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Brain rewires itself after damage or injury, life scientists discover
When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating those alternate pathways — often far from the damaged site. The research, conducted by UCLA's Michael Fanselow and Moriel Zelikowsky in collaboration with Bryce Vissel, a group leader of the neuroscience research program at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, appears this week in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Angelina's breasts and the public ownership of body parts | Dean Burnett
Criticism of Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy suggests members of the public feel they have a claim to the body parts of other peopleAngelina Jolie recently had a double mastectomy after she found she had the gene predisposing her to breast and ovarian cancer. After going public, she received a lot of praise for her decision. However, as she is a celebrity, and this is 2013 so the internet exists to ensure that no examples of mindless idiocy gets ignored, she also received criticism. A lot of this criticism seemed to be from men who were apparently fans of her breasts and weren't happy about them being...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dean Burnett Tags: Psychology Blogposts Genetics Biology Health guardian.co.uk Body image Society Women Angelina Jolie Life and style Celebrity Science Source Type: news

Brain Scans and Brain Scams
If I have a big fat striatum, am I really a criminal?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - May 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patricia Smith Churchland, B. Phil Tags: Neuroscience Personality abiding citizens adrian raine anatomy of violence bad apple biological life brain sizes brain structures cerebrum cognitive function corpus callosum criminal brain criminal tendencies enlarged ventricle Source Type: news

Brain Anatomy in Dyslexics Varies By Gender, Study Finds
Discovery suggests interventions for reading disability need to be tailored accordingly (Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - May 13, 2013 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Gynecology, Neurology, Reproductive Medicine, Medical Students, News, Source Type: news

Gender Differences In Brain Anatomy Of Dyslexia
Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder may have a different brain-based manifestation based on sex. Their study, investigating dyslexia in both males and females, is the first to directly compare brain anatomy of females with and without dyslexia (in children and adults). Their findings were published online in the journal Brain Structure and Function... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dyslexia Source Type: news

Can a smartphone do what your doctor does?
“During our medical training, we’re taught to gather and use information from three sources: a patient history, a physical exam and lab tests. By far the most difficult to master is the physical exam. A good exam requires knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and awareness of normal variations that allow a doctor to recognize abnormalities. Technology [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Devices mHealth smartphone Source Type: news

Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Using MRI, neuroscientists have found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups. Their study is the first to directly compare brain anatomy of females with and without dyslexia. "Females have been overlooked. Our research suggests that we need to tackle dyslexia in each sex separately to address questions about its origin and potentially, treatment," says Guinevere Eden, director, Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Aquatic apes are the stuff of creationism, not evolution | Henry Gee
People think they know about evolution, but the 'aquatic ape' theory isn't science: it's creationismIt happened many years ago in my role as an editor at the international scientific journal, Nature, but the experience was so traumatic that I remember it as if it were yesterday. An outraged, elderly professor pinned me against a wall and harangued me for having rejected his paper on why human beings got up on their hind legs and walked. Human beings became bipeds, yelled the prof, to free their hands so that mothers could cuddle infants close to their chests. How could I have had the temerity, screamed the empurpled sage, ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Henry Gee Tags: Blogposts Evolution Biology guardian.co.uk Human biology Primatology Science Source Type: news

Unlocking crime using biology
Adrian Raine, author of "Anatomy of Violence," argues that acts of violence have to do with bad biology. Numerous studies have showed correlations between brain impairments and aggressive adolescents and violent adult offenders. But it's not too late to intervene, he said. Biology is not destiny. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biology is not destiny
Adrian Raine, author of "Anatomy of Violence," argues that acts of violence have to do with bad biology. Numerous studies have showed correlations between brain impairments and aggressive adolescents and violent adult offenders. But it's not too late to intervene, he said. Biology is not destiny. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Unlocking crime using biological keys
Adrian Raine, author of "Anatomy of Violence," argues that acts of violence have to do with bad biology. Numerous studies have showed correlations between brain impairments and aggressive adolescents and violent adult offenders. But it's not too late to intervene, he said. Biology is not destiny. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Criminologist Believes Violent Behavior Is Biological
In a new book, The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine argues that violent behavior has a biological basis just like depression or schizophrenia. This raises questions about treatment, accountability and punishment, including the death penalty.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A man’s best friend is his wife! – Roger’s Story
I came across your website whilst googling for information to help me understand just what my wife would be going through both operatively and post-operatively. I must say I have found it extremely informative and helpful, I would definitely urge anyone who needs good advice and information to visit and sign up for the weekly hints and tips. From my point of view, as a mere male, I would advise all men whose wife / partner is having to contemplate a hysterectomy for whatever reason to do a few things. Firstly, take the trouble to understand the female anatomy, this is most important. Secondly to go with their partner to al...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 28, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Latest News Your Stories hysterectomy for men Source Type: news

Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty
Art, Science, and New Clinical TechniquesAesthetic rhinoplasty is among the most common aesthetic operations in the field of facial aesthetic plastic surgery, but it is also viewed as one of the most complex. This comprehensive book provides a wealth of up-to-date information on advanced aesthetic rhinoplasty techniques. After discussion of anatomy, psychological issues, and preoperative planning, a wide range of primary and ... (Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - April 23, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Plastic Surgery Source Type: news

A reality TV Mars landing may be silly, but at least it's on the right track | Steven Poole
Let's have a show in which top materials-science researchers vie to invent a more efficient kind of solar cellResurgent pop colossus David Bowie can look forward to even more royalties from Life on Mars? if a Dutch project called Mars One goes according to plan. This week it announced it would start taking video applications from members of the public who want to go on a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 for a reality TV show. Among the hopefuls might be British people forced out of their council flats by the "bedroom tax".On Mars, the four initial residents – having been voted winners by the viewers from a pool of 40 �...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 19, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Steven Poole Tags: Comment Nasa World news guardian.co.uk Netherlands Mars Europe Television Reality TV Science Space Comment is free Source Type: news

Kidney grown in lab successfully transplanted into animal
Functioning kidney built from newborn rat cells is a major step towards personalised transplant organs for peopleScientists have grown a kidney in a laboratory and shown that it works when implanted into a living animal. The work is an important step towards the longer-term goal of growing personalised replacement organs that could be transplanted into people with kidney failure.More than 51,000 people are treated every year in the UK for end-stage kidney failure and 90% of those are on the waiting list for organs are waiting for kidneys. A shortage of organs means that every year fewer than 3,000 transplants are carried o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 14, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Tissue engineering World news Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Society UK news Science Source Type: news

Sediba's ribcage and feet were not suitable for running
(University of Zurich) Researchers at Wits University in South Africa, including Peter Schmid from the University of Zurich, have described the anatomy of a single early hominin in six new studies. Australopithecus sediba was discovered near Johannesburg in 2008. The studies in Science demonstrate how our two million year old ancestor walked, chewed and moved. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Atlas of Anatomic Pathology with Imaging
A Correlative Diagnostic CompanionAtlas of Anatomic Pathology with Imaging - A Correlative Diagnostic Companion is a valuable teaching tool for medical students and residents in several specialities such as pathology, radiology, internal medicine, surgery and neurologic sciences. Its need is all the more urgent given the severe shortcuts in the teaching of anatomic pathology following the decrease in the number of autopsies ... (Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - April 5, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Anatomy Source Type: news

Co-Factors Critical To PTSD Development Identified
Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the development of adult-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) The findings are published in PNAS Online Early Edition the week of April 1-5, 2013... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news

LSUHSC research identifies co-factors critical to PTSD development
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the development of adult-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Latest Sleep Articles Available from March
Explore the latest sleep articles published in March. You can learn ways to decrease your anxiety and relieve insomnia. Consider how to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS) with iron supplements. Finally discover why you feel so sleepy after lunch (hint: it's not the food). Review a detailed article describing how you can sleep better at night. Expand your understanding of anatomy by learning about adenoids, turbinates, and the nasal septum. Finally, read about the use of Flonase nasal spray to treat your allergies. There is always something new to learn about in the world of sleep! Read More: Ways to Decrease Anxiety an...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - March 30, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Obesity And Osteoporosis Are Genetically Linked
When it comes to body shape, diet and exercise can only take us so far. Our body shape and geometry are largely determined by genetic factors. Genetics also have an impact on our body composition - including soft fat tissue and hard bone tissue - and can lead to excess fat or osteoporosis. Now Prof. Gregory Livshits of Tel Aviv University's Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, working alongside Dr. Michael Korostishevsky, has uncovered a clear genetic link between fat and bone mass... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news

