Patients Helped To Breathe Easier With Helium

... It makes for bobbing balloons and squeaky voices, but now helium is also helping people with severe respiratory problems breathe easier.Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have discovered that by combining helium with 40 per cent oxygen allowed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to increase their exercise capacity by an average of 245 per cent. [click link for full article] ...