enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatoid_arthritis

    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints. [1] It typically results in warm, swollen, and painful joints. [1] Pain and stiffness often worsen following rest. [1] Most commonly, the wrist and hands are involved, with the same joints typically involved on both sides of the body. [1]

  3. Ra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra

    Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus. At times, the two deities were merged as Ra-Horakhty, "Ra, who is Horus of the Two Horizons". When the god Amun rose to prominence during Egypt's New Kingdom, he was fused with Ra as Amun-Ra.

  4. Radium - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium

    Radium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ra and atomic number 88. ... More recently discovered radioisotopes, such as cobalt-60 and caesium-137, ...

  5. Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl

    After a number of weeks, Ra took on water. The crew discovered that a key element of the Egyptian boatbuilding method had been neglected, a tether that acted like a spring to keep the stern high in the water while allowing for flexibility. [41] Water and storms eventually caused it to sag and break apart after sailing more than 6,400 km (4,000 ...

  6. Radium-226 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium-226

    Ra) has had a number of uses. In the early 20th century, when the hazards of radiation were not well-known, radium was commonly used in consumer items such as toothpaste and hair creams. Radium was also formerly used as a radiation source for cancer treatment, but has since been replaced in this role by safer and more easily available ...

  7. Radium-223 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium-223

    Radium-223 (223 Ra, Ra-223) is an isotope of radium with an 11.4-day half-life.It was discovered in 1905 by T. Godlewski, [2] [3] [4] a Polish chemist from Kraków, and was historically known as actinium X (AcX).

  8. Sun Ra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra

    He was born Herman Blount on May 22, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama, as discovered by his biographer, John F. Szwed, and published in his 1998 book, Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra. [10] He was named after the popular vaudeville stage magician Black Herman, who had deeply impressed his mother. [10]

  9. Arthritis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthritis

    Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that often affects the ... Evidence of osteoarthritis and potentially inflammatory arthritis has been discovered in ...