolov’s respiration training device. Practically healthy women aged 38-39 were subjected to the [...]