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How Do Stress Fractures Develop?July 2, 2009, 9:00 am by Scientific American: HealthConsidering the forces involved in many sports, it's no surprise that professional athletes sustain serious injuries to their muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones. A spate of bone fracture–related injuries seems to be dogging professional teams this year. The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association lost seven-time all-star Tracy McGrady to season-ending microfracture surgery in February. And on Monday, Rocket’s team physician Tom Clanton announced in the Houston Chronicle that all-star center Yao Ming's fractured foot, which he sustained in a play-off game against the Los Angeles Lakers in May, has worsened over time and may end his career. The possibility that New York Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran might have a microfractured knee turned fans and fantasy baseball owners into nervous wrecks. Such an injury ended the career of NBA star Jamal Mashburn. [More]
More from Scientific American: Health Does Getting Fat Protect Against Fat? Scientific American: Health: March 9, 2010, 8:10 am Everyone knows that obesity is bad for your health. Packing on the pounds, we’re told, leads to all sorts of medical problems: high cholesterol, insulin resistance, greater risk of diabetes and heart Seeing the Little Picture: Novel Nanocoating Gives Atomic Force Microscope Users a Better Look at Individual Molecules Scientific American: Health: March 8, 2010, 3:20 am Spotting a disease in its earliest stages can help to facilitate its treatment greatly, yet telltale clues are often hidden at a scale too small to study accurately. This hindrance has some Another reason vitamin D is important: it gets T cells going Scientific American: Health: March 7, 2010, 1:01 am Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a rapidly expanding inventory of ailments--including heart disease , cancer and the common cold . A new discovery demonstrates how Mosquitoes, Not Birds, Made West Nile National Scientific American: Health: March 5, 2010, 9:40 am In 1999, West Nile virus infected its first American, in New York. By 2004, the disease had spread across the country. Researchers speculated that, for the disease to spread so far so MIND Reviews: Temple Grandin Scientific American: Health: March 5, 2010, 9:00 am Temple Grandin HBO Films [More]
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