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...growth of tumors but increases the risk of brittle bones and osteoporosis - half were given denosumab injections every six months for 36 months, and the other half were given a placebo. Over the course of the three-year study, the treatment group had a 62% lower risk of spinal fracture than the placebo group (1.5% of treated patients suffered a fracture vs. 3.9% of the placebo group) and a 5.6% increase in bone-mineral density in the spine. Patients receiving a placebo saw a 1% decline in bone density over the same time period...
...those people. To date, Paul and Joe have played more than 500 shows in 49 states. (Give it up, Hawaii!) Paul (on guitar) and Joe (keyboards) dress in white shirts and orange-and-red-striped Gryffindor ties. They have a rotating cast of drummers, à la Spinal Tap, and are occasionally joined onstage by the giant squid that lives in the Hogwarts lake. Their hits include "Save Ginny Weasley," "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!" and "The Weapon We Have Is Love...
This has created a dangerous situation, according to critics. The inspector general's report came about after a 44-year-old spinal-surgery patient at a doctor-owned specialty hospital in Texas - the state with the highest number of such facilities - developed breathing problems and died, despite being taken by ambulance to a larger community hospital. The staff had called 911 after noticing the man's respiratory function was poor, but there was no doctor present to help. And just last month, a female patient at the physician-owned Colorado Orthopaedic and Surgical Hospital died after she became unresponsive following...
...early 1980s, Shonibare returned to England to attend the Wimbledon College of Art, but he had been there only a few weeks when he collapsed one day in class. The cause turned out to be transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord, which for a time left him largely paralyzed. Now he can walk again, though with difficulty...
...success is measured only in how much your movie needs you, Cera has reached the peak of his career to date with Year One, a comedy set in biblical times. By playing once again the sweet, stammering smart guy, although this time in a Spinal Tap wig and caveman furs, Cera can't stop Year One from being a bad movie, but he does save it from being a catastrophe. He plays Oh, an inept gatherer who is best friends with an even more inept hunter named Zed (Jack Black). They're kicked out of their village - the wisest...