Probiotic study at 12,740 feet links supplements to higher oxygen levels

Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person's health.
EMS1

The single most important thing EMS can do for hemophilia patients: Check the fridge

RICE, rapid transport and a quick fridge check can change the outcome before a bleeding disorder turns into a major emergency ...

Scientists Create “Smart Underwear” To Measure How Often We Really Fart

A new nationwide study led by the University of Maryland is seeking volunteers to help document and analyze the full range of human flatulence.
BMJ Open

Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol

Introduction Maintaining normal fluid status is critical to health and well-being. Older people are vulnerable to abnormal fluid status and associated complications, morbidity and mortality. Care home ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood

Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue.
BMJ

Cardiothoracic ratio within the “normal” range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK 2 Department of Surgery, University College London, London, UK 3 Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, ...
The Guardian

The Normal Heart review – Larry Kramer’s devastating play about Aids continues to galvanise

The 1985 play’s first run took place off-Broadway in the middle of the Aids crisis. Much has changed – but Dean Bryant’s production speaks to a new era of protest and unrest The urgency and immediacy ...