THE rationale for the use of vasopressor agents in the treatment of shock is controversial. The principal objection to their use is that during shock, sympathetic and adrenergic activity is increased ...

A Michigan surgeon is suing after he says the hospital he was working at "lost track" of a 12-month-old baby before the infant died and then retaliated against him for voicing concerts over patient ...

The world's oceans play a fundamental role in the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) with the atmosphere and constitute an important sink for atmospheric CO2. It was estimated that oceans absorb ...

Background/aims Fetal haemoglobin (HbF) has an oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve that may affect systemic oxygenation and the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The study aim is to ...

The glacial cycles of the last 3 My demonstrate the fundamental control of astronomical variations on Earth’s climate system. Sedimentary records of orbital climate cycles from much further in Earth’s ...

It has been hypothesised that insects display discontinuous gas-exchange cycles (DGCs) due to hysteresis in their ventilatory control, where CO2-sensitive respiratory chemoreceptors respond to changes ...

The “Anthropocene” was announced to describe the new geological epoch driven by humankind. Overfishing, pollution, and climate change are some of the unquestionable human-driven threats to ocean ...

Edited by Lisa Tauxe, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, and approved January 7, 2021 (received for review October 4, 2020) The locations of Jameson Land (JL) and some other Late ...

A recent study examined the effects of acidic water on octopuses, potentially bringing new insight into both how our activities impact the world around us, and the way that world is adapting in ...