News tagged with breathing machine


Five big strides to fight lung disease in our tiniest patients

For Ottawa scientist and neonatologist Dr. Bernard Thébaud, even a major paper that answers five significant questions still doesn't seem quite enough in his determined path to get his laboratory breakthrough into the neonatal ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find molecule to starve lung cancer and improve ventilator recovery

A new research report published online in the FASEB Journal reveals a connection among sugar, cancer, and dependence on breathing machines--microRNA-320a. In the report, Stanford scientists show that the molecule microRNA-320a is res ...

Cancer created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Advice urges wider sharing of heart care decisions

(AP) -- A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering ...

Cardiology created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering liver treatment cures British baby

British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1