News tagged with oxygen treatment

Plasma treatment zaps viruses before they can attack cells

Researchers test a pre-emptive anti-viral treatment on a common virus known to cause respiratory infections.

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hydrogen opens the road to graphene ... and graphane

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team has discovered a new method to produce belts of graphene called nanoribbons. By using hydrogen, they have managed to unzip single-walled carbon nanotubes. The ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New groundbreaking treatment for oxygen-deprived newborns

Until now immediate cooling of the newborn infant was the only treatment that could possibly prevent brain damage following oxygen deprivation during delivery. New research findings from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term study shows low oxygen levels in prostate tumors can predict recurrence

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have discovered that low-oxygen regions in prostate tumors can be used to predict a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a marker of tumor recurrence in prostate cancer. The ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hyperbaric treatment for autism reports significant clinical improvements

Hyperbaric treatment for children with autism has reportedly led to improvements in the condition, though previous studies were uncontrolled. Now, a new study published in the open access journal, BMC Pediatrics, is the fi ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1