Health
20 minutes of exercise can boost your brain after a bad night's sleep
New research has explored how sleep, oxygen levels, and exercise affect our ability to perform mental tasks.
Nov 23, 2023
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News tagged with lack of oxygen
Medical research
Stopping lung damage before it turns deadly
If you've ever struggled to breathe, you've had a moment of hypoxia—a lack of oxygen. Hypoxia can have long-term effects. In fact, doctors describe hypoxia as an "initial insult."
May 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What steps must be taken to secure oxygen for COVID-19 patients and into the future
New waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries, such as Kenya and India, have exposed the poor management of oxygen supplies. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Professor Trevor Duke, an expert on [oxygen ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Retrospective MRI analysis uncovers pathophysiological process for early detection of recurrent glioblastoma
Lack of oxygen and specific changes in the microvascular architecture are often undetected and comprise early indications of the return of a brain tumor following previous surgical intervention. This was the result of a study ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumor resistance is promoted by anti-cancer protein
Lack of oxygen, or hypoxia, is a biological stressor that occurs under various conditions such as wound healing and stroke. To rescue the tissue, the body has innate mechanisms that "kick in" to make the cells of the hypoxic ...
Sep 19, 2019
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Medications
Researchers find a new mechanism by which cells can sense oxygen with applications in cancer treatment
Researchers from the University of Oulu and Harvard University have found a previously unknown mechanism by which cells in the body sense oxygen. Lack of oxygen had a direct influence on the functioning of genes, and prevents ...
Mar 20, 2019
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Medical research
Promising peptide for TBI, heart attack and stroke
Strokes, heart attacks and traumatic brain injuries are separate diseases with certain shared pathologies that achieve a common end - cell death and human injury due to hypoxia, or lack of oxygen. In these diseases, a lack ...
Feb 8, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
When flying leads to stomach pain
Patients with a chronic intestinal inflammation often experience bouts of inflammation after a journey. The main cause of this is not the stress of travelling, but the lack of oxygen experienced in an aircraft or during high ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
The stress and cancer link: 'Master switch' stress gene enables cancer's spread
In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body.
Aug 22, 2013
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Neuroscience
Low doses of marijuana component can protect brain against injury
Though marijuana is a well-known recreational drug, extensive scientific research has been conducted on the therapeutic properties of marijuana in the last decade. Medical cannabis is often used by sufferers of chronic ailments, ...
May 30, 2013
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