For most people breathing is the most natural thing in the world. Without even thinking, your lungs should work for you by bringing oxygen into your body and releasing the carbon dioxide your body doesn't need.

For some people, however, breathing doesn't come as easily as it should. If you experience shortness of breath, difficulty climbing stairs, a stubborn cough, or wheezing, you may have a respiratory disorder, such as asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, environmental and occupational disease.

Treatment and rehabilitation of these conditions are now available at The Breath and Lung Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center, the only facility in the tristate area to offer you the complete diagnostic and clinical care for all respiratory and lung disorders.

At Hackensack University Medical Center our board-certified pulmonary physicians, who are part of the teaching faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical School, provide you with the specialized diagnosis and treatments you need.

· Your lungs at work
· How your lungs work
· Why your lungs may not
   be working at their best
· Chronic Bronchitis
· Emphysema
· Asthma
· Occupational and
  Environmental Diseases
· Lung Cancer
· Smoking Cessation
· Pulmonary Rehabilitation
· Interventional Pulmonary
   Services