Publications by authors named "M Balban"
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- Controlled breathwork practices are being explored as effective ways to manage stress and enhance well-being.
- A study compared three different 5-minute breathwork exercises to mindfulness meditation over a month, focusing on their impacts on mood, anxiety, and physiological arousal.
- Results indicate that cyclic sighing, which emphasizes longer exhalations, significantly improved mood and reduced respiratory rate more effectively than mindfulness meditation.
The most common cause of a neck mass that increases in size on the Valsalva maneuver is laryngocele. Jugular phlebectasia is a congenital dilation of the jugular vein, which is extremely rare in adults, may present similarly. Duplication of the internal jugular vein (IJV), which is usually encountered coincidentally, is another rare anatomic variation.
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