A User Manual For Your Knees

A User Manual For Your Knees by Jordan Metzi.  The New York Times. 

Bones Are Growing Faster, Affecting Orthopedics

Bones Are Growing Faster, Affecting Orthopedics by Robert Preidt,.  WebMD.  January 8, 2019

Broken Bones In The Elderly: Daily Wear-And-Tear or Fall: An Engineering Perspective

Reaching The Breaking Point.  University of Utah/Science Daily.  January 23, 2018.

Diet, Exercise, And Degeneration of Knee Cartilage

Weight Loss Through Exercise Alone Does Not Protect Knees.  Radiological Society Of North America.  November 28, 2017. 

Hyperelastic Bone Tissue That Can Be Produced by 3D Printable Ink

Time To Change The Ink In The Bone Printer by Karen Weintraub.  Scientific American.  September 29, 2016. 

Injuries And Sprain To The Ankle, The Base Of The Body, May Have Lifelong Consequences For Movement And Balance

A Sprained Ankle May Have Lifelong Consequences by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  September 16, 2015. 

Tripling Of Total Knee Replacements Linked To Obesity

Increase In Number Of Total Knee Replacement Surgeries, Especially In Younger Adults, Linked To Obesity.  Science Daily.  June 4, 2014.

"Bones Don't Lie"--Distinguished Forensic Anthropologist Showed The Importance Of Bones In Life And Health

Clyde Snow, A Sleuth Who Read Bones From King Tut's To Kennedy's, Is Dead at 86 by Robert D. McFadden.  New York Times.  May 16, 2014.

Jarring Exercise Contributes to Bone Health; Older Adults Show Impact Deficit

Why High-Impact Exercise Is Good For Your Bones by Gretchen Reynolds.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  March 7, 2014.

The researchers present a Catch-22:  "Older individuals may not be capable of handling the types of activity most likely to improve bone health."

Your Microbiome And You: What Clinicians Need to Know

Your Microbiome And You:  What Clinicians Need To Know by Scott Peterson, PhD.   Medscape.  December 20, 2013.

An excellent and brief presentation of the microbiome.

(1)  What is meant by referring to humans as a metaorgnism?

(2)  What are the aims and limitations of the Human Microbiome Project?

(3)  What are some of the direct effects of disruptions of the homeostasis between humans and their microbiotal counterparts?  Indirect effects?

(4)  What are two key practical questions raised by research on the microbiome?

(5)  What are some of the harmful gut impacts of fructose?

(6)  The link between the microbiome, obesity, and diabetes is thought to be related to ____________________.

(7)  The interplay between _____________________ opens a wholly new avenue of research into oncogenesis.

(8)  What is TMAO and how can it promote heart disease?

(9)  Infectious disease can be conceived of as an extreme___________________ between microbe and human.

(10)  Pharmacomicrobiomics examines how ______________________ affect _______________.

(11)  How can imbalance in microbiota lead to skin disorders?

(12)  How is a link between genetics and alterations in the microbiome perhaps related to ankylosing spondylitis?

(13)  How does gut microbial species perhaps lead to imparied memory and increased anxiety-like behaviors?

(14)  What are three needed areas of future research?