• Friday Cephalopod: Pearlescent! [Pharyngula]

    Updated: 2011-09-30 13:14:56
    : Now on ScienceBlogs : Anticlimactic Research Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs Pharyngula Latest Posts Archives About Dungeon Blogroll Commenters RSS Contact Search Profile PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota , Morris and this is a pharyngula stage embryo a longer profile of yours truly my calendar Nature Network RichardDawkins Network facebook MySpace Twitter Atheist Nexus the Pharyngula chat room pharyngula on irc.synirc.net I reserve the right to publicly post , with full identifying information about the source , any email sent to me that contains threats of . violence Random Quote Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has it never

  • LiveScience, SFChronicle, SJMercury News: Fish figure out that smacking clams against rocks yields food

    Updated: 2011-09-29 20:08:30
    , , : Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Bulletin of Atomic Scientists , Climate Central : Socolow updates wedges . Media . yawn LiveScience , SFChronicle , SJMercury News : Fish figure out that smacking clams against rocks yields food One may have seen videos of birds dropping shelled prey onto rocks to break them open , technically a form of tool use . Now comes word of a similar maneuver by fish . A type of wrasse , the orange-dotted tuskfish that lives in the tropical Pacific , has learned to break open clams by smacking them against rocks . So reports researchers at the University of California , Santa Cruz . Thus tool using , while not quite up to mastery of the iPad or even of a pair of pliers , is known in a diversity of animals chimps pulling

  • NYTimes – SciTimes: Money talks – but so does poverty. Int’l health workers slash costs to meet and treat demand

    Updated: 2011-09-27 19:56:50
    : . Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Small media flare : Big sunspot patch hurles a few hunks of chromosphere and other plasma our way NYTimes SciTimes : Money talks but so does poverty . Int’l health workers slash costs to meet and treat demand Wow . If ScienceTimes’s editors told me they had a special issue coming up on medical care in nation’s saddle by poverty and lack of infrastructure , I’d think how worthy and how very . dull Worthy yes , dull no . The section is led and promoted by ace health writer Donald G . McNeil Jr whose primary contribution on a dirt cheap test for precancerous lesions in cervical cancer is on the front page of the front section with a large insert-plug for the whole section It is a refreshing reminder how clever

  • Anchorage Daily News: While looking for one thing, archaeologists find another/ Plus, Alaska’s biggish rocket place busy

    Updated: 2011-09-27 16:55:11
    : , , Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Reuters : Name that Worm . Name’s gotta be in Latin , of a . sort Anchorage Daily News : While looking for one thing , archaeologists find another Plus , Alaska’s biggish rocket place busy And while searching for one thing any story in the Anchorage Daily News reporting unusual northern lights due the solar storm Monday with chances of more from a giant sunspot complex none The Tracker came across a diverting tale of surprise on Alaska’s Kodiak . Island The Anchorage paper picked up from the smaller Kodiak Daily Mirror a story by reporter Wes Hanna It says here that  the curator at the local Alutiq Museum and his colleagues got a surprise this summer . Hoping to find remains of  a permanent settlement by the

  • Study offers insight into wheezing patterns among adults with asthma

    Updated: 2011-09-27 02:00:00
    Study offers insight into wheezing patterns among adults with asthma Neil Churchill Chief Executive 27 Sep 11 2 comments I've just attended a presentation on wheezing at the world's biggest respiratory congress in Amsterdam . nbsp Wheezing has been a popular strand on our discussion forum , especially among people who don't wheeze and have experienced trouble in A E as a result a topic which I'll write about on this blog again soon Anders Bjerg from Sweden has just studied wheezing patterns in adults and children . He found that having rhinitis is often associated with persistent wheezing . Having an infection , however , was more likely to lead to short-term wheezing , which would stop when the infection cleared . up Women and smokers were more likely to wheeze and less likely to stop

  • Reuters: Name that Worm. Name’s gotta be in Latin, of a sort.

    Updated: 2011-09-26 19:54:43
    : . , . Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Que no se detenga La apoteosis de los Neutrinos” Reuters : Name that Worm . Name’s gotta be in Latin , of a . sort Part way through a charming and worthy account at Reuters by reporter Alice Baghdjian in London one encounters an indimidating proviso . Before I say what , I must say the story is a dandy even if it is no scoop . In brief , the Natural History Museum has asked the public to pitch in on the naming of five rather creepy which means fascinating worms that occupy themselves in the cold seabed off Antarctica with such tasks as consuming the corpses of . whales Sounds like fun . Then one reads that the scientific names must not only be comprised of two parts , genus and species , but they must also

  • Mutation Cuts Steroid Response in Asthma

    Updated: 2011-09-26 18:34:19
    Some asthma patients' poor response to inhaled corticosteroids may be due to a relatively common genetic variant, researchers found.

  • Centre stage at the world's largest conference on respiratory health

    Updated: 2011-09-26 02:00:00
    I'm blogging from the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Amsterdam, the world's largest conference on respiratory health.

  • Programs Offered by Rehab Centers

    Updated: 2011-09-22 17:47:04
    Do you have someone in your family that suffers from an addiction? If the answer is yes, then you have to know that there is a place where they can go to find a way out of this situation. In some cases the people in need ask to be treated but you may have to [...]

