News tagged with oxygen therapy
Discovery may lead to powerful new therapy for asthma
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks — and that activity of the enzyme, known as aldose reductase, can ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Research creates nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancer
Researchers from the University of Hull have discovered a way to load up nanoparticles with large numbers of light-sensitive molecules to create a more effective form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Growth-factor gel shows promise as hearing-loss treatment
A new treatment has been developed for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), a condition that causes deafness in 40,000 Americans each year, usually in early middle-age. Researchers writing in the open access journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Powerful free radical causes lung damage from oxygen therapy
The most toxic free radical appears responsible for much of the lung damage that can result from oxygen therapy in the critically ill or injured, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Study challenges value of oxygen therapy in end-of-life care
Millions of patients with advanced disease in palliative care settings receive oxygen therapy to help them breathe more easily. But a new study from Duke University Medical Center says roughly half of them don't benefit ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Higher oxygen levels improve preterm survival, increase risk for eye condition
Two findings from an NIH research network study provide new information on how much oxygen very preterm infants should receive starting on the first day of life and the most effective means to deliver it to them.
May 16, 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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Change in how paramedics use oxygen could reduce deaths
A change to the way paramedics use oxygen when treating patients with chronic lung disease could cut the death rate in these cases by up to 78%, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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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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Why some prostate cancer returns
The majority of men who receive one of the standard treatments for localized prostate cancer - surgery or radiation therapy - have an excellent outcome.
May 27, 2009 |
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Stem cell infusion and hyperbaric oxygen treatment improve islet function in diabetes
A study to determine if patients with type 2 diabetes can benefit from a combination of autologous (patient self-donated) stem cell infusions (ASC) and hyperbaric (above the normal air pressure of ) oxygen treatment (HBO) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 12, 2009 |
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