Anatomy

Bizarre Anatomy Explains Woman's Painful Spasms, Doctors Say

Posted 05.10.2013 | Science

Read More: Gastroesophageal Reflux, Video, Biology, Weird Science, Endoscopy, Corkscrew Esophagus, Esophageal Motility Disorders, Spiraling Esophagus, Esophagus, Esophagus Spasm, Anatomy, Science News

By: Lauren Cahoon Roberts, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor Published: 05/08/2013 05:05 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily An 87-year-old Swiss woman who suf...

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WATCH: 'Stupendous' Brain Technique Hailed By Scientists

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 04.11.2013 | Science

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NEW YORK -- Talk about clearing your head: Stanford University scientists have found a way to make see-through mouse brains. You take the brain out o...

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Sex-Ed Needs K-12 Foundation Like Math, According To New Standards

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.21.2013 | Home

Read More: Health Class, Puberty, Sex Ed, School, Anatomy, Physical, Education, Bullying, Home News

The Chicago Board of Education recently approved a new sexual health education policy, based on the National Sexuality Education Standards&n...

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Gruesome Specimen Sheds Light On 'Dark Ages' Science

Posted 03.07.2013 | Science

Read More: European Mummy, Video, History of Science, Weird Science, Biology, Science History, Mummy Head, Dark Ages, Mummies, Archaeology, Anatomy, Death, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/05/2013 10:25 AM EST on LiveScience In the second century, an ethnically Greek Roman...

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NSFW VIDEO: Dead Gator Provides Peek At Reptile's 'Bizarre' Penis

Posted 02.22.2013 | Science

Read More: Alligator Penis, Animals Sex, Video, Penis, Alligators Sex, Biology, Weird Science, Sex, Animal Penis, Anatomy, Alligators, Science News

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 02/21/2013 09:09 AM EST on LiveScience Unlike many other reptiles and mammals, alligators sport...

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From Seed to Plant: Yoga and the New Anatomy of Interconnectedness

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 03.26.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Yoga, Spatial Medicine, Tom Myers, Meridians, Bodywork, Anatomy Trains, Yoga Anatomy, Yoga Benefits, Yoga Practice, Yoga and Anatomy, Body Work, Myofascial Release, Anatomy, Healthy Living News

In his book Anatomy Trains, author Tom Myers developed a model of this interconnectedness in terms of the soft tissues of the body. Muscles, tendons and ligaments are not individual parts, Myers proposed, but rather are organized in large networks of fascial structures.

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The Beautiful And Efficient Anatomy Of Pregnancy

Alexander Tsiaras | Posted 03.20.2013 | TED Weekends

Read More: Revealing Life's Wonder With Art, Human Biology, Biology, Pregnancy, Ted Weekends Video, Genetics, Anatomy, Fetal Development, Developmental Biology, TED Weekends News

My goal is to visualize life in all its glory. And to see how daily lifestyle decisions affect the choreography of all of our cellular activity, causing disturbances stored in trillions of X, Y, Z coordinates.

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Belly Button Mystery Continues To Baffle Biologists

| Posted 11.12.2012 | Science

Read More: Navel, Video, Belly Button, Anatomy, Belly Button Lint, Belly Button Bacteria, Human Anatomy, Science News

By Rob Dunn This is a confession. I started out as a respectable sort of ecologist studying rain forests and then at some point my road turned and I ...

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Brain Study Locates Seat Of Selfishness, Altruism

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 07.19.2012 | Science

Read More: Neuroscience, Video, Brain, Altruism, Brain Science, Brain Structure, Anatomy, Temporoparietal Junction, Science News

Some people are generous--others, not so much. Why is that? A new study from Switzerland suggests that the answer to that question may be a matter ...

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Scientists Discover Weird Sensory Organ That Helps Whales Survive

Posted 05.23.2012 | Science

Read More: Video, Animal Anatomy, Marine Life, Biology, Cetaceans, Israel Organs, Oceans, Mammals, Whale Organ, Whales, Animals, Anatomy, Marine Biology, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/23/2012 01:11 PM EDT on LiveScience Whales that feed by taking big gulps of the ocean...

