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Growing pain

1. What is growing pain?Growing pain refers to the intermittent and uncomfortable pain in the muscles of the lower limbs in children. It usually affects both legs and causes the greatest pain in the front of the thighs, calves, the back of the knees and sometimes the buttocks. The pain is usually localized to a deep part of the limb and does not affect the whole limb. In older children who can describe the pain in more detail, it is said to feel like spasms of the legs, or a tingling feeling. Ty

Sept. 27, 2012

WHO: Watch closely for new virus related to SARS

LONDON (AP) -- Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for new cases of a virus related to SARS but said there was no sign the disease was behaving like the killer respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003.Earlier this week, the World Health Organization announced the new coronavirus had been found in a critically ill Qatari man being treated in London as well as

Sept. 27, 2012

Ancient statue said made from meteorite

(UPI)German scientists analyzing an ancient Buddhist statue discovered by a Nazi expedition to Tibet in 1938 say it was carved from a rare form of meteorite.The 22-pound statue, known as the Iron Man, was discovered by an expedition of German scientists led by renowned zoologist Ernst Schafer and supported by the Nazi party.Historians believe that support may have been based on a belief the origin

Sept. 27, 2012

Deepest-ever view of universe in new image

MUNICH, Germany (UPI) -- Ten years of images from the Hubble space telescope have been combined for the best, deepest-ever view of the universe, U.S. and European astronomers say.The photo, assembled by combining a decade of NASA/European Space Agency Hubble observations of a patch of sky within the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field, has been dubbed eXtreme Deep Field or XDF, the Hubble European Sp

Sept. 27, 2012

Deepest-ever view of universe in new image

Protection of 'digital afterlives' needed?

Federal laws are needed to regulate social networking sites to give users the right to determine what happens to their "digital afterlives," a U.S. expert says.Jason Mazzone, a University of Illinois expert in intellectual property law, says allowing social networking sites to set policy regarding the content of accounts of deceased users does not adequately protect individual and collective inter

Sept. 27, 2012

New comet is on path toward sun

(MCT)A new comet discovered by Russian skywatchers could be one of the brightest objects in the sky when it approaches Earth next year, astronomers say.Presently appearing as just a tiny dot in the sky beyond Jupiter, the comet was discovered Sept. 21 by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok of the International Scientific Optical Network in Russia and confirmed Tuesday by the International Astronom

Sept. 27, 2012

5,000-year-old tree unearthed in Britain

The trunk of a giant oak tree unearthed from a field in Britain may be more than 5,000 years old, forestry experts say.They called the 44-foot Norfolk bog oak “the largest-ever intact 5,000-year-old sub-fossilized trunk of an ancient giant oak,” but said they believe it could be just a section, possibly just a quarter, of the original tree.Until about 7,000 years ago the East Anglia fenland basin, a naturally marshy region in eastern England, was densely forested by gigantic oak trees. That chan

Sept. 27, 2012

Apple choice of thin display seen driving iPhone 5 shortage

Apple Inc.’s decision to create a smartphone that boasts a thinner, lighter touch screen contributed to the component shortfall that caused demand to outstrip supply of the iPhone on its debut weekend.With the latest version of the iPhone, Apple is for the first time using so-called in-cell screen technology, which combines the display and the touch sensor into a single part. The components are made by LG Display Co. and Japan Display Inc.Apple used the technology in the first major iPhone overh

Sept. 26, 2012

Apple choice of thin display seen driving iPhone 5 shortage

Samsung on verge of winning German court battle with Apple

BERLIN (DPA) ― Samsung Electronics was on the verge of winning a court battle in Germany against Apple, a judge indicated Tuesday, as the tech giants engage in a global dispute over patents for mobile devices.The judge is considering a case in which Apple alleges that five Samsung tablet products from their Galaxy range imitate the look and feel of Apple’s iPad.Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann did not issue a verdict, but said she was not convinced that consumers would mistake the Samsung product

Sept. 26, 2012

Smartphone race is on

Samsung Electronics launches new Galaxy Note 2 in KoreaThe launch of Samsung Electronics’ latest digital gadget Galaxy Note 2 on Wednesday is driving fierce competition in Korea’s high-end smartphone market.Samsung announced that it rolled out the new 5.5-inch quad-core smartphone, running on the fourth-generation Long Term Evolution networks, for the first time in Korea through the nation’s three mobile carriers.The launch takes place shortly after its other two competitors ― LG Electronics and

