Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite ...

For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser than at sea level—can have health benefits ranging from lower rates of heart disease to increased endurance. But for those born ...

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes develop a drug that mimics the cellular effects of low-oxygen therapy for the treatment of inherited mitochondrial diseases. Seen here is Skyler Blume, first author ...

High-flow oxygen didn't help patients survive acute hypoxemic respiratory failure better than standard oxygen, the SOHO trial showed. Mortality at day 28 came out an identical 14.6% in patients ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although home use of short-burst oxygen therapy is widely prescribed in the UK for patients with COPD, it may be helpful only in a small minority of patients, researchers ...

Giving lower levels of oxygen to children being ventilated in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) could significantly improve outcomes in terms of death or duration of organ support at 30 days, ...

‘We didn't ask for this.’ NBA champion Scot Pollard gets advanced heart transplant testing done by Yale School of Medicine If you have a wound that just won't heal, the treatment may be some fresh air ...

The clinical and survival benefit of home oxygen therapy, both LTOT and nocturnal oxygen therapy, for patients with COPD and moderate hypoxemia was evaluated in this meta-analysis. Home oxygen therapy ...

If you have a wound that just won't heal, the treatment may be some fresh air – but not the kind you get outside. The director of hyperbaric medicine at Greenwich Hospital talks about the benefits of ...