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Analysis of windmill pitching shows risk of injury to biceps in softball players

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to common belief, softball pitching subjects the biceps to high forces and torques when the player's arm swings around to release the ball, according to an analysis of muscle firing patterns conducted at Rush University ...





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When someone is raised female and the genes say XY

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 38

(AP) -- It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person ...


Two-thirds of severe sports injuries to female students due to cheerleading

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report on severe sporting injuries among high school and college athletes shows cheerleading appears to account for a larger proportion of all such injuries than previously thought.


Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...


Female choice benefits mothers more than offspring

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The great diversity of male sexual traits, ranging from peacock's elaborate train to formidable genitalia of male seed beetles, is the result of female choice. But why do females choose among males? In a new study published ...


Ballerinas and female athletes share quadruple health threats

Ballerinas and female athletes share quadruple health threats

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study led by sports medicine researcher Anne Hoch, D.O., at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has revealed that young female professional dancers face the same health risks as young female athletes ...


Study takes next step -- Why women suffer more knee injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Female athletes are up to eight times more likely to suffer knee injuries during their careers than males, and now researchers may be closer to understanding why.


GSU professor develops new method to help keep fruit, vegetables and flowers fresh

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Did you know that millions of tons of fruits and vegetables in the United States end up in the trash can before being eaten, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture? A Georgia State University professor has developed ...


Sociologist: Tiger Woods' Example Neither Reflects Nor Threatens the Image of Marriage

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University at Buffalo sociologist Sampson Blair says Tiger Woods' alleged rampant infidelities don't affect the status of marriage and the family because his lifestyle and wealth are regarded by most Americans ...


What's eating the breadwinners?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored ...


Teacher talk strains voices, especially for women

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers ...



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