News tagged with blood oxygen saturation
Hold the phone for vital signs
An iPhone app that measures the user's heart rate is not only a popular feature with consumers, but it sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher who is now turning smart phones, ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems
About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Withdrawal of CPAP therapy results in rapid recurrence of OSA
The benefits of continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAP) for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are quickly reversed when the therapy is withdrawn, according to Swiss research.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Sleep apnea may increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 13, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Systems biology helps to understand hematopoiesis
After blood loss, large amounts of the hormone Epo flood the hematopoietic system in the bone marrow. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg and the University of Freiburg have now published an article ...
May 21, 2010 |
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Low blood oxygen may lead to heart defects in children with sickle cell disease
Children with sickle cell disease who also have lower blood oxygen levels while both asleep and awake are likely to have heart abnormalities, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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High-altitude climbs may cause corneal swelling, but do not appear to affect vision
Swelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet), according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying
Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying from any cause according to research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The study finds that the increased risk o ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
May 27, 2009 |
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Research team tests bedside monitoring of brain blood flow and metabolism in stroke victims
A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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