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What is benefit of observing breathing?
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Dr. William Walshanswered
Addiction Medicine 18 years experience
Patterns: You can see the patterns of breathing - simple things like how deep, how often, how much effort, and is the pattern regular or irregular tell quite a bit about possible diseases.
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Last updated Dec 11, 2012
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