Medscape - Premature Closure: Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor, Jan 11, 2012

"Premature Closure. It is something we all suffer from, and I find it more of a problem as I get older. In my own case, I tend not to think beyond the infectious disease differential diagnosis. Not everything, unfortunately, is due to an infection, and I occasionally have to force myself to consider diseases outside of ID.
There are other forms of premature closure, or at least of not considering diseases outside a narrow differential. It happens all the time when patients return from overseas travel. The infection must be a disease found in the country the patient has just returned from, not considering the presenation may be something more mundane and acquired closer to home. "

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Medscape - Beyond Wires and Brackets: A Modern Tooth Movement: Minor Tooth Movement: Overview, Jan 11, 2012

"One of the most versatile techniques in dentistry today is the application of Minor Tooth Movement (MTM®). This treatment option comprises movement of teeth using plastic aligners and thermopliers (Dentsply Raintree Essix®, Dentsply, Sarasota, Florida) and produces outstanding aesthetics and function. This method is a minimally invasive approach to patient care.
Technically speaking, MTM involves the movement of 1-4 teeth per arch using continuous, gentle force. Traditional orthodontic movements, consisting of rotation, tipping, and lateral position change, can be achieved by the patient wearing an in-office fabricated aligner. At each return patient visit, gentle pressure is applied to the aligner, using thermopliers that are designed to create intentional, guided force of up to 1 mm per month, resulting in correct alignment. Most cases treated by this method are completed in 6 months or less."

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Medscape - Glaucoma Screening: What You Need to Know: Glaucoma, Jan 11, 2012

"In 2010, 60.5 million people were estimated to be suffering from glaucoma worldwide, with a predicted increase to 79.6 million by 2020.[1] Glaucoma is defined as a group of progressive eye conditions that lead to irreversible damage to the optic nerve and is divided into open-angle and narrow-angle glaucoma (Figure). Open-angle glaucoma is far more prevalent in the United States, affecting 70%-80% of cases of glaucoma.[1] Narrow-angle or angle-closure glaucoma is more prevalent in the Asian population. The distinction between open, narrow, or closed angle glaucoma is made by characterizing the configuration of the structures that constitute the internal drainage system of the eye. These structures lie at the junction of the cornea and iris, and is thus called the "angle." Open-angle glaucoma is usually accompanied by increased intraocular pressure, although reports suggest that pressure can be normal in more than 25% of cases."

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Everyday Health - 7 Ways to Eat Out and Lose Weight - Diet and Nutrition Center, Jan 11, 2012

"Girls’ night, guys’ night, date night: Every week, it seems like there are a thousand opportunities to go out to eat — and end up completely blowing your diet. According to data from the USDA, eating outside the home just a few times per week can lead to weight gain and obesity. A 2010 study found that an away-from-home meal adds an average of 239 calories a day for people who are obese and 88 additional calories a day for normal-weight people. But fortunately for those who love dining out, a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that it is possible to eat at restaurants several times a week and end up maintaining, or even losing, weight."

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NASA News, Jan 11, 2012

Stunning photos capture Space Station passing moon ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) A lucky photographer recently snapped breath-taking images on the International Space Station cruising through the cosmos, according to information from NASA and Space.com . NASA photographer Lauren Harnett captured images of the ISS moving across the ... See all stories on this topic »

SAIC Awarded Contract by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Sacramento Bee Work will be performed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. andNASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provides the multidiscipline engineering expertise behind propulsion and ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian Official Suggests Weapon Caused Exploration Spacecraft's Failure New York Times The two powers called the space race a tie and agreed to build the International Space Station together; now that the American space shuttles are retired, NASA astronauts fly to the station aboard Russian rockets. Mr. Popovkin did not directly ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Associate Administrator For Human Spaceflight Receives AIAA von Karman Award Sacramento Bee "Serving as a test bed for research and new technologies, the space station is the centerpiece for space operations and a stepping stone toward future exploration destinations." Gerstenmaier began his NASA career in 1977 at the Glenn Research Center in ... See all stories on this topic »

