In a groundbreaking revelation, scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that one in 3,000 people may carry a faulty gene that significantly heightens their risk of suffering a punctured ...

Introduction: Air leaks, especially pneumothorax, are not rare events in NICU. The chest drain is one of the most painful procedures among the many that are performed on newborns. The breathing of ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

Medical treatment of a Florida manatee with life-threatening injuries was temporarily put on hold as local brush fires blocked access to the facility that could help it.

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This injured manatee was rescued as nearby brush fires in the Florida Keys made the standard operation a little more complicated than normal. The nine-foot male was “assessed as suffering from a ...