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Muscle deterioration in patients with lung disease seen connected to CO2

Muscle deterioration in patients with lung diseases might be a direct consequence of high carbon dioxide levels in their blood, an international team of researchers headed by Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum of the Hebrew ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth's most extreme extinction

It's well known that Earth's most severe mass extinction occurred about 250 million years ago. What's not well known is the specific time when the extinctions occurred. A team of researchers from North America ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Change in how paramedics use oxygen could reduce deaths

A change to the way paramedics use oxygen when treating patients with chronic lung disease could cut the death rate in these cases by up to 78%, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.

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created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests new therapy for lung disease patients

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine may change current thinking about how best to treat patients in respiratory distress in hospital intensive care units.

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created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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