2012 to be busy year for rocket launches on Space Coast Florida Today A SpaceX Falcon 9 is targeting launch on an International Space Station supply run in July. A NASA science satellite is to be launched in August, followed by a Global Positioning System spacecraft in September. The third flight of the military's ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA astronaut to promote science in region Journal Live by Mike Hughes, Evening Gazette AN astronaut who has worked on NASA'sInternational Space Station will be inspiring youngsters to pursue science as a career when he lands in the region later this month. Flight engineer Col Ron Garan, who was selected ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's alternative space "station" rocks your smartphone Network World NASA has plugged in an alternative rock station to its iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android app. NASA said its Third Rock Radio - America's Space Station, is a collaboration with RFC Media and is operated at no cost to the government through aSpace ... See all stories on this topic »

Astronaut Fires Up Rockwood Students Patch.com During an operation for STS-130 Endeavour (February 8-21, 2010), Behnken participated in NASA's 32nd Space Station assembly mission. He operated the space stationrobotic arm, served as the spacewalking lead and performed three spacewalks. ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's Paul Gilbert Named Deputy Manager of Flight Programs and Partnerships ... NASA (press release) "Our office focus ties directly to the agency's exploration goals, by not only producingNASA projects for the International Space Station and Exploration programs but also by enabling the Department of Defense, international partners, ... See all stories on this topic »

International Space Station above Laxey Isle of Man Today By Sue Woolley A PHOTOGRAPH of the International Space Station(ISS) cruising high above Laxey Wheel has generated interest as far afield as Russia and the USA. The photo was taken by Pete Geddes MBE, who posted it on Facebook and has been amazed at ... See all stories on this topic » Isle of Man Today

ISS Sensor Applicable To Asteroids, Planets Aviation Week By Frank Morring, Jr. Astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight tested an optical navigation device that may help the Orion capsule make its first approach to a target in space, whether it is the InternationalSpace Station (ISS), ... See all stories on this topic » Aviation Week

This Vacation is Really Far Out San Diego Reader They're in cahoots with Russia, using Soyuz vehicles, so your takeoff is NASA-like and vertical. They're the ones who sent the seven civilians to the space station. On their list of stuff to come is a three-week space tour that includes 16 days in the ... See all stories on this topic »

ISS performs hardware and software upgrades to support inaugural Dragon visit NASASpaceflight.com The six-member crew of the International Space Station (ISS) have been hard at work over the past few weeks, performing multiple hardware and software upgrades in order to ready the station to support the new fleet of commercial resupply vehicles, ... See all stories on this topic » NASASpaceflight.com

Space Day focuses on new plans Florida Today Legislators who opened the 2012 session Tuesday will hear from the leaders of SpaceFlorida, Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, plus major contractors and workforce and economic development officials about plans to reshape the ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Completes Mission Operations VAdvert Press Center (press release) 30, 1995, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It was renamed RXTE in early 1996 in honor of Bruno Rossi, an MIT astronomer and a pioneer of X-ray astronomy and space plasma physics who died in 1993. RXTE was managed by Goddard. See all stories on this topic »

Noted Astronaut to Join Schiff at Chamlian School Asbarez Armenian News Gregory Errol Chamitoff served as the Flight Engineer and Science Officer for a 6-month mission abroad the International Space Station in 2008 and was appointed as a Mission Specialist on the last flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » Asbarez Armenian News

Florida's 'Space Day' kicks off in Tallahassee Florida Trend Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana presented a flag to the Florida House and Senate during a joint session this morning that kicked off annual Florida Space Day activities in Tallahassee, according to tweets from organizers. Space advocates plan ... See all stories on this topic »

