'Hobbits' are a new human species -- according to the statistical analysis of fossils Nov 19, 2009
The skull and jawbone features are much more primitive looking than any normal modern human. Statistical analysis of skull shapes show modern humans cluster together in one group, microcephalic humans in another and the hobbit along with ancient hominins in a third. (EurekAlert!)
Plastic surgeons help undo war damage Nov 11, 2009
"If you want to reconstruct a [jawbone]," Dr. Marra said, "you may be able to take part of your leg bone and put it there and it will stay. But if you take some of the patient's fat and inject it, that fat can dissolve.". To counteract that problem, the Pitt team will use techniques and innovative equipment developed by Dr. Sydney Coleman, a New York plastic surgeon who will be part of the research group. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Writing through the rubble Nov 10, 2009
On Oct. 1 the administration fulfilled its campaign pledge by joining other members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany in Geneva to jawbone with Iran on the nuclear issue. As a result, Iran accepted that a United Nations inspection team would visit the newly announced enrichment facility near Qom, and on Monday The acceptance of inspectors is an excellent sign. (Salon)
Throwing his voice: RBA governor's secret weapon Nov 3, 2009
In our case, it is Glenn Stevens' mouth: the Jawbone. He's already started using it, speaking out in public. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Jaw bone created from stem cells Oct 11, 2009
She said: "We thought the jawbone would be the most rigorous test of our technique; if you can make this, you can make any shape.". She stressed that the joint created in the lab was bone only, and did not include other tissue, such as cartilage. (BBC News -- Health)
* Hitler skull piece found to belong to a woman: study Sep 30, 2009
In addition to the skull, Soviet troops said they exhumed Hitlers jawbone and that the bones identity was confirmed through his dental assistants. Now, professors at the University of Connecticut say they have debunked the story of the skull, arguing that examinations show it belonged to a woman, probably between the ages of 20 and 40. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Tooth helps restore desperate woman's sight Sep 17, 2009
To start the procedure, surgeons remove a healthy tooth and part of the patient's jawbone. Perez said Thornton was given a jawbone implant, but she developed a sinus infection, so they removed it. (CNN)
New osteoporosis diagnostic tool 'FRAX' draws criticism Sep 9, 2009
Mercks popular drug Fosamax is the subject of hundreds of lawsuits by patients who assert that it caused osteonecrosis of the jaw, a rare disease that breaks down the jawbone. The FRAX guidelines in the United States call for medication when the calculated risk for hip fracture in the next 10 years is 3 percent or the combined risk of a broken hip, vertebra, shoulder or wrist is 20 percent. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Analysis: Health Care Battle A Test For Obama Sep 7, 2009
Aides say that in Wednesday night's prime-time address to a joint session of Congress he plans to both jawbone Republicans and signal compromise. In other words, he'll fight and flinch. (KCRA 3, CA)
Dove season gunfire spooks callers Sep 2, 2009
Jawbone Canyon OHV Recreation Area. I've been wanting to check out the Jawbone Canyon OHV Recreation Area ever since I went to Dove Spring OHV in fall of 2004 ... Here are scenes from Jawbone Canyon OHV Recreation Area. (Fresno Bee)
Seattle Man Shot By Police Wants To Know Why Aug 14, 2009
An X-ray showed his jawbone replaced by something that looks like a chain. "It's incredibly painful all the time," he said. (KIRO TV, WA)
An Osteoporosis Blockbuster for Amgen? Aug 12, 2009
Side effects sometimes seen in the older drugs, such as stomach problems and jawbone deterioration, seem rare with denosumab. As for the potential price, he says, "We don't intend to be exploitative. We want the value proposition to be clear.". (BusinessWeek)
Pathologist: Teoh' s death caused by fall Aug 12, 2009
Dr Khairul Azman told the inquest that besides fractures in his legs and arms, there were also fractures in Teohs skull, neck and jawbone. Teoh had severe damage to his chest cavity, which was filled with blood. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Merck Faces First Trial of 900 Claims Its Drug Fosamax Attacks Jawbones Aug 10, 2009
Merck Faces First Trial of Claim That Fosamax Attacks Jawbone - Bloomberg ... Merck Faces First Trial of Claim That Fosamax Attacks Jawbone ... Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- , the drugmaker facing 900 lawsuits over claims that its osteoporosis drug causes the death of jawbone tissue, goes to trial tomorrow in a case that may affect all the others. (Bloomberg -- US)
Click to read:Missing Gulf War Pilot's Remains ID'd Aug 3, 2009
The military recovered bones and multiple skeletal fragments and Speicher was positively identified by matching a jawbone and dental records, said Rear Adm. Frank Thorp. (CBS News)
Hank, heres a start: Ramirez, Ortiz exposed Jul 31, 2009
We can jawbone about this all we want, but a federal court (as I understand it) has ordered the list sealed. Period. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
CSI Stone Age: Did Humans Kill Neanderthals? Jul 24, 2009
Earlier this year, Fernando Rozzi, an anthropologist at Paris's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, found a Neanderthal jawbone that had been butchered in precisely the same way that humans cut up deer carcasses in the early Stone Age. Rozzi said humans likely cut out and ate the Neanderthal's tongue and used his teeth to make a decorative necklace. (Time.com)
Rejoinder: Asantehene: new progress philosophy, etc. Jun 17, 2009
