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Cool therapy reduces brain injury and death from oxygen loss in newborns
Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and lower incidence of brain injury.   view more (2005-10-14)

Bedtime Oxygen Tent 'Supercharges' Olympian Athlete
Olympic runner Spencer Duval says a fitness technique he is pioneering with the support of a sports science expert at Staffordshire University could significantly boost the performance of other UK endurance athletes aiming for medals in the Sydney 2000 Games. Spencer, 30, who is set to represent... view more (2000-06-05)

NOAA and Louisiana scientists predict largest Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' on record
NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University are forecasting that the "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be the largest on record.   view more (2008-07-16)

Study simulating aircraft conditions suggests increased risk of venous thrombosis (p 1657)
Two weeks after a study published in THE LANCET concluded that there was no increased risk of venous thrombosis from air travel (Kraaijenhagen RA, Haverkamp D. Travel and risk of venous thrombosis. Lancet 2000; 356: 1492-93), a research letter published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET... view more (2000-11-08)

Link between chronic kidney disease and oxygen-deprived tissue
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered how low-oxygen conditions can worsen chronic kidney disease (CKD).   view more (2007-12-19)

Perinatal complications linked to eating disorders
Certain complications during and immediately after birth are associated with the development of the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.   view more (2006-01-03)

Alternative farming cleans up water
Although the addition of nutrients to soil helps to maximize crop production, fertilizer can leach nutrients, polluting the water supply.   view more (2007-07-20)

'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
The most severe low-oxygen ocean conditions ever observed on the West Coast of the United States have turned parts of the seafloor off Oregon into a carpet of dead Dungeness crabs and rotting sea worms, a new survey shows. Virtually all of the fish appear to have fled the area.   view more (2006-08-11)

Hypoxia training suppresses harmful cardiac nitric oxide production during heart attack
Researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas have demonstrated that, contrary to prevailing dogma, hypoxia can be remarkably beneficial to the heart. These discoveries, to be reported in the June 2008 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, may lead to a... view more (2008-05-27)

A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified
The COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today's advance on-line issue of Nature.   view more (2008-05-12)

Better access to cool caps improves outcomes, lowers cost of treating asphyxia in newborns
When newborns suffering from a form of asphyxia at birth have better access to head cooling devices, fewer will face a lifetime of debilitating and costly health complications, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).   view more (2008-01-08)

Tea, turmeric and the fight against cancer
"There has been a marked increase in cancer research in Leicester in recent years. A great deal of the new work that we undertake here now relates to assessment of novel treatments and prevention and much of the funding for this comes from drug trials for pharmaceutical companies. It is extremely... view more (1999-12-14)

Seals protect brain, conserve oxygen by turning off shivering response on icy dives
Seals shiver when exposed to cold air but not when diving in chilly water, a finding that researchers believe allows the diving seal to conserve oxygen and minimize brain damage that could result from long dives.   view more (2006-10-10)

Space medicine - students meet the experts
A long duration mission onboard the International Space Station or a future visit to Mars, could mean astronauts spending up to two years travelling and living in space. How will they cope with living in zero gravity and in a confined space for such long periods, what effect will it have on their... view more (2003-10-28)
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