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What is hypoxia and why should we care?

Explore the fascinating concepts of hypoxia and edema as we delve into the human body's functions. This animated educational video covers various human body parts, focusing on the brain and lungs, ...
Endovascular Today

Rapid RV Recovery and Clinical Improvement After Use of the AVENTUS® Thrombectomy System for Saddle PE

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. It occurs when thrombotic material—most often ...
Medical Xpress

Modifying macrophages in the lung could head off pulmonary hypertension

In the 1980s, when Stella Kourembanas, MD, began her career in neonatology, she cared for newborns with pulmonary hypertension, a disease that results in abnormally high blood pressure in the lung ...
Healio

Severe OSA linked to poorer lung function over time

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with high apnea-hypopnea index scores had more high attenuation areas on CT and lower measures of lung ...
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Hypoxic Gene Expression Signature as a Predictor of Recurrence and Mortality in Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

We included patients with T1-3N0 NSCLC treated with SBRT. RNA isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor biopsy specimens (pretreatment) was analyzed using the Clariom-D assay. Hypoxia ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Naked Mole-Rats Prefer Low-Oxygen Air That Would Kill Most Mammals, Adding to Their List of Death-Defying Superpowers

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for rese ...