All oil importers responsible for Hormuz, Abdullah says gulfnews.com By Samir Salama, Associate Editor This image provided by Nasa shows the Strait of Hormuz taken from the International Space Station in September 30, 2003. Abu Dhabi: Ensuring free and safe navigation in international waterways, especially in the Strait ... See all stories on this topic » gulfnews.com

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 January 2012 Space Ref (press release) Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight. ... See all stories on this topic » Space Ref (press release)

Spaced Away is All About the Orbital Fling Kotaku You're in a spaceship that has a limited amount of fuel, which lets you boost yourself forwards through space. You're also running out of air, which is basically a timer; complete each puzzle before it runs out. The destination is a safe space station, ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's Mars-bound mega-rover to tweak flight path CTV.ca Curiosity's voyage contrasts sharply with another space probe targeted at the Mars moon Phobos. Launched weeks earlier than Curiosity, Russia's Phobos-Ground probe got stranded in Earth's orbit and was expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

Restored Photos: Project Gemini Comes to Life Space Ref (press release) The successful NASA Gemini missions indeed provided critical spaceoperations experience and directly enabled all American spaceachievements that followed, in particular the Apollo Moon landings and the first American space station, Skylab (1973-1974) ... See all stories on this topic » Space Ref (press release)

Electrical Work and Medical Checkups for Station Crew Space Fellowship Kuipers, a European Space Agency astronaut, is from the Netherlands. Afterward, Kuipers set up hardware for the VO2Max experiment that he will conduct on Wednesday. That experiment allows researchers on Earth to measure changes in the astronauts' ... See all stories on this topic »

Your View: Rejection of science threatens to be epidemic SouthCoastToday.com The opposition resides, at times, on costs, a legitimate reason when prioritizing funding for billion-dollar projects like NASA's Apollo (1960s-1970s), Shuttle (1980s-2000s) or International Space Station programs (1990s-2000s), but the resistance to ... See all stories on this topic »

Boyd Morrison: The Man, The Myth, The (Moderate) Madness, The Manuscript! The SunBreak (blog) The Space Station Freedom project you worked on was ultimately shelved. Did any of the better bits make it into the International Space Station? What were your responsibilities on the project, and how frustrated were you to see it canned? ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's Online Radio Station Rocks Smartphones « AmericaSpace By Press Release The station is being developed and operated at no cost to the government through aSpace Act Agreement. The NASA Apps showcase a wealth of NASA content, including images, videos on-demand, live streaming video from NASA Television, mission information, feature stories and breaking news. Users also can find sighting opportunities for the International Space Station and track the positions of spacecraft orbiting Earth. App users easily can share NASA content on Facebook, ... AmericaSpace

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program Revised By admin Home · Subscribe · Computer Tips, News and FREE Support ... The original NIAC program was initiated at a time when the International Space Station was just beginning to be constructed in an era of flat NASA budgets. Nevertheless it ... Computer Tips, News and FREE Support

The Flame Trench space news and analysis: NASA Set To Correct ... By Todd Halvorson ... news and analysis. Space news and analysis from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral .... NASA officials say a Soyuz 2.1b rocket crash today should not impact International Space Station operations because its failed third stage . ... The Flame Trench space news and analysis

SAIC Awarded Contract by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ... 11, 2012 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the National Aeronautics andSpace Administration (NASA) to provide construction phase services, value ... and transportation systems; enables scientific discovery through development of hardware and instruments for projects; develops, integrates, and operates major components and systems on the International Space Station; and supports its ... ITbriefing.net

First Private Spaceship Will Dock at ISS | IdeaFeed | Big Think By Big Think Editors The capsule, which will deliver food and clothing to the six-man crew aboard the International Space Station, was partly funded by NASA in hopes of stimulating privatespace ventures to bring goods, and eventually astronauts, to and from ... Big Think

January 11, 2012 By ellegood Work will be performed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. andNASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. (1/11) ULA Gets $1.5 Billion Air Force Contract for Nine Launches (Source: Space News) The U.S. Air ... FLORIDA SPACErePORT

NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support | Commercial ... Source: Kennedy Space Center. NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support. Award - Jan 11, 2012. General Information NAIS Posted Date: Jan 11, 2012 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jan 11, 2012. Noncompetitive Action: No Recovery ... Commercial Space Watch

Interview With Ken Bowersox, part 1 - Enjoying Space | Moonandback By alvinr Astronaut Ken Bowersox talks with Moonandback about his time at NASA, the adventure of going into and coming back from space, joining SpaceX and his job there. ...Astronaut Ken Bowersox talks about his time at NASA, the adventure of going into and coming back from space, flying Shuttle missions STS-50, 61, 73, 82, and 113, participating in Hubble telescope flights, SpaceLab flights, his reaction to the Columbia disaster while on the space station and coming back in a Soyuz ... Moonandback

Restored Photos: Project Gemini Comes to Life | OnOrbit By keithcowing The successful NASA Gemini missions indeed provided critical space operations experience and directly enabled all American space achievements that followed, in particular the Apollo Moon landings and the first American space station, ... OnOrbit - Social Space News and...

Earth from Space: Sideways view of Antarctica : Space and ... By Jonathan Nally Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au. Space and Astronomy news daily... THE INCLINED EQUATORIAL ORBIT of the International Space Station (ISS) limits astronauts to nadir views of Earth—looking straight down from the spacecraft—between approximately 52 degrees North latitude and 52 degrees South. However, when viewing conditions ... Text adapted from information issued by William L. Stefanov, Jacobs/ESCG at NASA-JSC. Get SpaceInfo.com.au daily ... Space and Astronomy news daily...

NASA - Expedition 31/32 Space Station Crew Conducts Briefing ... 11, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. ... their upcoming Expedition 31 and 32 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. ... www.nasa.gov/.../HQ_M12-001_Exp_31-32_Media_Ops.html

Video: Nasa recruiting new astronauts for International Space Station Nasa has released a video of Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank encouraging new ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Nasa-recruiting-new-astronauts-for-In...

Spectacular Space Station Moon Dash: Big Pic : Discovery News Discovery News > Space News > Spectacular Space Station Moon Dash: Big Pic ...for a NASA photographer at Johnson Space Center in Houston to capture ... news.discovery.com/.../big-pic-space-station-moon-transit-120...

iTWire - NASA snaps "amazing" pixs of space station crossing Moon NASA snaps amazing pixs of space station crossing Moon. www.itwire.com/.../52052-nasa-snaps-qamazingq-pixs-of-spac...

Stunning Photos of Space Station Near Moon According to a recent NASA news release, amateur photographers can snap pictures of the space station from their own backyards. Sightings times and ... www.myfoxhouston.com/.../stunning-photo-of-space-station-n...

Far Out! New Deep Space Mission Ideas Draw NASA's Eye The International Space Station is increasingly being look at as a "base ... He is last year's winner of the National Space Club Press Award and a past ... www.space.com/14188-nasa-deep-space-manned-mission-con...

Amazing photos show space station crossing moon - Technology ... In one series of photos, NASA photographer Lauren Harnett captured images of the moon at the exact moment that the space station passed across its face in ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../amazing-photos-show-space-station-c...

How To Photograph The International Space Station ... - RedOrbit NASA invites you to share your photos of the space station and tell us the story ...Once the space station is in the field of view (or close to it), press and hold ... www.redorbit.com/.../how-to-photograph-the-international-sp...

Amazing Sky Photos Show Space Station Near Moon & Jupiter In one series of photos, NASA photographer Lauren Harnett captured images of the moon at the exact moment that the space station passed across its face in ... www.space.com/14167-amazing-sky-photos-space-station-mo...

collectSPACE - news - "Retired space shuttle simulator to 'fly' again ... NASA's long-running space shuttle program came to its close in 2011, but thanks to an... Space Center in Houston to Texas A&M University in College Station. ... www.collectspace.com/news/news-122911a.html

  

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