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'Butt-Breathing' Technique Passes First Human Safety Test
Scientists Notch a Big Win
in 'Butt-Breathing'
NEW STUDY
Oct 22, 2025 8:59 AM CDT

Scientists Notch a Big Win in 'Butt-Breathing'

Early trials involve oxygen-carrying liquid delivered rectally; could help patients with breathing issues

(Newser) - A technique that once snagged an Ig Nobel prize for its oddball premise has cleared its first human safety trial—and it involves "butt-breathing." The official term is "enteral ventilation," and a new study, published in the journal Med , marks a potential step toward a new...

'Clever Little Molecule' Could Be Quick Carbon Monoxide Antidote

Engineered protein clears toxin from blood in minutes

(Newser) - Researchers are testing a new protein-based treatment that could dramatically speed up care for carbon monoxide poisoning, a condition responsible for up to 100,000 emergency room visits and 1,500 deaths annually in the US. Carbon monoxide, an invisible and scentless gas, deprives organs of oxygen by binding...

On the Medical Front, a 'Very Urgent' Need for Oxygen
On the Medical Front,
a 'Very Urgent' Need for Oxygen
in case you missed it
Feb 22, 2025 7:30 AM CST

On the Medical Front, a 'Very Urgent' Need for Oxygen

Shortage means millions globally don't have access to safe, affordable treatment: report

(Newser) - Oxygen is critical in a medical environment for a variety of patients—from those going through surgical procedures to patients with pneumonia or other respiratory issues, chronic lung conditions, and infections like sepsis or malaria. The problem is, there's just not enough of it at the moment. That's...

NASA Gizmo Is Able to Make Oxygen on Mars
Toaster-Size Box Makes
Oxygen on Mars
new study
Sep 2, 2022 12:32 PM CDT

Toaster-Size Box Makes Oxygen on Mars

MOXIE offers hope of clearing a big hurdle for manned missions

(Newser) - The comparisons are small scale at the moment: A device the size of a toaster generated oxygen comparable to that of a modest tree. But given that this took place on Mars, the implications are of the large-scale variety. In a study published in Science Advances , NASA researchers report that...

Origins of Earth's Oxygen? Longer Days
When Earth's 6-Hour Days
Grew, So Did Our Oxygen
new study
Aug 2, 2021 11:50 AM CDT

When Earth's 6-Hour Days Grew, So Did Our Oxygen

Study suggests theory on how creatures could finally breathe

(Newser) - Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: It’s because the planet slowed down and days got longer. A study published Monday proposes and puts to the test the theory that longer, continuous daylight kick-started weird bacteria into producing lots of oxygen, making most of life...

India's COVID Catastrophe Is Only Getting Worse
India's COVID
Catastrophe Is
Only Getting Worse
the rundown
Apr 23, 2021 2:14 PM CDT

India's COVID Catastrophe Is Only Getting Worse

Nation sets another global record in cases, resorts to armed escorts for oxygen

(Newser) - India set the global record for daily COVID cases on Thursday, then broke the record on Friday with more than 332,000 new ones in a 24-hour span. The nation also recorded a national high 2,263 deaths in 24 hours, reports the BBC . The situation is bleak:
  • Hospitals across
...

Amid COVID Surge in LA, a 'Health Care Nightmare'

Hospitals are having to make 'tough decisions' about patient care

(Newser) - The spike of COVID cases in Los Angeles County has brought hospitals there to a "point of crisis," according to the county's health services chief, with hospitals discharging people more quickly than usual to make room for new patients, and several area hospitals declaring "internal disasters"...

Corps of Engineers to Help LA Hospitals With Oxygen

Deluge of patients has strained delivery systems in older buildings

(Newser) - Los Angeles County hospitals that are overrun with COVID-19 patients and struggling to provide them with oxygen are getting help. Crews from the Army Corps of Engineers are going to work on oxygen-delivery systems at several hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. At least five hospitals had closed to ambulance...

Virus Condition Flouting 'Basic Biology' Is a Head-Scratcher
Virus Condition
Flouting 'Basic
Biology' Is a
Head-Scratcher
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
May 9, 2020 1:30 PM CDT

Virus Condition Flouting 'Basic Biology' Is a Head-Scratcher

Patients with abnormally low oxygen levels that would normally render them unconscious seem fine

(Newser) - An odd condition that the New York Post says seems to "defy basic biology" is popping up among coronavirus patients, and no one has yet figured out how or why it's happening. Some COVID-19 patients are exhibiting abnormally low oxygen levels—ones that would typically cause someone to...