Sept. 26, 2012

Dancing, boxing video games burn calories

Active video gaming with dancing and boxing was associated with higher energy expenditure in children, researchers in Britain said. Stephen R. Smallwood and colleagues from the University of Chester in England examined the physiologic responses and energy expenditure of active video gaming using a video game with a webcam-style sensor device and software technology that allows the player to intera

Sept. 26, 2012

Samsung launches Galaxy Note 2 in S. Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., the world‘s top smartphone maker, on Wednesday started selling the Galaxy Note 2 on its home turf, the latest version of its Galaxy Note lineup, whose sales topped 10 million units worldwide.Samsung debuted the Galaxy Note 2 at a trade show in Berlin last month. The phablet, a cross between a smartphone and a tablet computer, features larger displays than smartphones but are more portable than tablets.The 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2, an upgraded version of the 5.3-inch Galax

Sept. 26, 2012

Samsung launches Galaxy Note 2 in S. Korea

Study: Contraception an economic issue

Most U.S. women say they use contraceptives because they could not afford to take care of a baby at that time, researchers say.Jennifer Frost and Laura Lindberg of the Guttmacher Institute in New York said few U.S. studies ask women why they use contraception and what benefits they expect or have achieved from its use.Frost and Lindberg surveyed 2,094 U.S. women receiving services at 22 family pla

Sept. 26, 2012

Parents have big impact in reducing weight

SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- Parents can make a big difference by helping to instill healthy behaviors in their children, a U.S. health and wellness company says. Dr. Mary Jane Osmick, vice president and medical director of health services for American Specialty Health -- which provides fitness and exercise programs for health plans, insurance carriers and employer groups -- said obesity now affects 17 perc

Sept. 26, 2012

Did rock-swapping bring life to Earth?

(123rf)Microorganisms embedded in fragments of distant planets that crashed to Earth might have been seeds of life on our planet, U.S. and European researchers say.Scientists from Princeton University, the University of Arizona and the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, writing in the journal Astrobiology, said there is a possibility that life came to Earth -- or spread from Earth to other planets

Sept. 25, 2012

History of Earth‘s oxygen studied

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Microbial life may have migrated from Earth’s oceans to land by 2.75 billion years ago, producing oxygen earlier than previously thought, U.S. scientists say.Research reported from the University of Washington suggests the land-based microbes were producing oxygen well in advance of what geologists refer to as the “Great Oxidation Event” about 2.4 billion years ago that initiated

Sept. 25, 2012

NASA sees ‘gateway’ for space missions

NASA has proposed a candidate for its next major mission, a “gateway” spacecraft on the far side of the moon as a staging base for moon and Mars missions.The spacecraft would hover in orbit on the far side of the moon, support a small permanent crew and function as “stepping stone” for missions to the lunar surface and possible flights to Mars.NASA Administrator Charles Bolden briefed the White House earlier this month on details of the proposed “gateway,” but it was unclear if any administratio

Sept. 25, 2012

On Apple Maps, all roads lead to Google

CUPERTINO (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Apple’s foray into mobile maps with its iPhone 5 had to do with advertising and a growing rivalry with Google, industry observers said.Apple’s iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday included a new online maps service that was “littered with flaws, some laughable,” The New York Times reported Monday.But behind the effort to compete with Google is the lucrative

Sept. 25, 2012

Testosterone may hold key to male lifespan: local study

Testosterone may hold the key to the disparity in men and women’s life spans, research on Korean eunuchs suggested Monday. On average, females of mammalian species including humans have 10 percent longer life spans. Professor Min Kyung-jin of Inha University and professor Lee Cheol-koo of Korea University analyzed the family records of 81 Joseon Dynasty eunuchs who lived between 1556 and 1919. The records showed that the eunuchs lived on average 14 years longer than the ruling-class males of tha

Sept. 25, 2012

Testosterone may hold key to male lifespan: local study

Self-study 'fake' Japan doc examined 2,300

Japanese police on Monday arrested a man who posed as a doctor to earn cash, examining 2,300 people with little more than a few hours of self-study to back it up, police and media said.Miyabi Kuroki, 43, had no experience of medical school and passed himself off as a qualified doctor after finding the identity of a legitimate physician on the Internet, Jiji Press reported.He was dispatched by an e

Sept. 24, 2012