News tagged with oxygen delivery
The new exercise HIT: do less
The usual excuse of "lack of time" for not doing enough exercise is blown away by new research published in The Journal of Physiology.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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New Approach Developed to Improve Drug Delivery in Tumors
(PhysOrg.com) -- By using mathematical modeling to understand blood flow, researchers -- including the UA's Timothy Secomb, a pioneer in the field -- have proposed a novel approach to treating cancerous tumors.
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Winter Olympics: Altitude affects skill sports, not just endurance events
For winter sports athletes, including Olympians competing in Vancouver this week, the altitude of the sports venue can have a significant impact on performance, requiring athletes in skill sports, such as figure skating, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Know the Facts About Drowning for Adequate Prevention
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us have seen depictions of drowning on TV -- there's splashing, yelling and a lifeguard running to the rescue. But emergency medicine professionals caution that's not how it happens ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Researchers seek new ways to boost catfish production
(PhysOrg.com) -- A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is exploring new ways to enhance farm-raised catfish production with a device he calls the "see-saw."
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leipzig, Germany, have identified a signaling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Babies born to native high-altitude mothers have decreased risk of low birth weight
Pregnant women who are indigenous to the Andes Mountains deliver more blood and oxygen to their fetuses at high altitude than do women of European descent. The study helps explain why babies of Andean descent ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 18, 2009 |
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Doctors develop life-saving, low-cost ventilators for emergency, rural and military use
A group of UK anaesthetists have designed and tested three prototype low-cost ventilators that could provide vital support during major healthcare emergencies involving large numbers of patients or casualties. The devices, ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Study finds that two treatment strategies for severe sepsis show similar survival rates
A comparison of two strategies for treating severe sepsis or septic shock finds that using lactate levels measured in blood samples showed a similar short-term survival rate compared to a treatment regimen using central venous ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Two studies provide insight into stroke risk and prevention in young sickle cell anemia patients
Monthly blood transfusions combined with daily medication to remove the resulting excess iron remains the best approach for reducing the risk of recurrent strokes in young patients with sickle cell anemia, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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