Oxygen
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Autism treatment: Do alternative therapies work?...of pressure and oxygen can be disastrous. In May a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at a Florida clinic exploded in flames while a young boy with cerebral palsy and his grandmother were inside. The grandmother died quickly. The child, burned... In this article: Autism, Oxygen, Intravenous immunoglobulin, and Andrew Zimmerman |
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 05, 2009
Lowering babies' body temperature 'can protect them from brain damage'
...suffered by up to 40 per cent. The researchers used the technique on babies who were starved of oxygen at birth, which can trigger devastating conditions such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy. They lowered the children's average body...
In this article: Brain damage, London, Imperial College, John Lewis Partnership, Cerebral palsy, Epilepsy, and Britain
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MedicineNet | November 05, 2009
Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns
...about 20% of cerebral palsy cases. An earlier study found that chilling infants who suffer from oxygen deprivation can help reduce rates of cerebral palsy and improve their motor skills later in life. In the new study, reported online Nov....
In this article: Cerebral palsy and Encephalopathy
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Baltimore Sun | August 15, 2009
Hyperbaric chamber: healthy or hype?
...sickness, there's no evidence that they live up to other promises, he said. Claims that hyperbaric oxygen can treat autism or cerebral palsy are unfounded and unethical, says Dr. Jake Freiberger, an attending physician at the Center...
In this article: Autism, Cerebral palsy, Altitude sickness, Toxin, Michael Jackson, and Carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Press and Journal | October 18, 2009
Mother raises GBP15,000 for neonatal unit
...offered when her baby needed life-saving treatment. When Jane Keenan, 34, went into labour with her first child, Riley, the newborn was starved of oxygen and needed an operation. Doctors managed to save him and, despite being diagnosed...
In this article: Marks & Spencer, Aberdeen, Cerebral palsy, and Brain damage
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thestar.com | August 31, 2009
Doctors under scrutiny over duty of care to unborn
The Liebig family of Rockwood, just outside Guelph, has brought a motion before the courts on behalf of their 8-year-old son, Kevin, born with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation. He has...
In this article: Defendant, Cerebral palsy, and Allegation
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 20, 2008
Australian Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Cerebral Palsy
...comparing the genetics of both mother and child." It was once believed that low oxygen levels during birth caused cerebral palsy, but this is rarely the case, MacLennan said. "Obstetric care and Caesarean deliveries have increased...
In this article: Cerebral palsy, University of Adelaide, Double jeopardy, Caesarean, Quadriplegia, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Sunday Mirror | August 26, 2009
Five miracle kids and their struggle to get to their first day of school
...hydrocephalus and chest infections too. But he hung in there. When he came home he weighed 4lb and for eight months went everywhere attached to an oxygen cylinder. He has mild cerebral palsy but from the moment he wakes up he has a...
In this article: Meningitis, Cancer, London, and Cough
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Christy Nolan
Christy Nolan Christy Nolan, who died on February 20 aged 43, made a remarkable career as a novelist despite suffering from cerebral palsy as a result of being deprived of oxygen at birth Last Updated: 5:24PM GMT 20 Feb 2009 Christy...
In this article: Dublin, Booker Prize, Picasa, Oxford, and Lioresal
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'No one should be forced to give up their child.'
...occurrence for mother and daughter. As doctors at Ottawa Civic Hospital worked frantically to save them, Daria's brain was starved of oxygen for an extended period of time. Oxygen deprivation caused Daria, now 11 months old,...
In this article: Ontario
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Oxygen (pronounced: /ˈɒksɨdʒɨn/, from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys) (acid, literally "sharp," from the taste of acids) and -γενής (-genēs) (producer, literally begetter) is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, and is a highly reactive nonmetallic period 2 element that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with almost all other elements. At standard temperature and pressure two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a colorless, odorless, tasteless diatomic gas with the formula . Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust. Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes 20.9% of the volume of air.
Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his publication came out in print first. The name oxygen was coined in 1777 by Antoine Lavoisier, whose experiments with oxygen helped to discredit the then-popular phlogiston theory of combustion and corrosion. Oxygen is produced industrially by fractional distillation of liquefied air, use of zeolites to remove carbon dioxide and nitrogen from air, electrolysis of water and other means. Uses of oxygen include the production of steel, plastics and textiles; rocket propellant; oxygen therapy; and life support in aircraft, submarines, spaceflight and diving.
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