News tagged with pulmonary edema

Stroke risk in pregnant women 2.4 times higher

High blood pressure during pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cells restore tissue affected by ALI

Human stem cells administered intravenously can restore alveolar epithelial tissue to a normal function in a novel ex vivo perfused human lung after E. coli endotoxin-induced acute lung injury (ALI), according to research ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing or reversing inflammation after heart attack, stroke may require 2-pronged approach

Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug targets aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating tissue inflammation that results ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Singer death column sparks Twitter rage

(AP) -- Britain's press watchdog said Monday it had received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taking dex can improve high altitude exercise capacity in certain climbers

Taking dexamathasone prophlyactically may improve exercise capacity in some mountaineers, according to Swiss researchers. Dexamathasone, known popularly to climbers as "dex," has been used for years to treat altitude-related ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0