Boosting Your Bones

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2011

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Just the bare bones this week as we find out how exercise strengthens the skeleton and how new scanning techniques can help to pick up osteoporosis earlier and inform its management. We also try out a new gadget for measuring the force muscles can apply and, in the news, discover what a self-healing tumour can tell us about common cancers, evidence that mammalian hearts can repair themselves and a new laser-based tool for diagnosing melanoma. Plus, how the bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago are helping scientists to combat chronic back pain by building a computer model of the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. So, Well, hello, it's Sunday, February the 27th and welcome to the naked scientist with me Chris Smith.
0:31.0	And with me Dr. Katani.
0:32.0	Now this week we're finding out what exercise does to bones, how to detect and treat osteoporosis
0:39.0	and a new way to monitor muscles in the physioclinic.
0:42.0	Plus we've got news of cancers that can heal themselves,
0:45.8	a new test for melanoma,
0:47.3	and how old bones are helping scientists
0:49.6	to develop better treatments for back aches.
0:52.0	Thank you, Kat, and we'll also find out what causes cramp and how you can prevent it.
0:56.0	If you want to get in touch with us through Twitter, you can tweet at Naked Scientists,
0:59.6	you can write on our Facebook page, and to get there you go to naked scientist.com
1:03.1	forward slash Facebook or you can drop us an email to Chris at the naked
1:07.4	scientist dot com.
1:09.8	The Naked Scientists podcast is web at UK Fast.
1:15.0	The UK's best hosting provider on the web at UKfast.co. UK.
1:20.0	UK. This is the naked scientist with Chris Smith and with Dr. Katani.
1:27.0	First up, let's take a look at some of this week's biggest science breakthroughs and cancers that put themselves right.
1:32.0	What's this all about? Yes, self-healing is... breakthroughs and cancers that put themselves right.
1:32.6	What's this all about?
1:33.6	Yes, self-heeling isn't a word that people usually associate with cancer, but researchers
1:38.0	who've been studying a very unusual and rare form of skin cancer that can clear up by itself have learned some lessons
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