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Articles on nasal breathing and humidification, from OASIS and beyond.
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All Breathing Excercise Travel WellnessBy OASISExtremely Premature Babies Can Lose Water Through Their Skin Faster Than They Make Heat. Here's Six Decades of Research Behind Why NICUs Humidify the Air
In the most premature babies, water evaporating through paper-thin skin can outpace the heat their bodies make. Six decades of neonatal research, starting with a…
November 02, 2026 By OASISThe Wim Hof Method Took Off After One Explosive Immune Study. A Decade of Follow-Up Trials Tells a Much Narrower Story
The Wim Hof Method went viral on one striking 2014 immune study. Nine follow-up trials since then paint a narrower, more specific picture.
October 14, 2026 By OASISSalt Water Nasal Rinses Are Thousands of Years Old. COVID Finally Pushed Scientists to Properly Test Them
People have been flushing salt water through their nose on purpose for thousands of years. Jala neti, the yogic nasal-cleansing practice, predates modern medicine by…
October 11, 2026 By OASISYour Nose Does About 90 Percent of a Humidifier's Job Before Air Reaches Your Lungs. Here's What Changes When You Breathe Through Your Mouth Instead
Your nose does about 90 percent of a humidifier's job before air reaches your lungs. See how, and what changes when you breathe through your…
October 05, 2026 By OASISMouth Taping Became a Massive Sleep Trend on Social Media. The Research Behind It Is a Lot More Complicated
Scroll through enough sleep or wellness content and you will eventually run into it: people going to bed with a strip of tape sealed over…
September 30, 2026 By OASISHumming Isn't Just Relaxing: It Floods Your Sinuses With a Gas Your Body Uses Against Infection
Humming boosts nasal nitric oxide 15 fold, real research ties it to sinus infection defense and diagnosing a rare ciliary disease. See what science shows.
September 29, 2026 By OASISWhy Humidified Air Matters for Breathing
Your nose warms and humidifies every breath you take. See what the research says happens when it can't keep up, and what a controlled humidity…
September 25, 2026 By OASISThe Oldest Known Breathing Instructions Are Carved Into a 2,500-Year-Old Piece of Jade
The oldest known breathing instructions are carved on a 2,500-year-old jade artifact. Here's what it actually says, and how certain historians really are.
September 25, 2026 By OASISScientists Plugged Infant Monkeys' Noses to Study Mouth Breathing, Here's What the Real Research Shows (and Where a Viral Dental Article Goes Further Than the Evidence)
What controlled research actually shows about mouth breathing and childhood facial development, separated from viral claims that go too far.
September 23, 2026 Load more Verified40+ years" of HME clinical use
Directionally supported by literature on HME/anaesthetic gas humidification research dating to the late 1970s (Chalon et al., 1979) Chalon J, Loew DA, Malebranche J. Effects of dry anesthetic gases on tracheobronchial ciliated epithelium. Anesthesiology. 1972 Sep;37(3):338-43. doi: 10.1097/00000542-197209000-00010. PMID: 4115208.
View source → Verified8.5oz of water lost per day through breathing
Commonly cited physiological estimate. Multiple general respiratory physiology sources place daily respiratory water loss at approximately 250-500mL/day (roughly 8.5-17 fl oz), varying with ventilation rate, humidity, and individual factors.
VerifiedAircraft cabin air has very low relative humidity
Nagda NL, Hodgson M. (2001). "Low Relative Humidity and Aircraft Cabin Air Quality." Indoor Air, 11(4):200-214.
View source → VerifiedLow humidity increases susceptibility to influenza
Kudo E, Song E, Yockey LJ, Rakib T, Wong PW, Homer RJ, Iwasaki A. (2019). "Low ambient humidity impairs barrier function and innate resistance against influenza infection." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(22):10905-10910.
View on PNAS → VerifiedHome humidification reduced hospital admissions during radiotherapy
Morton RP, Thomson VC, Macann A, Gerard CM, Izzard M, Hay KD. (2008). "Home-based humidification for mucositis in patients undergoing radical radiotherapy: preliminary report." Journal of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, 37(2):203-7.
VerifiedCold, dry air reduces exercise capacity and worsens bronchoconstriction
Stensrud T, Berntsen S, Carlsen K-H. (2006/2007). "Exercise capacity and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in a cold environment." Respiratory Medicine.
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