A study led by biomedical scientist Erica Heinrich at the University of California, Riverside, highlights a critical gap in how clinicians detect and treat breathing distress (dyspnea), particularly ...

An SpO₂ reading of 94% is slightly below the usual range for a healthy adult at sea level. A pulmonologist explains what can cause the reading, when to repeat it and when medical attention is needed.

Shortness of breath after just a little movement. Feeling so distressed when lying down that you cannot sleep. Feeling ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shed light on how cancer cells survive in the first few hours after being cut off from a supply of oxygen. Published in The EMBO Journal, this finding ...

A recent study explored one possible cause -- hyperoxia or high concentrations of oxygen given to such patients during surgery -- as opposed to doses more similar to air. The study concluded that ...