h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Who, me? Initiated? Never got accepted, let alone initiated.

Aw consider yourself acceptable now.

... and even the uninitiated know post 21 should read -


Entry: Preventing Hip Fractures - A21242819
Author: Leo - "And Lo! The frowny one smileth." - U519437

Leo - this is a good idea for an Entry, but it needs a bit more work - for starters, go and look at your last paragraph - it's in a bit of a state. Next, there's the small matter of overlaps with A682454 - Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, which already covers many of the points.

In order to make this Entry more unique, I'd like to see more about the dangers of hip damage - morbidity (eg lack of mobility) and perhaps mortality rates of the elderly - ie, do broken hips increase mortality rates? You might want to include the fact that the way in which blood reaches the head of the femur means that a fractured neck of femur (broken hip across the neck of the femur) can cut off the blood supply to the head of the femur and kill it off.

Back to nitpicks for the Entry - the 'alcohol, smoking, caffeine, obesity - avoid all three' bit needs looking at. Also, you need to add some h2g2 links and some external links to pages with advice about osteoporosis etc.

Have fun...

Alex

Alright, alright. I didn't find the topic that interesting, so I won't work on it. Was just wondering if I could sneak by on something half baked. Thank goodness I can't.

You can have it, if you'd like.

*tuts*

Just because I don't usually go to such lengths to destroy someone's hopes of an easy 'ride into the guide' doesn't mean you shouldn't keep working on this.

You've dashed my hopes, you awful boy.








I'm not a medical student myself for a reason. Out it goes...

Oh Leo, that's why we're researchers. Go on you can do it.

I know I *can*, but I don't *want* to. I have two other entry ideas that actually fascinate me for when I'm done my uni project. And surely you've heard Skanky lecture about how passion on a topic is what drives h2g2, etc etc...

If it can be flea marketed, that would be fine with me. I just don't care to do the legwork.

Ahem! I don't lecture. I pontificate. Grumpily.

You're absolutely right though, Leo. I find that if I write about something I'm genuinely interested in and enjoy researching, it comes across in the Entry. I've given up and FMed a couple of things that I lost interest in, and I think that's the right way to work.

Oh, well if you want the verbs to get down and dirty, harangue or diatribe might do as well.

Ooh, harangue. I like that