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Comment Re:Arthritis (Score 2, Informative) 359

by elleomea on Saturday July 29, 2006 @03:26PM (#15807003) Attached to: Modern Humans Far More Robust Than Ancestors

"We would have even less arthritis if people didn't buy into jogging as some health benefit. It just kills your joints."

Most common forms of arthritis are either caused by an immune system malfunction (causing the immune system to attack otherwise healthy joints) or by an infection. Jogging is a high impact exercise, and as such if you already suffer from arthritis it may accelerate the disintgration of the joints but it does not cause arthritis. The high impact nature of jogging is one of its main advantages in a person with healthy joints as it accelerates growth in the impact area.

The Treo 700p Confirmed 107

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 14, 2006 @10:09AM from the thank-god-we-can-sleep-easy dept.

Tam Hanna writes "People have been rumoring about the Treo 700p for quite some time, Now, HandMark has "officially" confirmed the Treo 700p's existance on their home page. While developers have had access to the machine for quite some time; this is the first "real" sighting""

Evidence of the Missing Link Found? 571

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday March 26, 2006 @08:31AM from the playing-in-the-dirt-still-an-important-skill dept.

HUADPE writes to tell us CNN is reporting that scientists in northeastern Ethiopia recently discovered a skull that they think may be evidence of the "missing link" between Homo erectus and modern man. From the article: "The hominid cranium -- found in two pieces and believed to be between 500,000 and 250,000 years old -- 'comes from a very significant period and is very close to the appearance of the anatomically modern human,' said Sileshi Semaw, director of the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project in Ethiopia."

UK Parliament to be Made Redundant? 607

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 22, 2006 @07:16PM from the politics-the-same-the-world-over dept.

caluml writes "The Guardian is reporting that the current UK government is trying to sneak a new law though in an innocuously named bill called 'The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill,' which would get rid of that pesky, interfering need to put laws to the Houses of Commons and Lords to approve. There is already the Parliament Act that can be used to force laws through, which was used recently for the hunting bill. " The original coverage is a bit old but the bill is still being tossed around in parliament. The text of the bill is also available via the UK Parliament website.

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