For years, researchers and clinicians have been trying to find a way to rapidly deliver oxygen to patients when traditional means of oxygenation are difficult or ineffective during critical moments of ...

If you’ve been following strange-but-true medical news lately, you may have come across this eyebrow-raising idea: breathing through the butt. It sounds like a joke you’d hear on the internet, but ...

A new high-flow oxygen technique is as safe as standard anesthetic methods during tubeless upper airway surgery in children, according to University of Queensland research. Associate Professor Susan ...

Experiments showed that pigs and mice can absorb oxygen through their rectums. mamichan via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 A series of experiments have revealed a surprising route for lifesaving oxygen in ...

When pressed for oxygen, some fish and sea cucumbers will use their lower intestines to get a little extra out of their environment. Now, a team of Japanese researchers say that mammals are also ...