News tagged with neck
Oral sex linked to cancer risk
US scientists said Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.
Feb 20, 2011 |
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In the 'neck' of time: Scientists unravel another key evolutionary trait
By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck - that little body part between your head and shoulders - gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a surprising and major ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Dog bites a particular threat to young children, especially as temperatures rise
Young children are especially vulnerable to severe dog bites in the head and neck areas, and there is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures, according to new research published in the March 2009 ...
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Some sauropods really did hold their long necks high
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests the long necks of sauropod dinosaurs really were held high, in spite of theories suggesting they were more likely to keep their necks low because of the very high blood ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Nanoparticle-delivered RNA interference drug stops head and neck cancer growth
(Phys.org) -- A nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle for small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA), that is already being tested in human clinical trials, now shows promise for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Dong Shin, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Long-necked dinos didn't reach for the skies
A fondly-held belief about long-necked sauropods, the giant four-footed dinosaurs beloved of monster movies and children, is most probably untrue, a dino expert said on Wednesday.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Brachiosaurus and other dinosaurs like a vacuum cleaner
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Biology Letters, Professor Graeme Ruxton from the University of Glasgow and Dr. David Wilkinson from Liverpool John Moores University use mathematics and a ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Genetic changes outside nuclear DNA suspected to trigger more than half of all cancers
A buildup of chemical bonds on certain cancer-promoting genes, a process known as hypermethylation, is widely known to render cells cancerous by disrupting biological brakes on runaway growth. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Scientists discover a new species of dinosaur, bridging a gap in the dinosaur family tree
A team of scientists led by the Smithsonian Institution has discovered a fossilized dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae that not only reveal a new species, but also an evolutionary link between two groups of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Polymeric nanoparticles attack head and neck cancer
Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the world, has remained one of the more difficult malignancies to treat, and even when treatment is successful, patients suffer severely from the available therapies. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Benefits from upper airway surgery for sleep apnea found to equal CPAP
Adults who struggle with CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be considered candidates for reconstructive surgery on the upper airway, because it holds the same quality-of-life (QOL) benefits but with more ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 01, 2009 |
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High-performance engineering used to design facial bone replacements
Scientists are using the engineering technology behind the creation of high-performance aircraft components to design 3-D models for the replacement of delicate and complex facial bones lost to cancer surgery ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Gold nanorods could improve radiation therapy of head and neck cancer
Radiation therapy is an important part of head and neck cancer therapy, but most head and neck tumors have a built-in mechanism that makes them resistant to radiation. As a result, oncologists have to deliver huge doses of ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Did dinosaurs hold their heads up?
Some dinosaurs may have held their heads up, like a giraffe, rather than in a more horizontal position, University of Portsmouth scientists report today.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 27, 2009 |
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Novel lung cancer vaccine shows promise in fighting early-stage lung cancer
An experimental vaccine that triggers the patient's immune system to identify and attack specific tumor cells is showing new promise for the treatment of early lung cancer. Thoracic surgeons at Rush University Medical Center ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Neck
The neck is the part of the body on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The Latin term signifying "of the neck" is cervical.
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