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Artificial disc replacement as good or better than spinal fusion surgery (Audio)

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Spine surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other U.S. centers are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are ...





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FDA approves cervical disk device

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday announced approval of the first device designed to treat cervical degenerative disc disease.


Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...


Final Blu-ray 3D Specification Announced

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the "Blu-ray 3DTM" specification. The specification, which represents the work of the leading Hollywood studios and consumer electronic and ...


Why don't robins get fat?

Why don't robins get fat?

Biology / Ecology

created 13 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the School of Biosciences is shedding light on the reasons why the European robin doesn’t get fat -even though they are feeding for much longer.


Baffling boxy bulge

NGC 4710 galaxy: Baffling boxy bulge (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. A ...


Overweight children may develop back pain and spinal abnormalities

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being overweight as a child could lead to early degeneration in the spine, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).


The world's most common operation

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current ...


In search of machines that play at being human

In search of machines that play at being human

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Carlos III University (Spain) have taken part in an international contest whose objective is to improve artificial intelligence utilized in virtual worlds. The challenge for the participants ...


UIC Researchers Probe Computer 'Commonsense Knowledge'

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenge a simple pocket calculator at arithmetic and you may be left in the dust. But even the most sophisticated computer cannot match the reasoning of a youngster who looks outside, sees a fresh snowfall, ...


Five-year-old Victor Chupina holds the first ticket sold for a special screening of Michael Jackson's "This Is It"

Jackson "This Is It" album to sell at iTunes

Technology / Internet

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple on Friday confirmed that Michael Jackson's "This Is It" music compilation will be available at online shop iTunes a day before the release of the compact disc version.



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