News tagged with blood oxygen levels


Study reveals how the brain categorizes thousands of objects and actions

Humans perceive numerous categories of objects and actions, but where are these categories represented spatially in the brain?

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Attention and awareness uncoupled in brain imaging experiments

In everyday life, attention and awareness appear tightly interwoven. Attending to the scissors on the right side of your desk, you become aware of their attributes, for example the red handles. Vice versa, ...

Neuroscience created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fish oil helps heal bed sores of the critically ill

Chock-full of Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, fish oil can help lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation in the skin and joints, and promote healthy fetal development. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has found ...

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems

About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any ...

Cardiology created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hugs from Mom and Dad, without the wires

(Medical Xpress) -- Anyone who has seen a newborn in a hospital NICU knows the image is shocking. Wires and electrodes designed to monitor vital signals such as heart rate, brain signals and blood oxygen levels ...

Medical research created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treating disease by the numbers

Mathematical modeling being tested by researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the IU School of Medicine has the potential to impact the knowledge ...

Medical research created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antioxidants may ease PAD blood pressure increase

Low antioxidant levels contribute to increased blood pressure during exercise for people with peripheral arterial disease, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute.

Cardiology created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Explainer: What is diabetes?

To keep your body functioning, glucose must always be present in your blood. It's as important as oxygen in the air you breathe. The brain can only function for a few minutes without either before it stops ...

Diabetes created May 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High sugar and fat diet 'may increase cell damage during sleep'

(Medical Xpress) -- Continuing sleepless nights can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and even death for sufferers of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) who regularly stop breathing during the night for brief periods ...

Medical research created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein is potential new treatment target for adult pulmonary hypertension

A protein critical to development appears to have a grave impact on lungs exposed to smoking and air pollution, researchers report.

Medical research created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technology measures oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time

In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time.

Medical research created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep improves memory in people with Parkinson's disease

(Medical Xpress) -- People with Parkinson's disease performed markedly better on a test of working memory after a night's sleep, and sleep disorders can interfere with that benefit, researchers have shown.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast