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Take a deep breath, your smartphone could help measure blood oxygen levels at home [Details]

By Arun Kumar N on September 19, 2022 GENERAL

First, pause and take a deep breath. When we breathe in, our lungs fill with oxygen, which is distributed to our red blood cells for transportation throughout our bodies. Our bodies need a lot of oxygen to function, and healthy people have at least 95% oxygen saturation all the time. Conditions like asthma or COVID-19 […]

Manuka Honey emerges miracle drug for lung infection if combined with widely used ‘amikacin’

By Srinivas Chakravarty on September 8, 2022 GENERAL

A potential new treatment combining natural manuka honey with a widely used drug has been developed by scientists at Aston University to treat a potentially lethal lung infection and greatly reduce side effects of one of the current drugs used for its treatment. Manuka honey can also be used to help treat wounds, injuries, improve […]