GW researcher receives federal grant to study hedgehog regulation of cell-cell interaction
(George Washington University) Xiaoyan Zheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a $747,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to research Hedgehog signaling pathway regulation of cell-cell adhesion and segregation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Practical Guide to Neck Dissection(Lucioni)
Focusing on the LarynxThis is the second edition of a superbly illustrated manual on neck dissection that will serve as a roadmap for advanced surgeons and beginners alike. The reader is guided through the various cervical structures in a series of practical step-by-step chapters that depict the methods employed by surgeons operating in vivo. The illustrations provide an overview of all surgical anatomy relevant to ... (Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - March 3, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Otorhinolaryngology Source Type: news

Kenya: U.S.$ 11.6 Million Laboratory for Thika Hospital
[The Star]A Sh100 million anatomy lab is set for Thika Level Five Hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

A lifelong patient makes a long-term commitment to Boston Children’s
By Scott Howe Labor Day Weekend, 1970. Rhode Island State troopers escort an ambulance racing towards the Massachusetts border. There, Mass state troopers take over the escort and hurry the ambulance to Boston Children’s Hospital, where Dr. Donald Fyler is waiting. Upon arrival Fyler quickly determines that the vehicle’s most important passenger– a newborn baby – has a rare heart condition that demands complex surgery. Immediately. The baby is rushed inside and a few hours later emerges from surgery with a repaired heart. 42 years later, Jim Skeffington is still very much a part of the hospital that saved him that ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Diseases & conditions Our patients’ stories American Heart Month Heart Center heart defect Source Type: news

Explore New Articles on Sleep from February
There has been an exciting new development in February: I am pleased to welcome and announce the contributions of a leading expert in surgeries to treat sleep apnea and snoring, Dr. Eric Kezirian. Highly regarded for his important work in this field, he will serve as a guest author and provide valuable insight and information for people interested in learning about the surgical options to improve sleep-disordered breathing. This month includes some of his initial articles on soft palate, tongue, and jaw surgery. In addition, there is an accompanying complement of anatomy terms that are integral to understanding the procedu...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - February 28, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

The carnivorous dinosaurs who turned vegetarian
The great lineage of dinosaur carnivores, the theropods, also produced its share of herbivores writes Dr Dave Hone The diet of an animal is strongly linked to a great deal of anatomy, behaviour and physiology and even evolution. As a result, diet is one of the key pieces of information that palaeontologists will seek to determine of a new find in order to learn about the animal and how it fitted into an ancient ecosystem. Naturally the jaws and teeth tend to be a bit of a giveaway, but there may be other clues in the body such as the presence of gastroliths (stomach stones) that would have acted like the grit in the crop o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dr Dave Hone Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Dinosaurs Fossils Science Source Type: news

The carnivorous dinosaurs who turned vegetarian | Dr Dave Hone
The great lineage of dinosaur carnivores, the theropods, also produced its share of herbivoresThe diet of an animal is strongly linked to a great deal of anatomy, behaviour and physiology and even evolution. As a result, diet is one of the key pieces of information that palaeontologists will seek to determine of a new find in order to learn about the animal and how it fitted into an ancient ecosystem. Naturally the jaws and teeth tend to be a bit of a giveaway, but there may be other clues in the body such as the presence of gastroliths (stomach stones) that would have acted like the grit in the crop of some modern birds a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dr Dave Hone Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Dinosaurs Fossils Science Source Type: news

The Anatomy of "One Night's Mistake"
Senator Pete Domenici revealed that he had an affair 30 years ago, and it became a teachable moment for every marriage. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott Haltzman, M.D. Tags: Politics Relationships clinical experience complexities conservative republican deceit Disinhibition family integrity infidelity married women michelle laxalt monica lewinski pete domenici senator pete domenici sexual needs s Source Type: news

Sexualpedia Part 2: The Sexual Homonculi
What lady parts do men find most beguiling? What pieces of male anatomy intrigue women the most? To answer these questions, we turned to our data. [ ADULT WARNING: Medical illustrations with full frontal nudity. ]read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - February 25, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Ogi Ogas, Ph.D. Tags: Media Neuroscience Sex boy meets hero dogpile erotic novels female anatomy full frontal nudity gay sexual content graphic artists homonculi intrigue medical illustrations physical appearance primary somatosensory cortex propo Source Type: news

Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; Extremes by Kevin Fong – review
Two contrasting books show the right and wrong ways to write about scienceI looked forward immensely to Hugh Aldersey-Williams's Anatomies. After all, I'm an anatomist, fascinated by the body. When the parcel arrived, containing, according to the blurb, something by "one of our finest science writers", promising to blend "science, art, literature, the everyday" – well, to me, that sounded like Christmas had arrived early. I was in for a disappointment.Aldersey-Williams is most interesting, although often rambling, when discussing the body and its parts in literature, architecture and art, and his own experiences in the d...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alice Roberts Tags: Biology Culture Reviews Books Anatomy and physiology Education The Observer Science and nature Source Type: news

Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick
Mixing roughly three parts information with one part practical technique for yoking habits to the service of self-improvement, Jeremy Dean’s Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick tours the last hundred years of psychological research on habit and synthesizes an impressive amount of insight into human habit formation and, for that matter, de-formation. Dean, an English lawyer turned psychologist, is the founder and proprietor of the website PsyBlog, which he’s maintained steadily since 2004. This is his first book, and one suspects it won’t be his last. ...
Source: Psych Central - February 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Brian Diedrick Tags: Alcoholism Book Reviews Cognitive-Behavioral Compulsive Gambling General Healthy Living Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Self-Help Career Academics Daniel Kahneman Diedrick English Lawyer Everyday Habits Habit Change Habit Formati Source Type: news

Brown University researchers build robotic bat wing
(Brown University) Researchers at Brown University have developed a robotic bat wing that is providing valuable new information about dynamics of flapping flight in real bats. From an engineering perspective, the researchers hope the data may make for better aircraft, especially micro air vehicles. From a biological and evolutionary perspective, building the robot offered the researchers a new perspective on how bat anatomy is adapted to deal with the forces generated by flapping wings. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Breakthrough Prize announced by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google and venture capitalist Yuri Milner set up foundation to reward excellence in life sciences with 11 individual prizes of $3mThe Silicon Valley aristocrats Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Yuri Milner have jointly established the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science to reward research into curing diseases and extending human life.The newly created Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation on Wednesday announces the first 11 winners of an award intended to inject excitement into the sometimes lonely, underfunded quests to understand and combat cancer, di...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Rory Carroll Tags: United States Facebook World news Mark Zuckerberg guardian.co.uk Medical research Media Sergey Brin Technology Google Science Source Type: news

59 E-Books New on JEFFLINE
Scott Library added these 59 e-books in January and February to the growing collection: Activity Analysis, Creativity, and Playfulness in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care Andreoli and Carpenter’s Cecil Essentials of Medicine AWHONN High-Risk and Critical Care Obstetrics Benumof and Hagberg’s Airway Management Berek & Novak’s Gynecology Biostatistical Methods: The Assessment of Relative Risks Breast MRI: A Case-Based Approach Brochert’s Crush Step 2: The Ultimate USMLE Step 2 Review Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management Civetta,...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - February 18, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gary Kaplan Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news

Birdbooker Report 259 | @GrrlScientist
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes Grassfinches In Australia; Freeway Birding: San Francisco to Seattle; Common Spiders of North America; Starfish: Biology and Ecology of the Asteroidea; and Amphibians & Reptiles of Indiana, all of which have been recently published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a weekly report that has ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Science Source Type: news

Customized Device Tailored to Patient's Individual Anatomy now used to Repair Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm without Surgery - 2/15/13
An abdominal aortic aneurysm - a bulge in the large artery that carries blood away from the heart - can be immediately life-threatening if it grows large enough to rupture. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - February 15, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: news

Pelvic ring injuries in children. part i: epidemiology and primary evaluation. a review of the literature - Gänsslen A, Hildebrand F, Heidari N, Weinberg4 AM.
Pediatric pelvic injury is of major significance despite these injuries in children are rare with a suspected yearly rate of 3% of all pelvic injuries. The special pediatric bone anatomy of the pelvis is responsible for different fracture patterns, and ove... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The ACL-Deficient Knee
A Problem Solving ApproachThe ACL-Deficient Knee: A Problem Solving Approach, focuses on problem analysis and problem solving, as well as analyzing the possibility of prevention. In each chapter, the biomechanics, anatomy, etc. that are relevant to the topic are reviewed. There are chapters where highly specialized surgical techniques are presented (v. gr. double bundle reconstruction or meniscal transplant), as well ... (Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - February 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: news

Ancestor of humans and all other mammals was small furry insect eater
Scientists reconstruct the animal that gave rise to every placental mammal following the extinction of the dinosaursAn identikit picture of a small furry ancestor of humans and most other mammals has been pieced together by scientists.The shrew-like creature weighed less than half a pound, had a long tail and ate insects. It evolved some 200,000 years after a massive asteroid impact led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.From this small beginning sprang every "placental" mammal – which give birth to mature live young – including dogs, cats, rodents, whales and humans.Placental mammals are the large...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 7, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Evolution Biology World news guardian.co.uk Taxonomy Dinosaurs Animals Zoology Science Source Type: news