How Trump's Moon Plan Might Actually Pan Out

There really are plans to mine the moon

(Newser) - President Trump issued an executive order last month allowing US companies to mine the moon, but—is this really possible? Sure enough, Popular Mechanics lays out enough of the science, current projects, and history of moon-mining enthusiasm to make it seem real. "We've just been moving in a...

'Serious Issue' on Everest: Exploding Oxygen Tanks

Nepal bans old oxygen cylinders faulted by climbers

(Newser) - British TV presenter Ben Fogle was suffocating. "It felt like losing my scuba tanks under water and I only had one gulp of breath," he told the Sunday Times last year of the moment his oxygen supply cylinders exploded near Mount Everest's summit. Though Fogle's expedition...

Plane's Scary Descent Linked to Pilot's Decision to Vape

Air pressure dropped as he adjusted AC system to keep vapor in check

(Newser) - "When I close my eyes, I see the oxygen masks dangling in front of me." That's the lingering anxiety of a passenger on a recent Air China flight that plummeted thousands of feet after oxygen levels dropped. A senior official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China...

Woman on Oxygen Tank Dies After Utility Cuts Electricity

Great-grandmother Linda Daniels was in hospice care in New Jersey for congestive heart failure

(Newser) - At 10am on Thursday, Linda Daniels' oxygen tank stopped; by 4:30pm, she had drawn her last breath. The reason for the New Jersey great-grandmother's death, per her family: PSE&G turned off her electricity due to an unpaid bill. Per NJ.com , relatives of Daniels, who was in...

World's Biggest Underwater 'Dead Zone' Is a Very Bad Sign

Robots uncover data in the Gulf of Oman

(Newser) - Robots have found the world's biggest underwater "dead zone" in the Gulf of Oman—yet another sign that such oxygen-depleted regions are only increasing worldwide, ZME Science reports. Scientists sent the remote-controlled submarines underwater for eight months and uncovered roughly 63,000 square miles with little to no...

According to Their Blood, They 'Should Have Been Dead'

How the highest lab on the planet tried to unlock the secrets of human oxygen efficiency

(Newser) - Mike Grocott's resume may seem at odds with itself at first glance: The Brit is a professor of anesthesia and what Americans would call ICU-related medicine, and he also heads up Xtreme Everest, which has essentially put a lab higher than any other on Earth to study how oxygen-light...

Did 60 Children Die Because of an Unpaid Bill?

That's the allegation against a hospital in India's Uttar Pradesh state

(Newser) - In a five-day span at a single hospital in India, 60 children have died, 34 of them infants. The rash of deaths, which the Independent reports began last Monday, has led to the suspension of the head of the hospital in Uttar Pradesh state, and it's also spurred a...

In a First, Drowned Toddler's Brain Damage Is Reversed

Her doctor says it worked because she's so young

(Newser) - When a 2-year-old girl in Arkansas managed to make her way through a baby gate and fall into the family swimming pool, she was submerged in 41-degree water for as many as 15 minutes before she was found. Having technically drowned and suffered a heart attack, Eden Carlson was resuscitated...

Naked Mole Rats Can Do What No Other Vertebrate Can

Oxygen deprivation? Bring it

(Newser) - Scientists already know enough about naked mole rats to put them in the "strange" category. The hairless ground-dwelling wonders are notable for being cold-blooded mammals that are practically immune to cancer and far outlive other rodents, reports Science Daily . Now scientists say they've observed the creatures surviving without...

Colo. 13-Year-Old Latest Victim of 'Choking Game'

Memphis Burgess' parents hope to raise awareness about dangerous activity

(Newser) - Whether it's called "suffocation roulette," "cloud nine," or simply the "choking game," it's a dangerous activity that's been around for millennia, the Washington Post notes—and it's just resulted in another teen death. Memphis Burgess, a 13-year-old from Colorado Springs,...

Scientists Learn Why Labor Contractions Grow Stronger

They call the phenomenon 'hypoxia-induced force increase'

(Newser) - The general course of child labor is well documented, but many mysteries—such as what starts labor in the first place—persist. Now scientists at the University of Liverpool say they've discovered what causes contractions to strengthen during labor, even though the tightening uterine muscle squeezes blood vessels, thereby...

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