News tagged with oxygen desaturation
Being overweight super-sizes both risk and consequences of sleep-disordered breathing
Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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New prognostic indicator for patients with IPF
There may be a new way to predict mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a devastating disease that slowly petrifies the lungs. Most patients live only three years after diagnosis on average; however, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Cardiovascular disease can be detected earlier during sleep
A specially customised pulse oximeter attached to the finger can be used to detect changes in heart and vessel function while you sleep, and this simple technique can even identify patients at increased risk of cardiovascular ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Paper highlights need for new studies and guidelines around oxygen therapy during MI
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes a paper published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC )(1) highlighting concerns over the use of oxygen therapy during MI in patients with normal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2010 |
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While you were sleeping: Sleep apnea's effect on the brain may be more severe than previously thought
It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that snoring associated with sleep apnoea may impair brain function more than previously ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Enzyme Detectives Uncover New Reactions, Products
(PhysOrg.com) -- If your experiment doesn't go the way you expect, take a closer look -- something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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