Health
New recommendations in bedsharing debate
Researchers from Murdoch University's School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes to mothers and babies bedsharing.
Apr 29, 2013
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News tagged with oxygen saturation
Cardiology
Silent sleep danger for smokers uncovered in first-of-its-kind study
In a first study of its kind, scientists from the Heart Research Institute (HRI) have made the link between amounts of nicotine in the blood and the amount of time people have less oxygen while they're sleeping.
Nov 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Racially biased oxygen readings could be putting patients at risk
Thousands of times a day, doctors and nurses use a small device called a pulse oximeter—which fits on the end of a patient's finger to measure the percentage of oxygen in the blood—to help them make vital treatment decisions. ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Health
Does using extra oxygen really help football players recover, or is that hot air?
In these steamy days of late summer, when large men in pads batter one another on the playing field, some try to speed their recovery on the sidelines by breathing pure oxygen.
Sep 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early awake proning for COVID-19 improves oxygen saturation
(HealthDay)—In COVID-19 patients, awake early self-proning in the emergency department yields improved oxygen saturation, according to a study published online April 22 in Academic Emergency Medicine.
May 4, 2020
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Ophthalmology
Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma
Scientists at Hokkaido University have successfully measured the eye pressure of sleeping patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome for the first time, finding an unexpected correlation with glaucoma.
Jul 22, 2016
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Medical research
Quantitative measurement of oxygen affinity in a single red blood cell
Researchers report a system that quantitatively measures cell volume, hemoglobin mass, and oxygen saturation in individual red blood cells. They found that oxygen affinity is different for individual red blood cells. These ...
Health informatics
Test for carbon monoxide poisoning is unreliable and should not be used
Pulse oximetry is an unreliable method for spotting people suffering with carbon monoxide poisoning and it should not be used for this purpose, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis presented today (Tuesday, ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Cardiology
MoveSense app makes cellphone an oxygen saturation monitor for heart and lung patients
Patients suffering from chronic cardiopulmonary diseases could soon have a solution to help them accurately monitor their health and warn doctors at the first sign of trouble.
Jul 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumonia wonder drug: Zinc saves lives
Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the most common cause of death in children under the age of five. In a study looking at children given standard antibiotic therapy, new research published in BioMed Central's ...
Feb 8, 2012
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