News tagged with physical structure


Physical exercise in the fight against osteoporosis

Montserrat Otero, PhD holder in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, has designed a physical exercise programme which is based on very basic, rudimentary materials and which ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study suggests wood as novel material for bone replacement

Could ageing and damaged bones be replaced with implants based on wood? That's the question Italian researchers from the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...

Medical research created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool for CSI? Geographic software maps distinctive features inside bones

(Medical Xpress)—A common type of geographic mapping software offers a new way to study human remains.

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has yielded key insights, scientists say

The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide have advanced scientists' understanding of influenza biology and yielded important information on how to prevent ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Child abuse disrupts brain, may cause depression: study

Children who suffer or witness physical abuse undergo changes to their brain structure that may predispose them to depression and substance abuse later in life, a study said Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dental discovery to benefit forensic practitioners and anthropologists

Forensic practitioners and anthropologists will be among those to benefit from new University of Kent research on the dental development of humans.

Dentistry created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archive of failed joint replacements provides tips to building a better hip replacement

A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought ...

Other created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two-dimensional learning: Viewing computer images causes long-term changes in nerve cell connections

Viewing two-dimensional images of the environment, as they occur in computer games, leads to sustained changes in the strength of nerve cell connections in the brain. In Cerebral Cortex, Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan and An ...

Neuroscience created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materials

When most people hear the word amyloid, they immediately think of Alzheimer's disease. And indeed, it was in the brains of Alzheimer's patients that these dense protein masses were first identified. But it ...

Medical research created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Poor bone health may start early in people with multiple sclerosis

Osteoporosis and low bone density are common in people in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study published in the July 12, 2011, print issue of Neurology.

Neuroscience created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0