News tagged with legs

At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better

Sep 03, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop ...

Scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat

Biology /

Aug 28, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (112) | 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: ...

Elephant legs are much bendier than Shakespeare thought

Biology /

Aug 22, 2008 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Throughout history, elephants have been thought of as 'different'. Shakespeare, and even Aristotle, described them as walking on inflexible column-like legs. And this myth persists even today. Which made John Hutchinson from ...