Owl Mystery Unravelled: Scientists Explain How Bird Can Rotate Its Head Without Cutting Off Blood
Medical illustrators and neurological imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have figured out how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads - by as much as 270 degrees in either direction - without damaging the delicate blood vessels in their necks and heads, and without cutting off blood supply to their brains. In what may be the first use of angiography, CT scans and medical illustrations to examine the anatomy of a dozen of the big-eyed birds, the Johns Hopkins team, led by medical illustrator Fabian de Kok-Mercado, M.A... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

Biodiversity exploration in the 3-D era
A group of marine biologists from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Crete are testing computed tomography as a tool to accurately document the anatomy of biological specimens. The resulting 3-D models can be instantly accessed and interactively manipulated by other researchers, thus promoting rapid dissemination of morphological data useful to biodiversity research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 4, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Biodiversity exploration in the 3-D era
(Pensoft Publishers) A group of marine biologists from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Crete are testing computed tomography as a tool to accurately document the anatomy of biological specimens. The resulting 3-D models can be instantly accessed and interactively manipulated by other researchers, thus promoting rapid dissemination of morphological data useful to biodiversity research. Data are freely downloadable from the Dryad data Repository. The study was published in the open-access journal ZooKeys. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 4, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Kids Stash the Darndest Things
On occasion, one of my kids will present me with a particularly challenging problem, and I know exactly what to do. So rare and so perfect are these moments that I remember them with great detail for long after. Like the time nearly two years ago when my son, then three years old, came to me with a popcorn kernel lodged too far up his nose to grab. I didn’t hesitate. "Let’s do this,” I said to him, as I pinched closed the unaffected nostril, placed my mouth over his, and blew a sharp puff of air. I’m not sure why my son erupted into giggles a second later. It could have been that this medical maneuver tickled, or i...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - February 1, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Children's Health Children's Primary Care Source Type: news

Making Food Producing Plants Far More Efficient With Newly Discovered 'Scarecrow' Gene
With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humanity faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today. Cornell University researchers have taken a leap toward meeting those needs by discovering a gene that could lead to new varieties of staple crops with 50 percent higher yields. The gene, called Scarecrow, is the first discovered to control a special leaf structure, known as Kranz anatomy, which leads to more efficient photosynthesis... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news

Neuroscientists Create Fiber-Optic Method Of Arresting Epileptic Seizures
UC Irvine neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals, heralding a novel opportunity to treat the most severe manifestations of the brain disorder. Using a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy, Ivan Soltesz, Chancellor's Professor and chair of anatomy & neurobiology, and colleagues created an EEG-based computer system that activates hair-thin optical strands implanted in the brain when it detects a real-time seizure... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news

Multiple Myeloma Patients May Benefit From New Research
A study led by Robert G. Hawley, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of anatomy and regenerative biology at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), may help predict which patients with multiple myeloma will respond better to certain treatments. The study, titled "Identification of an ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein)-positive carfilzomib-resistant myeloma subpopulation by the pluripotent stem cell fluorescent dye CDy1," was published in the American Journal of Hematology and is available online... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Source Type: news

More on tracks, traces and behaviour
Dr David Hone: More fun with footprints and tracks in the snowBefore returning to the issue of research on tyrannosaur feeding habits, I wanted to return briefly to my recent post on tracks in the snow. I've just returned from a week in Berlin and took the opportunity for a trip to the Tier Park. The snow was thick on the ground but the animals were mostly out and active, which meant I had the opportunity to snatch a couple of photos of some interesting tracks from different animals both exotic and, thanks to the local wildlife apparently having a good day, also more mundane.Three of the best going are below so take a look...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dr Dave Hone Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Dinosaurs Fossils Science Source Type: news

More on tracks, traces and behaviour | Dr David Hone
More fun with footprints and tracks in the snowBefore returning to the issue of research on tyrannosaur feeding habits, I wanted to return briefly to my recent post on tracks in the snow. I've just returned from a week in Berlin and took the opportunity for a trip to the Tier Park. The snow was thick on the ground but the animals were mostly out and active, which meant I had the opportunity to snatch a couple of photos of some interesting tracks from different animals both exotic and, thanks to the local wildlife apparently having a good day, also more mundane.Three of the best going are below so take a look. Any ideas? An...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dr Dave Hone Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Dinosaurs Fossils Science Source Type: news