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Rotator cuff treatment provides immediate tendonitis relief

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the rotator cuff of the shoulder provides immediate symptom relief to the patient, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology. The study found that u ...


Molecular Hula Hoop: Spinning motion of a molecular rotor detected

Molecular Hula Hoop: Spinning motion of a molecular rotor detected

Chemistry /

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has produced components for molecular-scale ...





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Understanding DNA Repair and Cancer

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein that plays a key role in copying DNA also plays a vital role in repairing breaks in it, UC Davis scientists have found. The work is helping researchers understand how cancer cells can resist radiation ...


New forensic technique gives clues about sharks from bite damage

Biology / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hit-and-run attacks by sharks can be solved with a new technique that identifies the culprits by the unique chomp they put on their victims, according to a University of Florida researcher and shark expert.


For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide (AP)

For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide

Technology / Internet

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 - and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.


Enhanced plasma shortens time off for injured athletes

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Injured athletes who have their own enriched plasma injected into their bodies are healing faster and spending less time on the bench or on the disabled list.


Device enables world's first voluntary gorilla blood pressure reading

Device enables world's first voluntary gorilla blood pressure reading

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This groundbreaking stride was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, ...


Young tennis players who play only 1 sport are more prone to injuries

Young tennis players who play only one sport are more prone to injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gifted young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round.


Microsoft's Rx for health care

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You can pay your phone bill online, but you still need a pen and clipboard to fill out forms at a doctor's office. You can check in for a flight on the Internet, but you have to carry around a slip of paper with handwritten ...


Platelet-rich plasma: Does it work?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Platelet -rich plasma (PRP) is currently used as an alternative treatment method for several common orthopaedic-related sports medicine conditions. According to a new study in the October issue of the Journal of the American Ac ...


Pulling together increases your pain threshold

Pulling together increases your pain threshold

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of Oxford rowers shows that members of a team who exercise together are able to tolerate twice as much pain as when they train on their own.


Simple test may identify stroke survivors at risk of another cardiovascular event

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measuring circulation in the ankle using a device similar to a blood pressure cuff can help identify asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors, a group at much higher ...



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