The astronauts' decrease in bone strength measured from point six percent to five percent for each month spent on the space station.

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Professor Keyak says the measurement is much greater than monthly reductions in bone mineral density of point four percent and one point eight percent.

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Then,a hard cast may be put around the area of the break to hold the bone in place while it heals.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

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When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The study is said to be the first to examine in detail measurements of bone strength instead of bone density.

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Her team used a computer program she developed to identify the risk of broken hipbones in people with the bone disease osteoporosis.

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There was enough space in the bone for the healthy marrow to start producing new red blood cells.

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Or,he said human DNA really was present in the bone, but the bone was too small or low-quality to repeat the first results.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

The study found this loss of bone strength increases the risk of broken bones later in life.

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The two patches of waste are connected together in the shape of a dog bone a really big bone about nine thousand kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

In other studies, bone marrow transplants cured severe sickle cell disease in almost two hundred children.

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Scott Sampson says it is one of the last great dinosaur bone-yards in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

Along with the bone damage there is a risk of infection in the open wound.

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A doctor sets a broken bone to make sure it is in the correct position.

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Ten patients in all were treated in a study with donated bone marrow.

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A single fracture is when a bone is broken in just one place.

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Scientists can predict how this instrument might have sounded by studying a copy of a smaller bird bone flute found several years ago in the same area.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Instead,the protein builds up in the joints and attacks cartilage and bone.

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Instead,the protein builds up in the joints and attack cartilage and bone.

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The results were reported in the online version of the publication Bone.

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