Helium helps lung patients breathe easier

Monday, March 9, 2009 - 17:28 in Health & Medicine

New research published in the international journal Chest, by Neil Eves, PhD, finds that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who breathed a mix of 60% helium and 40% oxygen during a rehabilitation program were able to exercise longer and harder than those who breathed normal air...

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