Apr. 11, 2022 —Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptoms, according to a pair of recent studies. The ...
Aug. 30, 2021 —Anticipating the increased need for better oxygen concentrators as the fight against COVID-19 rages on, researchers have laid a computational framework to design an optimal concentrator to filter ...
Mar. 1, 2023 —Decisions on cancer treatment could become better tailored to individual patients with the adoption of a new imaging method that maps the chemical makeup of a patient's ...
Apr. 28, 2022 —Researchers have identified a new oxygen sensing mechanism in a small population of spinal cord neurons capable of protecting the brain and other vital organs from low oxygen (hypoxia). The team ...
June 29, 2022 —Research on the effects of exercise in low-oxygen environments on the brain demonstrated that cognitive performance worsens when lower-than-usual amounts of oxygen are carried by the blood. ...
June 27, 2022 —Researchers have found why cancer cells in oxygen-depleted environments are forced to rely on fat imports, a finding that could lead to new ways to understand and slow down tumor ...
Feb. 4, 2021 —Colchicine, a cheap drug normally used to treat gout, helps to cut the need for oxygen therapy and hospital stay in COVID-19 patients, reveal the results of a small clinical ...
July 12, 2023 —For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly merge humans with machines, this breakthrough offers ...
May 24, 2023 —Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis -- a painful bladder disease that affects millions of ...
May 23, 2023 —A global phase 3 clinical trial found that a year-long immunotherapy through a skin patch safely desensitized toddlers with peanut allergy, lowering the risk of a severe allergic reaction from accidental ...
May 17, 2023 —In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing fossil evidence of early Homo sapiens populations there, researchers have uncovered a new model of human evolution -- overturning previous beliefs that a single African population gave rise to all ...
July 13, 2023 —The percentage of infants from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experiencing hypothermia upon operating room (OR) arrival and at any point ...
July 11, 2023 —Medical researchers have reported a significant rise in cases of IFH injuries in recent years, with maternity staff implementing varied approaches ...
July 10, 2023 —Researchers have made a technology breakthrough for one of the most important forms of light imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), which could revolutionize applications in ophthalmology, ...
July 10, 2023 —Researchers have demonstrated a new way of linking personal records and protecting privacy. The first application is in identifying cases of rare genetic disorders. There are many other potential ...
July 14, 2023 —Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is key for eye development in mammals, according to a new ...
July 14, 2023 —Antibodies are crucial, not only for treating tumors and infections. Sometimes, however, the immune reaction they trigger can be too strong and end up causing more damage, for example in the case of ...