Scientists are drawing closer to understanding how cancer cells pursue oxygen, which they need to survive. The discovery represents a step toward understanding one of the ways cancer spreads. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioengineers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania report results of… Continue reading New Discovery about Oxygen and Cancer Cells
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Living with Heart Failure
About five million people in the U.S. have heart failure, and that number is inching up. The condition is linked to 300,000 deaths per year, and it’s the most common reason people are hospitalized. The condition develops gradually, experts say, as the pumping ability of the heart grows weaker. At that point, it can’t pump… Continue reading Living with Heart Failure
Stroke: What You Need to Know
A stroke could cause anyone lasting physical and mental problems, or even death, and older people are at higher risk. You can take steps to lower your chance of having a stroke. Knowing the symptoms of a stroke and acting quickly could mean the difference between life and disability or death. Here, from the experts… Continue reading Stroke: What You Need to Know
A New Treatment for Fibromyalgia?
Women who have fibromyalgia appear to benefit from treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, according to researchers at Rice University and institutes in Israel. The painful condition improved in every one of the 48 women who completed two months of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the researchers said. Brain scans of the women before and after treatment… Continue reading A New Treatment for Fibromyalgia?
COPD Patients Risk Burn Injuries from Oxygen
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are receiving home oxygen have a higher risk of burn injury, according to researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. This study was published on March 30 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. For their study, the researchers looked at data from Medicare beneficiaries from 2001… Continue reading COPD Patients Risk Burn Injuries from Oxygen