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Belting a tune may be better for belching than breathing exercises

"Although diaphragmatic breathing is recommended as a first-line intervention in clinical guidelines, some patients Patients with supragastric belching reported greater symptom relief and improvements in health-related quality of life with singing therapy than diaphragmatic breathing, study results showed.

Belting a tune may be better for belching than breathing exercises

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Patients with supragastric belching reported greater symptom relief and improvements in health-related quality of life with singing therapy than diaphragmatic breathing, study results showed.

Findings also suggested that singing therapy could be particularly beneficial for older patients with severe symptoms.

"Supragastric belching significantly impairs quality of life," Haitao Shang, PhD, of the department of gastroenterology at Qingdao Hospital in China, and colleagues wrote.

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Patients with supragastric belching reported greater symptom relief and improvements in health-related quality of life with singing therapy than diaphragmatic breathing, study results showed. Findings also suggested that singing therapy could be particularly beneficial for older patients with severe symptoms. "Supragastric belching significantly impairs quality of life," Haitao Shang, PhD, of the department of gastroenterology at Qingdao Hospital in China, and colleagues wrote.

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  • "Although diaphragmatic breathing is recommended as a first-line intervention in clinical guidelines, some patients

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