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New findings awaken age-old anesthesia question

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does inhaling anesthetics cause unconsciousness? New insights into this century-and-a-half-old question may spring from research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The fate of a thin liquid filament (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have solved one of the printing industry's greatest challenges - whether a liquid thread will break up into drops.

Physics / Soft Matter

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers clues to what makes anesthetics work

Physicians use inhalation anesthetics in a way that is incredibly safe for patients, but very little is known about the intricacies of how these drugs actually work in children and adults. Now, researchers have uncovered ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

GPS- and WiFi-enabled inhaler to help epidemiologists study asthma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asthma is a serious medical condition that can have life threatening consequences. That is why most asthmatics carry an inhaler. It is small enough to be nestled in a purse, or carried in ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Study: Infant inhalation of ultrafine air pollution linked to adult lung disease

Stephania Cormier, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has shown for the first time that early exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (present in airborne ultrafine ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study advises Chinese government to change fuel in millions of households

Scientists in China are recommending that the Chinese government consider phasing out the direct burning of traditional chunks of coal in millions of households. It suggests that the government substitute ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Vitamin D levels linked to asthma severity

New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Forensic research extends detection of cyanide poisoning

Researchers have found a new biomarker for cyanide poisoning, which may extend its detection window in death investigations by weeks if not months.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study

Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lung cancer study finds mentholated cigarettes no more harmful than regular cigarettes

Smokers of mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer than other smokers, according to a new, very large, prospective study of black and white smokers published online March 23 in the Journal of the Na ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Care home error rate of liquid medicine doses 4 times higher than pills

Care home residents are more than four times as likely to get the wrong dose of medicine when it is in liquid form as they are when given pills/capsules provided in a dispenser, indicates research published online in BMJ Qu ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhaled steroids increase diabetes risk, say researchers

Patients taking inhaled corticosteroids are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and more so with higher doses, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Possible alternate therapy for adults with poorly controlled asthma

A drug commonly used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) successfully treats adults whose asthma is not well-controlled on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, reported researchers supported ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Stepping up' asthma treatment in children leads to improvement

Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New smoking cessation therapy proves promising

A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 27, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3