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LOOK: Thinly Sliced Human Provides Inspiration For Artist

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.30.2012 | Science

Read More: Lisa Nilsson, Visible Woman, Art, Video, Cadaver, Science-Meets-Art, Visible Man, Visible Human, Slidewide, Slidepollajax, Anatomy, Paper, Science News

Call it the intersection between anatomy and art. A series of paper sculptures by Lisa Nilsson, an artist based in North Adams, Mass., was inspire...

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12 Underappreciated (But Totally Awesome) Bodily Fluids

MentalFloss.com | Posted 04.10.2012 | Weird News

Blood, sweat, tears? Everybody knows about those. But what about interstitial fluid, vitreous humors, and other lesser-known fluids you have oozin...

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PHOTOS: 'Animal Inside Out' Exhibition Shows Guts, Blood Vessels

Posted 04.05.2012 | Science

Read More: Video, Animals Inside Out, Cadaver, Natural History Museum, Body Worlds, Gunther Von Hagen, Slidewide, Life Sciences, Animals, Plastination, Slidepollajax, Anatomy, Science News

Do the 'plasticized' cadavers in German anatomist Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds exhibitions take your breath away, or get under your skin? What...

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Epiphany By Anatomy: How Seeing a Dead Body Helped Me Understand Life

Michael O'Loughlin | Posted 09.21.2011 | Religion

Read More: Religion Science, Anatomy, Biology, Catholicism, Religious Epiphany, Anatomy Lab, Death and Dying, Religion and Science, The Human Experience, Anatomy Lab Epiphany, Human Mortality, Religion News

Never before had I been so close to a dead body unadorned with embalming fluids and inches of makeup, much less buckets of lifeless organs. Those 20 minutes were nothing short of epiphanic.

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Female Anatomy 101 with Health Expert Dr. Oz!

Posted 08.09.2011 | Women

Read More: Dr. Oz, Marlo Thomas, Female, Anatomy, Sex, Women News

Think you know everything there is to know about a woman's body? You may be surprised. Here's a rundown of female body parts and how they work, fro...

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'Go Deeper': Another Yoga Cliché

Erica Heinz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Yoga, Philosophy, Yoga Poses, Yoga Benefits, Exercise, Psychology, Anatomy, Breathing, Yoga Anatomy, Yoga Strength, Yoga Breathing, Yoga Posing Benefits, Healthy Living News

In yoga class, you'll often be told to "go deeper" while you're holding a pose. It's a yoga cliché, a lesson that's lost its power. It can be taken literally but that's not always the best idea. So what exactly does it mean?

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PICTURES: 'Body Browser' Is Google Earth For The Human Anatomy

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Google, Google Body, Google Body Browser, Human Body, Body Browser, Anatomy, Human Anatomy, Slidepollajax, Google Body Browser Download, Google Body 3d, Technology News

Google just launched "Body Browser," a WebGL application that lets users explore a high resolution, interactive 3D model of the human anatomy--from th...

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BLOG WATCH> Anatomical Illustrations From Edo-Period Japan At Pink Tentacle

pinktentacle.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Anatomical Illustration, Illustration, Art, Monk, Edo Period, Book Art, Spooky, Diseases, Japan, China, Japanese Art, Pink Tentacle, Medicine, Anatomy, Arts News

Here is a selection of old anatomical illustrations that provide a unique perspective on the evolution of medical knowledge in Japan during the Edo pe...

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Body Language: Knowing Your Parts

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Gallbladder, Pancreas, Pancreatitis, Appendix, Anatomy, Kidneys, Xiphoid, Healthy Living News

There are a few parts of the body you should be familiar with in order to recognize important symptoms and alert your doctor. Here's my top-four list of organs whose location patients should know but often don't.

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Anatomical Fashion & Lady Gaga

Tove Hermanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

Read More: Helmut Newton, Fashion, Lady GaGa, Anatomy, Skeleton Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Street Anatomy, Style News

As much as I myself love adorning my body with beautiful underwear and clothes and jewelry and hats, there's something beautiful, raw, and powerful in the brutal functionality of human anatomy.

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