News tagged with sore thumbs


How to text message and avoid pain

How to text message and avoid pain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While it is well known that excessive text messaging can result in sore thumbs, less is known about its possible effects on the neck, arms and hands. Young adults with symptoms in these parts of the body use ...





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Tech review: The Livio Radio

Tech review: The Livio Radio

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Product: The Livio Radio, an Internet radio stereo featuring Pandora radio.


Physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly ...


Could Texting and Mobile E-mail Be Bad For Your Health?

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a mobile communications era where we sometimes “talk” more with our fingers than our voices, a University of Cincinnati (UC) ergonomics expert says our thumbs could pay the price.


A page from Facebook featuring their new page layout

Users give thumbs down to Facebook redesign

Technology / Internet

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook's redesign is getting an emphatic thumbs down from the notoriously change-wary users of the social network.


Not just a long-distance relationship: Immune cells in skin fight off infection better than the rest

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have discovered the local action of immune cells in the skin, which could improve treatment of viral skin infections.


Discovery explains how cold sore virus hides during inactive phase

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 1

Now that Duke University Medical Center scientists have figured out how the virus that causes cold sores hides out, they may have a way to wake it up and kill it.


Bond Girl Draws Attention to Babies Born with Extra Fingers or Toes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the Bond Girls in the new James Bond movie is drawing attention to a relatively common congenital condition called polydactyly -- extra fingers or toes.


Study finds genetic link to human herpes susceptibility

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There’s a high probability that people who are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreaks can inherit that susceptibility through their genes, University of Utah researchers report in a new study.


New vaccine developed for preventing 'uncommon cold' virus

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Common colds typically cause a week of sneezing, aches and pains and then fade away leaving only a sore nose and a few used sick days behind. But what if that cold turned out to be something more?


The science of hammering

The science of hammering

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists are studying hammering ability as a model for difficult motor tasks. The results, to be presented on Sunday, June 28, at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting, indicate that there is a surprising ...



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