Before a doctor begins a patient's treatment, he or she will typically ask the patient to agree to the proposed treatment and to do so in writing, fully aware of the possible risks and benefits of the treatment. This is part of the process known as informed consent, whereby a patient learns and considers the consequences of a proposed medical intervention or procedure before agreeing to it. If a doctor fails to get a patient's informed consent for a treatment, it is possible that he or she could be held liable for an adverse effect of the treatment that should have been ...

The Duetz diesel engine parts distributor, APM Heavy Duty, talks about the effects hybrid technology is having on businesses in the heavy duty machinery industry. Big-name companies like John Deere and Caterpillar have concentrated a lot of their efforts into developing fuel-efficient machines that operate more smoothly. A Shift Towards Hybrid Machinery companies have now begun introducing various models into the marketplace; John Deere's 644K Hybrid Wheel Loader was manufactured largely in response to Caterpillar's eco-friendly excavator last year. The realm of ...

It may not feel like it right now, but spring and summer are coming up on Jacksonville quickly, which means the time is now if you want to have a pool by the time you'll want to start swimming. All Season Pools encourages Jacksonville homeowners to go ahead and arrange a consultation with its Jacksonville pool builders today. The entire process of designing and building your custom pool can take several months from start to finish. You will need to start the journey towards your Jacksonville swimming pool by meeting with one of All Season Pools' designers. Together, ...

Platinum Edge, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mark C. Layton, the company's founder and CEO, will be a featured presenter at the 2014 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference. His presentation will take place on Sunday, March 9, 2014 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Mr. Layton's presentation, titled "Racing in Reverse: The Quantitative Relationship Between Overtime, Defects and Project Slippage," discusses the downsides of overtime as it relates to productivity, ways to accelerate projects, and using agile techniques to close the gap between defect introduction ...

MONEY Magazine had developed a greater intensity in the new Money Video release along with a greater amount of pages in this next Special Edition of MONEY. Learn more about the Luck Loonie Issue in the Canadian Money Magazine available in specialty stores and throughout Canada at Chapters - Indigo locations also the next edition on shelves at Smith Books and Coles. What is the MONEY Magazine all about? Money Canada Limited along with the MONEY.CA and Money Media go to great lengths to attract and retain the exact target market. The Canadian financial market place is quite ...

Demilec, Inc. was recently named a Top 20 Distributor of Graco parts and equipment in North America for 2013. Specializing in Polyurethane foam and coatings, Demilec stocks and distributes Graco proportioners, pumps and replacement parts and serves the spray foam and coatings industry with over 30 field representatives across the US and Canada. Spray foam contractors have grown to rely on Demilec's expertise and Graco's top quality parts and equipment to keep their spray rigs well equipped and well maintained. Demilec has manufactured foam and coating materials since ...

The annual recruitment of mascots to the world's largest Mascot Race at Wetherby Races has begun with the announcement of a three year main sponsorship deal with international financial services organisation Foresters. Foresters have been main sponsors of the event since 2009 and have recently signed up to be main sponsors for a further three years including the 2014 event on 13th April. The event which is always a favourite amongst the 'Family day' crowd at Wetherby was first run in 2006 since when it has raised over GBP110,000 for good causes with the Lion's share ...

U-Jam Fitness, a cardio dance fitness program that unites world beats with urban flavor and takes students around the world from Hip-Hop to Bollywood, will celebrate four years of unity through dance and fitness with thousands of students and world class instructors from around the country. This year's anniversary party will feature opening events with special guests musicians Shock G of Digital Underground with Humpty Hump and DJ Fuze live in concert, as well as a dance segment featuring Beau "Casper" Smart, the highly sought after Creative Director, Choreographer, ...

Piece by piece, NASA is building new technologies to refuel and repair existent satellites in orbit - and they're using the International Space Station to test them. After concluding a successful ground-based test of robotic satellite refueling technology, NASA is preparing for a new round of related demonstrations on the space station. The orbital testing focuses on real-time relative navigation, spacecraft inspection and the replenishment of cryogens in satellites not originally designed for in-flight service. Collectively, these efforts are part of an ongoing and ...

BrightArch today announced that their OrganizationWeaver cloud-based software was chosen to support Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd's post-merger integration management selection process. OrganizationWeaver enabled the newly formed company to minimize the risks, time, and cost of merging the two management structures while maintaining control over a global process. "OrganizationWeaver filled a specific need for us that could not have been met by spreadsheets, ERP systems, or recruiting solutions," said Cecilie B. Heuch, CHRO, DNV GL. OrganizationWeaver ...

LegacyBuilder.com, a private web platform that allows families to make the most of their media and time, today announced the launch of Rapid Sync. Rapid Sync allows LegacyBuilder users to sync photos and videos from their computer with the click of a button. Once media is added to a user's account, LegacyBuilder automatically organizes it into a series of events on a private, interactive family timeline based on the information in the photos and the responses to questions users answer within the site. LegacyBuilder President Clint Lee believes that with the growth of ...

Scientists rely on the public's reporting of ground shaking to characterize the intensity of ground motion produced by an earthquake. How accurate and reliable are those perceptions? A new study by Italian researchers suggests that a person's activity at the time of the quake influences their perception of shaking more than their location. Whether a person is at rest or walking plays a greater role in their perception of ground motion than whether they were asleep on the first or sixth floor of a building. People in motion had the worst perception. "People are like ...

Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is associated with changes in the right ventricle of the heart that may contribute to the known connection between air pollution exposure and heart disease, according to a new study. "Although the link between traffic-related air pollution and left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, and cardiovascular death is established, the effects of traffic-related air pollution on the right ventricle have not been well studied," said lead author Peter Leary, MD, MS, of the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. ...

French researchers have looked into data mining to develop a method for extracting information on the vulnerability of cities in regions of moderate risk, creating a proxy for assessing the probable resilience of buildings and infrastructure despite incomplete seismic inventories of buildings. The research exposes significant vulnerability in regions that have experienced an "explosion of urbanization." "Considering that the seismic hazard is stable in time, we observe that the seismic risk comes from the rapid development of urbanization, which places at the same site ...

Tampa, FL (March 6, 2014) – A method called molecular subtyping can help doctors better determine which of their breast cancer patients are at high risk of getting breast cancer again, a new study led by the University of South Florida reports. This sophisticated genetic profiling of an individual's specific tumor offers an additional resource to help identify patients who would most benefit from chemotherapy and those who would not. The findings by researchers from USF and other institutions were presented in a scientific poster at the Miami Breast Cancer Conference, ...

Patients are more likely to raise a health problem with a doctor they've seen over time and have built-up a relationship with, new research has revealed. The insight comes as an increasing number of patients struggle to see the same GP. Researchers from the University of Bristol will share their findings with health practitioners and researchers at the South West Society for Academic Primary Care (SW SAPC) meeting today [07 March]. Seeing the same GP is thought to be important in ensuring quality of patient care, as the doctor will have better knowledge of the patient's ...

Researchers looking at how healthcare professionals deal with domestic violence cases have identified that GPs, practice nurses and practice managers are uncertain about how to respond to the exposure of children to domestic violence. With at least 1.2 million women and 784,000 men experiencing domestic violence and abuse in England and Wales each year, the negative effect on families and children can be far-reaching. Childhood exposure to domestic violence and abuse can result in long-term behavioural, mental health and education problems. However, new research has ...

The majority of Europe will experience higher warming than the global average if surface temperatures rise to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study published today. Under such a scenario, temperatures greater than the 2 °C global average will be experienced in Northern and Eastern Europe in winter and Southern Europe in summer; however, North-Western Europe—specifically the UK—will experience a lower relative warming. The study, which has been published today, 7 March, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, also shows that in ...

Cerebral malaria is a serious complication of infection with the malaria parasite, affecting approximately one in a thousand children in areas where malaria is common. Many of the patients die, and among those who survive, about a third have lasting cognitive and neurological disabilities, including epilepsy and learning disorders. A study published on March 6th in PLOS Pathogens shows that a known drug can prevent brain damage in a cerebral malaria mouse model and eliminate subsequent neurological deficits. Infection with the malaria parasite elicits a strong immune ...

Washington, DC (March 6, 2014) — A new noninvasive urine test can distinguish among different causes of acute kidney dysfunction after transplantation. The test, which is described in a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), may allow patients to avoid invasive kidney biopsies when their transplanted organ is not functioning properly. When creatinine levels are elevated in the blood of a kidney transplant recipient, it is an indication that the transplanted kidney is not functioning well. There are several reasons ...

Flocks of birds manage to navigate through difficult environments by individuals having predispositions to favour the left- or right-hand side, according to research published in PLOS Computational Biology this week. Scientists at The University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Vision Science found that budgerigars display individual bias to fly to the left or right. This allows flocks to quickly navigate past obstacles by being able to split and not slow down due to crowding. Dr Partha Bhagavatula, ...

This news release is available in Portuguese. Our intestines harbour an astronomical number of bacteria, around 100 times the number of cells in our body, known as the gut microbiota. These bacteria belong to thousands of species that co-exist, interact with each other and are key to our health. While it is clear that species imbalances may result in disease, it is unclear at what pace does each species in the gut evolves, a process that contributes to the chance of a particular innocuous species becoming harmful to the host. In the latest issue of the scientific ...

For adults and children who undergo cataract surgery, implantation of an artificial lens is the standard of care. But a clinical trial suggests that for most infants, surgery followed by the use of contact lenses for several years—and an eventual lens implant—may be the better solution. The trial was funded in part by the National Eye Institute (NEI), a component of the National Institutes of Health. A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens, and can be removed through a safe, quick surgical procedure. After cataract removal, most adults and children receive a permanent ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces. Fragile comets, comprised of ice and dust, have been seen falling apart as they near the sun, but nothing like this has ever before been observed in the asteroid belt. "This is a rock, and seeing it fall apart before our eyes is pretty amazing," said David Jewitt of the University of California at Los Angeles, who led the astronomical forensics investigation. The crumbling asteroid, designated P/2013 R3, was first noticed as an unusual, fuzzy-looking ...

VIDEO: NASA Goddard's Aki Roberge explains how observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile tell us about poison gas, comet swarms and a hypothetical planet around Beta Pictoris.... Click here for more information. An international team of astronomers exploring the disk of gas and dust around a nearby star have uncovered a compact cloud of poisonous gas formed by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies. The researchers ...