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Survey: Most effective dental braces are least attractive

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to the attractiveness of orthodontic braces, less metal is better, according to a recent survey.





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Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit (AP)

Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit

Technology / Other

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.


Modern tests demonstrate soundness of old iron bridge

Modern tests demonstrate soundness of old iron bridge

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

An unusual bowstring truss iron bridge that carried traffic across Roaring Run in Bedford County, Va. for almost 100 years is now a picturesque footbridge at the I-81 Ironto, Va. rest stop. Built in 1878, ...


Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal ...


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Robotic Devices Providing Home-Care Rehabilitation (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers, at Northeastern University, have developed several portable robotic devices to aid in the rehabilitation process of stroke victims. These devices are small enough for ...


Researchers 'notch' a victory toward new kind of cancer drug

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have devised an innovative way to disarm a key protein considered to be "undruggable," meaning that all previous efforts to develop a drug against it have failed. Their discovery, published in ...


Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.


Sit properly, for slouch can lead to 'ouch'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

So what is it now, you medical experts? We need to learn how to sit?


Autistic teens master social cues, find friends

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Thirteen-year-old Andrea Levy ticked off a mental list of rules to follow when her guest arrived: Greet her at the door. Introduce her to the family. Offer a cold drink.


German making progress after double arm transplant

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he was on the path to independence a year after the pioneering operation.


Fighting the swine flu pandemic with mathematics

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As swine flu spreads across America, good data can make all the difference in controlling it.



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