Ophthalmology
Opioid use can trigger deafness, study finds
Opioid use, particularly in high doses, can cause deafness, according to Rutgers researchers.
Aug 17, 2020
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Health
Quitting smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy still puts the baby at risk
Although quitting smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy reduces the risk of low birth weight, it isn't enough to protect the unborn child from being born shorter and with smaller brain size, a new study from the ...
Feb 26, 2020
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Cardiology
A molecular atlas of postnatal mouse heart development
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common causes of death in the Western world. Typically, MI is caused by the blockage of a coronary artery by an atherosclerotic plaque: as the oxygen supply of the heart drops, ...
Oct 15, 2018
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Cardiology
High blood pressure limits protection to vital organs and tissues in low-oxygen conditions
New research published in the Journal of Physiology sheds light on the effects of high blood pressure by considering the way the body responds to a lack of oxygen.
Feb 21, 2018
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Cardiology
Fewer heart surgery patients may have to be exposed to blood transfusions, researchers say
Not as many heart surgery patients may need to be exposed to the potential dangers of blood transfusions, according to a new study that researchers say may change current practice.
Nov 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
64 deaths at India hospital without oxygen
At least 64 children have died over six days at a government hospital in northern India that suffered oxygen shortages, officials said Saturday.
Aug 12, 2017
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Pediatrics
Light can be used to examine the lungs of premature babies
Premature babies have a hard time getting the oxygen they need as their lungs are not sufficiently developed. Today you can only use X-rays to see how much air babies' lungs contain, but, according to research from Lund University ...
Mar 22, 2016
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Neuroscience
New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
Humans view the world through two eyes, but it is our brain that combines the images from each eye to form a single composite picture. If this function becomes damaged, impaired sight can be the result. Such loss of visual ...
Apr 16, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify proteins that may help brain tumors spread
Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a molecular pathway that seems to contribute to the ability of malignant glioma cells in a brain tumor to spread and invade previously healthy brain tissue. ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Neuroscience
Novel Chinese herbal medicine JSK improves spinal cord injury outcomes in rats
A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-Sui-Kang (JSK), given systemically for three weeks after injury in rats, improved locomotor function, reduced tissue ...
Aug 19, 2013
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