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CT scans reveal that dinosaurs were airheads

CT scans reveal that dinosaurs were airheads

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have long known that dinosaurs had tiny brains, but they had no idea the beasts were such airheads.


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Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (34) | comments 4

Paleontologists have long debated the function of the strange, bony crests on the heads of the duck-billed dinosaurs known as lambeosaurs. The structures contain incredibly long, convoluted nasal passages ...





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Sleep apnea therapy improves golf game

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Golfers who undergo treatment for sleep apnea may improve their golf game as well as their overall health, shows new research. A new study presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the ...


Team Discovers New Dinosaur Species From Montana

Team Discovers New Dinosaur Species From Montana

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A husband and wife team of American paleontologists has discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana.


Some health products paring back on claims they boost the immune system

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease the aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support ...


The truth about swine flu: Separating fact and rumor

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Swine flu is spreading: 292 U.S. deaths have been confirmed since Aug. 30, and seven times that number are suspected. But rumors about the illness and the vaccine to prevent it are spreading even faster.


Two flu vaccines, twice the number of questions

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The annual ritual of fending off the flu is more complicated than usual this fall as Americans weigh the opportunity to receive two vaccines to protect against different types of influenza.


Major swine flu outbreak at US Air Force Academy, unique opportunity to study virus behavior

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With the 2009 influenza season upon us, characterization of the epidemiology and duration of shedding for the nH1N1 virus is critical. Investigators from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace ...


Study examines treatment for olfactory loss after viral infection

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treatment with a glucocorticoid medication, either alone or in combination with Ginkgo biloba, appears to significantly improve the sense of smell in individuals with previous olfactory loss due to upper respiratory infections, ...


Study finds mercury levels in children with autism and those developing typically are the same

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In a large population-based study published online today, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute report that after adjusting for a number of factors, typically developing children and children with autism have similar ...


Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US (AP)

Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US

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

(AP) -- As the swine flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials note a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple ...


Health officials recommend gap between flu spray vaccines

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Both seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu vaccines may be given to a patient at the same visit, as long as they're not both in the nasal spray form, health officials said.



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