News tagged with carbon dioxide level

Study: Relief of pain is a reward

(Medical Xpress)—The Pain Research Group at the UA College of Medicine-Tucson studies the underlying causes of acute and chronic pain to promote the discovery of new targets for drug development with the ultimate goal of ...

Medical research Nov 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Capnography training video by BMC published in New England Journal of Medicine

Physicians at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have developed a training video for health care providers about how to effectively use capnography to monitor ventilation and carbon dioxide levels for patients under anesthesia or ...

Other Nov 08, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers discover how to overcome poor response to radiotherapy caused by low haemoglobin levels

Barcelona, Spain: Patients with head and neck cancer and a low haemoglobin (Hb) level do not respond well to radiotherapy and therefore both control of their tumour and disease-free survival are compromised. Now researchers ...

Cancer May 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Short-term exposure to most major air pollutants associated with increased risk of heart attack

Short-term exposure (for up to 7 days) to all major air pollutants, with the exception of ozone, is significantly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies ...

Health Feb 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Culture influences people's response to climate change

(Medical Xpress) -- How people choose to consume resources and use contraception influences their responses to climate change, according to a team of psychologists.