"[After Tsali grew old ... he became so tired of life that he went to the underworld. The dwellers of the underworld drove him back, however, and told him he must die before he could come to them. After his return to [Tsiame] ... he gathered all the inhabitants of the town together and told them he was going to die. He then took [out] his own jawbone and hung it on a tree. Hereupon, he sent a message to a crocodile telling it that it should come to him. When it had come, he sat upon its back and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
20 years later - former House Speaker Jim Wright reflects on politics Jun 6, 2009
" Nine years ago, Wright learned he had cancer in his jawbone and had surgery to replace his jawbone with one of his leg bones. "So lucky," he said, to have survived. He closely follows President Obama, who he admires for "his equanimity," and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who invited him to the 2007 State of the Union speech. The "mindless cannibalism" that he warned the House of in his resignation speech May 31, 1989, of party warfare, "seems to have gotten worse," he said. Asked his... (Fresno Bee)
Denture cream is often used to excess May 20, 2009
People with dentures should be evaluated by a dentist each year because changes in the jawbone are constant and ongoing, he said. Dentures need to be fitted or replaced every five to seven years, but many people wear them much longer putting their oral health at risk, Timm said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Humans 'ate' Neanderthals to extinction, says fossil expert May 18, 2009
The controversial comment follows publication of a study in the Journal of Anthropological Sciences about a Neanderthal jawbone apparently butchered by modern humans. The bone was covered in cut marks similar to those found when humans stripped the flesh from animals, reports The Guardian. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
X-rays help predict permanent bone damage from bisphosphonates May 8, 2009
Dentists, as well as oncologists, are now using X-rays to detect "ghost sockets" in patients that take these drugs and when these sockets are found, it signals that the jawbone is not healing the right way. Early detection of these ghost sockets can help the patient avoid permanent damage to their jawbone, according to an article in the March/April 2009 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal ... A ghost socket occurs when the jawbone... (EurekAlert!)
5 Drugs Kids Steal Most Often From Parents May 8, 2009
Dr. Jennifer Ashton: Medicine Cabinet Is Significant Source Of Prescription Drugs Teens Taking. NEW YORK, May 7, 2009. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Face unveiled: A European 35000 yrs ago May 5, 2009
According to a report in the Independent, the reconstruction by forensic artist Richard Neave, of a face that could be male or female, is based on the partial skull and jawbone found in a cave where bears were known to hibernate. The facial features indicate the close affinity of these early Europeans to their immediate African ancestors, although it was still not possible to determine the persons sex. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Fresno bull rider hangs up helmet, puts injury in past Apr 28, 2009
The impact knocked his jawbone into his cheekbone, fracturing his cheek and nose. Surgeons needed four plates and 24 screws to hold his face together. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Watts Winery on a mission to raise awareness and end childhood affliction (19) Apr 16, 2009
Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma is found mainly in Africa and is related to the Epstein Barr Virus in 95 percent of its cases and is generally located in the jawbone and abdomen ... Sporadic Burkitt's affect the abdomen in 90 percent of cases, and the jawbone being affected is extremely rare. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
'Unpredictable' Lance Mackey looking for third Iditarod win Mar 6, 2009
The doctors were able to cut away the tumor in his neck along with some of his jawbone and Mackey has been cancer-free since. He took a year off and has roared back. (USA Today -- News)
Iditarod shrine opens for miracle Mackey Mar 1, 2009
The radiation ate away at his jawbone ... When the skin over the jawbone refused to heal, Lance had to sit through 16 weeks of hyperbaric oxygen treatment to help build red blood cells and regrow tissue. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sen. Burris tried to raise funds for Blagojevich... Feb 18, 2009
A delegation of respected members of Congress, plus Rohm Emmanuel representint Obama, should sit him down and jawbone him into resigning for the good of the country. Posted by: Bluefish2012 | February 17, 2009 6:50 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Human jawbone with 8 teeth found on beach Feb 17, 2009
GALVESTON, Texas A human jawbone plucked from the sifted sand that is part of a beach reconstruction project on Galveston s West End has police attempting to put a name with the mandible and possibly find out where it came from, authorities said last week. A man riding a bicycle found the bone last Thursday morning protruding from a sand dune near Beach Pocket Park No. 2 off FM 3005, said Lt. D.J. Alvarez, a Galveston police spokesman. (KHOU.com, TX)
Fossils reveal truth about Darwin's theory Feb 13, 2009
It probably moved around like a lizard and had a jawbone made of multiple bones, like a reptile. 1. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'Missing Links' Reveal Truth About Evolution Feb 12, 2009
It probably moved around like a lizard and had a jawbone made of multiple bones, like a reptile. Dinosaurs and birds. (Fox News)
Henry Bosworth, former owner of Hingham Journal, dies Feb 10, 2009
One patient had two infected teeth extracted , requiring the punching of holes through sensitive jawbone. The other had a scar cut out of her arm. (Hingham Journal, MA)
