Sleep disorders
Sleep apnea associated with higher mortality from cancer: study
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), commonly known as sleep apnea, is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, according to a new study.
May 20, 2012
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Page 9 - News tagged with hypoxia
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists aim to kill lung tumors
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death throughout the world. Standard treatment methods do not usually result in long-term recovery. In addition to the proliferation of the tumour cells, the growth of blood vessels ...
May 4, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Low oxygen levels could drive cancer growth
Low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers, according to a new University of Georgia study. The authors' findings run counter to widely accepted beliefs that genetic mutations ...
May 3, 2012
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Cardiology
Team gains understanding of white matter in infants receiving heart surgery
A collaborative team of researchers at Children's National Medical Center are making progress in understanding how to protect infants needing cardiac surgery from white matter injury, which impacts the nervous system. The ...
Mar 8, 2012
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Medical research
Oxygen-deprived baby rats fare worse if kept warm
New study suggests that baby rats deprived of oxygen, but kept warm, had bigger swings in glucose and insulin, metabolic and physiologic effects that could increase the chances of brain damage. Findings could have implications ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Health
Intermittent exercise improves blood glucose control for diabetics
Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics, however exercise while under hypoxic conditions provides greater improvements in glycemic ...
Feb 2, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Heart drug may be effective for managing certain cancers: study
Researchers at Queen's University have identified a new mechanism that could potentially explain why the body's immune system sometimes fails to eliminate cancer. The new findings shed light on the possible cause of immune ...
Dec 14, 2011
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Medical research
Illuminating cross talk between signalling factors
(Medical Xpress) -- Hypoxia and inflammation are environmental features occuring simultaneously in a variety of diseases such as growing tumours and critically inflamed tissues. UCD scientists investigating the relative contributions ...
Nov 22, 2011
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Medical research
Gladstone scientists identify gene critical for cell responses to oxygen deprivation
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a protein that kick–starts the response to low levels of oxygen, suggesting new lines of research relevant to a variety of potentially fatal disorders associated ...
Nov 3, 2011
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Medical research
Everest expedition suggests nitric oxide benefits for intensive care patients
The latest results from an expedition to Mount Everest that looked at the body's response to low oxygen levels suggest that drugs or procedures that promote the body's production of a chemical compound called nitric oxide ...
Oct 6, 2011
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