Medical

Oxygen was discovered by the English chemist Joseph Priestley.  He believed that air mixed with carbon created electricity.

For patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as emphysema, simple exertions like climbing a flight of stairs can cause debilitating shortness of breath. Not being able to do simple daily tasks like...

On-site oxygen generators for medical use are increasingly considered the best alternative to traditional liquid supply or filled cylinders. With an oxygen generator, one will get a secure and constant source of pure oxygen, produced...

A range of topics are trending in the medical gases market of today, from homecare to portability of oxygen and the digitisation of medical gas delivery that increasingly underpins these growth areas. All of which...

The first MRI scan of a human took place in 1977, a method of imaging diagnostics that has developed so rapidly that it is now found in almost every major hospital in developed economies. 

Kitajima Sanso has held an opening ceremony for the local subsidiary Kitajima and a medical oxygen filling plant on the site of Kitajima in Yangon City, reports The Gas Review.

Air Liquide has acquired Netherlands-based Medidis, further strengthening its healthcare business in Europe.

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Cryotherapy, the act of exposing yourself to freezing conditions up to -230 degrees Fahrenheit for two to three minutes, is hot right now. Whole Body Cryotherapy, which achieves its Arctic chill through liquid nitrogen, is becoming...

Cryotherapy, also referred to as cold therapy, is a popular medical process that exposes the human body to sub-zero temperatures to as low as -230 degrees Fahrenheit for a session of roughly two to three...