Science news articles about 'collarbone'

... with energy and signals to stimulate the neurons in the brain. This device is implanted below the collarbone under the skin and thin wires also connect it with the electrodes under the skin.

... that this improves outcome." Irradiation of axillary (under arm) and supraclavicular (above the collarbone) lymph nodes can lead to lymphedema, a swelling of the extremities caused by fluid build up ...

When Lance Armstrong broke his collarbone a few weeks ago, the sporting world gasped: ... his first Tour de France. But is it possible that the collarbone fracture wasn’t an anomaly, but the revealing of ...

... Brown fat cells have been found in adults, in the lower part of the neck just above the collarbone. The region of brown fat cells in the neck was tested by placing five volunteers, in thin clothing, ...

You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the ... weeks. Lance Armstrong falls and breaks his collarbone in multiple places, and he's back in the saddle in a ...

... carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000....

... Minneapolis – consists of a battery-powered implantable generator, which is inserted under the skin near the collarbone, and two carotid sinus leads, which run from the generator to the left and right ...

... analogy. "These worms have a ventral nerve cord," I explain, drawing a line from my collarbone to my navel. "This mollusc has gills on its dorsal surface," reaching over one shoulder to pat my back. ...

... studies have shown that brown fat deposits are also found in healthy adults, especially around their collarbones and necks. Interestingly, older people have less brown fat than younger people, and ...