The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity (heart, lungs & ribs) from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
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in title, tags, annotations or url9 Useless Body Parts | Fox News - 1 views
World's first pregnant man Thomas Beatie unveils muscular body after 3 babies | Mail Online - 0 views
Science of Body Language on Vimeo - 0 views
Nonverbal Communication: Improving Nonverbal Skills & Reading Body Language - 0 views
Study: No-fat, low-fat dressings don't get most nutrients out of salads - 0 views
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Livermore researcher Bruce Buchholz and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute are looking at victim's teeth to determine how old they are at the time of death. Using the Lawrence Livermore's Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Buchholz determined that the radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s remains in the dental enamel, the hardest substance in the body. The radiocarbon analysis showed that dating the teeth with the carbon-14 method would estimate the birth date within one year. Age determination of unknown human bodies is important in the setting of a crime investigation or a mass disaster, because the age at death, birth date, and year of death, as well as gender, can guide investigators to the corr
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Sweets on the brain | Science News for Kids - 0 views
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Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body's internal computer Diet soft drinks usually have no sugar, but that doesn't mean they're not sweet. These beverages often contain ingredients that mimic sugar's sweetness without the big calorie count. In a new study, psychologists from San Diego report that the sugar-free sweeteners confuse not only taste buds but also the brain.
Missouri Supreme Court Ruling Makes Midwifery Legal | Our Bodies Our Blog - 0 views
Survey: Teens more accepting of out-of-wedlock pregnancy - USATODAY.com - 0 views
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Among teens in the USA, the percentage who have had sexual i
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tercourse or say they'd be pleased if they or their partner were to get pregnant hasn't changed much since early in the decade, and there appears to be a growing acceptance of having babies outside marriage, a government report
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said Wednesday. From 1995 to 2002, "it was pretty much across-the-board improvements in those risk factors," says lead author Joyce Abma, a statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. "It is a source of concern to see that forward movement kind of stalling
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How old is too old to have a baby? - CNN.com - 0 views
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Bhateri Devi, 66, gave birth to triplet after receiving fertility treatment
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No upper age limit in India for those who want to have children using fertility treatments
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Doctor Bishnoi Anurag says he's successfully impregnated a 70-year-old woma
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