Reducing oxygen levels in critically ill children on mechanical ventilators in intensive care could save tens of young lives each year, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond ...

Participants were randomly assigned to receive high oxygen (hyperoxia) or a lower amount of oxygen intended to maintain normal blood oxygen levels (normoxia). Two hundred study participants were ...

Breathing is a crucial biological function essential for survival and various bodily processes. It occurs involuntarily, ...

Rapid changes in marine oxygen levels may have played a significant role in driving Earth's first mass extinction, according to a new study. Rapid changes in marine oxygen levels may have played a ...

Oxygen is paramount for the survival of many beings on Earth. Therefore, when a team of researchers found that oxygen levels on Earth are in danger of dropping by a millionfold, they were evidently ...

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