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Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

UC Davis Health molecular exercise physiologist Keith Baar specializes in sports medicine. He studies the effects of exercise ...

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Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.

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Nonoperative treatment, such physical therapy, is the typical approach to treating rotator-cuff tears. However, surgery is considered in certain patients whose rotator-cuff tears don't resolve with ...

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