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Older adults who experience osteoporotic fracture have increased risk of death for 5-10 years

Women and men age 60 years or older who have a low-trauma osteoporotic fracture have an increased risk of death for the following 5 to 10 years, compared to the general population, and those who experience another fracture ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Polycrystalline diamond drill bits open up options for geothermal energy

Nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, originally developed nearly 30 years ago to lower the cost of geothermal drilling. Sandia and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Ohio quakes probably triggered by waste disposal well, say seismologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio in the last nine months—including a substantial one on New Year’s Eve—are likely linked to a disposal well ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking

Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs

Exceptionally preserved fossils of insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps played an important role in food webs devoted to consuming rotting dinosaur eggs. The research ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strongest evidence yet indicates Enceladus hiding saltwater ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samples of icy spray shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus collected during Cassini spacecraft flybys show the strongest evidence yet for the existence of a large-scale, subterranean saltwater ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Study finds leptin restores fertility, may improve bone health in lean women

Women with extremely low body fat, including runners and dancers, as well as women with eating disorders, are prone to develop hypothalamic amenorrhea, a condition in which their menstrual periods cease, triggering such serious ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Hip, thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children

Children with hip and thigh implants designed to help heal a broken bone or correct other bone conditions are at risk for subsequent fractures of the very bones that the implants were intended to treat, according to new research ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Study looks at getting stroke patients back on their feet

Home-based physical therapy to improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors works about as well to get them walking again as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to the results of a study presented ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Denosumab delayed time to first skeletal-related side effect

For patients with breast cancer and bone metastases, denosumab delayed skeletal-related side effects five months longer compared to those on zoledronic acid, according to results presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Project will monitor tremor activity beneath southern San Andreas Fault

The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory will begin early next year to install earthquake detectors on the southern San Andreas Fault near the town of Cholame to study mysterious tremors discovered beneath the area.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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