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US: Alabama carries out world's first nitrogen gas execution
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In the world's first known execution by nitrogen hypoxia, the US state of Alabama put to death Kenneth Eugene Smith, a prisoner on death row for his role in a contract killing more than three decades ago, The Washington Post reported.
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Study investigate alterations in coral microbiome caused by hypoxia
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The research is a first step towards identifying possibly beneficial microbes for corals exposed to this environmental stressor.
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Researchers examine changes in coral microbiome under hypoxia
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent study provided the first characterisation of the coral microbiome under hypoxia or low oxygen levels in the water.
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Warming climate spurs harmful oxygen loss in lakes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) and negative consequences for fish and other specie
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Cancer related Anemia should be treated on priority, suggests Doctors at A
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], September 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Anemia is a condition that affects more than half of cancer patients at diagnosis and during treatment which further impacts their quality of life on an everyday basis. Cancer patients with anemia show reduced response to radio
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Study suggests sleep disorders linked to more severe outcomes from COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 12 (ANI): A new research has shown a 31 per cent increased risk for hospitalisation and mortality in patients with sleep-disordered breathing and sleep-related hypoxia.
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DRDO develops supplemental oxygen delivery system for COVID patients use
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed SpO2 (Blood Oxygen Saturation) supplemental Oxygen Delivery which can be used for moderate COVID patients for oxygen flow therapy and soldiers posted at extreme high-altitude areas.
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Study sheds light on explanation for lack of blood oxygenation detected in
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): One of the physiopathological characteristics of COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and medical community is what is known as "silent hypoxemia" or "happy hypoxia". A recent study sheds light on the explanation for the lack of blood oxygenation
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Three reasons why coronavirus can cause silent hypoxia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): Boston University biomedical engineers and collaborators from the University of Vermont have begun to crack one of the most life-threatening mysteries behind the relationship between silent hypoxia and coronavirus following different scenarios.
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Scientists discover new promising strategy for common retinal diseases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness - has been discovered by a team of scientists.
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Study focuses on neurological consequences of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], September 24 (ANI): A team of neuroscientists and clinicians are examining the potential link between COVID-19 and increased risk of Parkinson's disease, and measures to get ahead of the curve.
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Delhi may have 1 lakh COVID-19 cases by June-end, 5-member committee proje
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Delhi is likely to see at least one lakh COVID-19 cases by end of June as per a projection made by the five-member committee formed by the Delhi government.
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