Global health research has long shown the devastating consequences that maternal deaths have on families and communities in developing countries where maternal mortality rates are high. But this ...

“As advanced age is associated with increased incidence of hypoxia-associated conditions such as asthma, emphysema, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and apnea, our findings have important ...

Ateyeh Soroush, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary, explains her ongoing study utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to investigate hypoxia-related brain function impairment in ...

Nitrogen hypoxia, the execution method being planned in Alabama, can cause rapid unconsciousness by starving the brain of oxygen. Alabama authorities were due to execute death row inmate Alan Miller ...

Anoxic brain injury, also called anoxic encephalopathy or hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, is a life threatening condition resulting from a complete lack of oxygen to the brain. Anoxic brain injury (ABI ...

As maddening as nonrestorative sleep night after night can be, the consequences go much deeper. Left unaddressed, sleep apnea ...

Luminescent protein, substrate, and oxygen all combine to create chemical chain reaction to produce light. Video shows the cortex of a mouse recorded over several minutes as the oxygen concentration ...

Researchers at the University of Rochester and at the University of Copenhagen have developed a bioluminescence imaging technique that creates highly detailed, and visually striking, images of the ...

The United States leads the world in illicit opioid use and associated overdoses, morbidity, and mortality. Yet, for every fatal overdose in the current wave of fentanyl, speedballing, and ...