  • Shoulder Arthroscopy: Complications

    Updated: 2011-09-20 01:00:18
    What complications can result? Sometimes treatment is started arthroscopic shoulder but the conditions require the surgeon to replace it with “open” technique. Most commonly, postoperative pain, more pronounced after reaming of the acromion. Other complications have been reported infrequently (approximately 6% of operated with this technique): - Joint infection. - Drilling of the lung by [...]

  • Making use of the Right to Challenge

    Updated: 2011-09-19 02:00:00
    If you were unhappy with the quality of a local NHS service, would you want the right to challenge it?

  • Shoulder Arthroscopy: The Care Required

    Updated: 2011-09-17 01:00:40
    What care is required after performing a shoulder arthroscopy? They are usually quite simple, since it is a minimally invasive technique. - Place a sling, which is released several times a day for exercise recovery (swing arm, elbow motion). You must be from days to weeks. - We recommend taking pain relievers, which is usually [...]

  • Our work toward 'freedom from asthma' can be part of your legacy

    Updated: 2011-09-14 02:00:00
    I get many chances to meet new people. One thing I can?t do is talk to people who have left us a legacy in their will. Fortunately people do often mention motivation in the legacies themselves.

  • Shoulder Arthroscopy: Indications for Treatment

    Updated: 2011-09-13 01:00:37
    When should shoulder arthroscopy? Fewer and fewer to diagnose, as advances in ultrasound, arthrography, MRI scanner and we are increasingly diagnosed more frequently. However, in cases of doubt or when it is expected an important intervention in the shoulder, arthroscopic surgery may be done before that will confirm the diagnosis, rule out other injuries and [...]

  • Algorithm Improves Asthma Care in Pregnancy

    Updated: 2011-09-12 15:00:00
    The number of asthma exacerbations was cut in half among pregnant women when treatment decisions were guided by measurements of the fraction of exhaled nitric oxide, a randomized trial found.

  • What Does The Arthroscopy?

    Updated: 2011-09-10 01:00:01
    What does the arthroscopy? - The appearance of synovial fluid (viscous fluid that lubricates the joint) that can be cloudy, contain blood or loose bodies, usually fragments of cartilage. The synovial fluid can be analyzed to determine their composition. - The appearance of the synovial membrane (sac lining inside the joint and produces synovial fluid). [...]

  • Supplement May Ease Pain of Hand Osteoarthritis

    Updated: 2011-09-07 08:00:00
    The supplement chondroitin sulfate to be effective for relieving joint pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the hand, according to a new study in Switzerland.

  • Some Common Painkillers Linked to Miscarriage Risk

    Updated: 2011-09-07 08:00:00
    According to a new study, the use of certain non-aspirin anti-inflammatory painkillers during pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.

  • CDC: Adolescent Vaccine Rates Rising

    Updated: 2011-09-07 08:00:00
    According to the CDC, increasing numbers of 11-and-12-year-olds are getting their recommended vaccines, but improvement is still needed.

  • Verdeso (Desonide Foam) - updated on RxList

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Verdeso (Desonide Foam) drug description - FDA approved labeling for prescription drugs and medications at RxList

  • New Swine Flu in 2 U.S. Kids

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Two U.S. kids are the first human cases of a new swine flu bug.

  • MRI Shows Differences in Autistic Brain

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Potentially proving useful in the diagnosis and treatment of autism, Stanford University researchers say they have identified key differences in the brain gray matter of children with and without the developmental disorder.

  • Kids Need Flu Shot Even if They Had One Last Year

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    According to the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), most children should get another dose of the flu vaccine before flu season begins, even if they got one last year.

  • Kerledex (betaxolol hydrochloride and chlorthalidone) - updated on RxList

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Kerledex (betaxolol hydrochloride and chlorthalidone) drug description - FDA approved labeling for prescription drugs and medications at RxList

  • Follistim AQ Cartridge (Follitropin Beta Injection) - updated on RxList

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Follistim AQ Cartridge (Follitropin Beta Injection) drug description - FDA approved labeling for prescription drugs and medications at RxList

  • Flovent HFA (Fluticasone Propionate HFA) - updated on RxList

    Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
    Flovent HFA (Fluticasone Propionate HFA) drug description - FDA approved labeling for prescription drugs and medications at RxList

  • How is Arthroscopy Performed?

    Updated: 2011-09-06 01:00:45
    To see well inside the joint and prevent injuries with our maneuvers tissues, fill it with sterile serum pressure, which produces an effect similar to inflating a balloon at the same time allows us to coordinate continuous washing, eliminating waste Blood, pieces of tissue removed, and so on. It is common for both the shoulder [...]

  • Shoulder Arthroscopy

    Updated: 2011-09-03 01:00:49
    What is the shoulder joint? It is the linker that build bone of the humerus to the scapula or shoulder, the humeral head that is large and shaped like a sphere was linked to the “Glen” of the shoulder, a smaller pouch and in a shallow bowl. That makes it very mobile joint, with nearly [...]

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