The cabinet refacing products retailer, Carolina Cabinet Refacing, offers tips to homeowners looking to maximize their investment. If you are working on a limited budget and want to increase your home's equity fast, there are a few quick and easy renovations that can make this happen. No need to spend thousands on new kitchen appliances or large remodeling projects. When you know what buyers are searching for, you can capitalize on the real estate market and end up with a healthy profit. How to Sell Your Home at a Top-dollar Price The Carolina cabinet refacing ...

As a holiday present to their loyal customers, Norcross Dental Associates hosted a Botox Party on December 6th. These prominent cosmetic dentists in Norcross offered guests Botox injections for just $10 a unit. It is hard to find dentists who care so much and are so dedicated to their patients' satisfaction that they not only offer a tremendous deal such as this, but also strive to create such a fun atmosphere at the same time. You can also look to these Norcross dentists for much more than Botox injections. They not only perform regular services like dental cleanings ...

Most people get their wisdom teeth in their late teens or early twenties. When properly aligned and healthy, this third and final set of molars can help keep the other teeth in place and provide extra grinding power when needed. However when they become impacted, enclosed within soft tissue and only partially breaking through the gums, they provide an opening for bacteria that may lead to infection and cause pain. Impacted wisdom teeth can also cause swelling, jaw stiffness and gum disease and can make teeth more prone to tooth decay. East Cobb Dentistry, a well-known ...

Thanks to their professional legal advice, the Tampa bankruptcy lawyers at Clark & Washington have helped thousands of home and business owners make the right decision regarding their financial situations. Being in debt is hard enough, let alone knowing which route to take. Despite what many think, poor spending and saving habits are far from the only reason people wind up in extreme hardship. Be Informed Before Filing for Bankruptcy Sometimes all it takes is the loss of a job or incurred medical bills to cause a person's financial circumstances to take a turn ...

The Fukushima Solutions Group along with host The Young Americans for Liberty will hold a conference on March 22-23, 2014 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Painter Hall Room 3.02 - the Fukushima Solutions World Conference will have speakers from through-out the world some on stage and others Skyped in. It has been nearly 3 years since the accident which occurred on March 11, 2011, during this period there has been a flood of information that has overwhelmed the average individual. This conference drawing upon Nuclear Engineering experts and Medical ...

John Wayne faced two memorable encounters with "Dirty Harry." Many Wayne fans know that turning down the title role in the film of that name would go down as his biggest lost opportunity of the 1970s. The film series would make Clint Eastwood a superstar and earn him a small fortune. Wayne's lesser-known encounter with Harry came roughly 20 years earlier when he stood on the hallowed grounds of Snow Canyon Utah, filming his fated epic 'The Conqueror.' Many suggest this encounter would prove even more troubling than the loss of a movie role. Some say it may ...

Despite many readers having warned that these bold novels are not for the "faint of heart", these controversial thrillers have received numerous literary awards and achieved the highest 5-star ranking reviews on Amazon in this highly competitive genre. Now known as "The EQUITY Series", Mazzocchi reveals true-to-life topics in the challenging areas of medical ethics, the role of venture capitalism, the business of abortion, human trafficking, mind-control, the international organ transplant market, and exposes many of our deepest, darkest fears... ...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a CubeSat! With so many small, relatively inexpensive satellites deploying lately from the International Space Station, it may seem like the area referred to as low-Earth orbit, between 100 and 1,240 miles above the planet, is full of these compact cubes. The miniature satellites, or CubeSats, conduct research and demonstration missions. In the span of several weeks, 33 new CubeSats deployed from the space station. The NanoRacks Smallsat Deployment Program provides commercial access to space, via the space station, for CubeSats to perform ...

iQuantifi, the first virtual financial advisor to provide comprehensive financial planning advice, launched its platform today to the general public. iQuantifi's technology helps users identify, prioritize and achieve their financial goals. Using a proprietary Core Planning Algorithm, iQuantifi provides the user personalized financial advice and a timeline of achievement based on the user's goals and resources. "Our mission is to provide dynamic, ongoing advice to enable millennials and young families to take control of their finances and achieve their goals," ...

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, is pleased to announce the launch of the new ECHO jobs mobile app, featuring real-time notification of temporary staffing opportunities via iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices. ECHO offers providers a variety of short-term staffing options, a day or two, or longer-term, lasting weeks or months for hospitalist providers. "ECHO Locum Tenens is excited to provide a convenient way for physicians ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Researchers have long known that some arterial plaque is more dangerous because of its vulnerability to rupture. MRI can discern features of vulnerable plaque, such as a lipid core with a thin fibrous cap. This ability makes MRI a potentially valuable tool for identifying patients at risk for subsequent ...

Ann Arbor, MI, March 4, 2014 – With nearly 32 million American students receiving government-subsidized meals every day, getting children the nutrition they need is a priority for schools as well as legislators. In the fall of 2012, revamped school lunch guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) went into effect. New standards necessitate increased availability of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, require students to select either a fruit or vegetable as one of their lunch items, and mandate larger portion sizes for fruits and vegetables. Initially, ...

Boston, MA -- New federal standards launched in 2012 that require schools to offer healthier meals have led to increased fruit and vegetable consumption, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. The study, the first to examine school food consumption both before and after the standards went into effect, contradicts criticisms that the new standards have increased food waste. "There is a push from some organizations and lawmakers to weaken the new standards. We hope the findings, which show that students are consuming more fruits ...

Researchers have come a step closer to understanding how gonorrhea infections are transmitted. When Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea, are exposed to seminal plasma, the liquid part of semen containing secretions from the male genital tract, they can more easily move and start to colonize. The research, led by investigators at Northwestern University in Chicago, appears in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. "Our study illustrates an aspect of biology that was previously unknown," says lead study ...

1. Study of highly-motivated GenX physicians shows that women spend more time than men on parenting and household labor A survey of high-achieving young physician-researchers shows pronounced gender differences in domestic activities among those married with children, according to an article being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. It is known that female physician-researchers do not achieve career success at the same rate as men. Could differences in nonprofessional responsibilities explain some of the gap? Researchers surveyed 1,055 physician-researchers who ...

CINCINNATI—Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men's urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and that low levels of BPA exposure can cause cellular changes in both non-malignant and malignant prostate cells. This research, published in the March 3 edition of PLOS ONE, provides the first evidence that urinary BPA levels may help predict prostate cancer and that disruption of a cell duplication cycle through exposure to low-dose BPA may cause cancer development in the prostate. BPA, an environmental pollutant ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A new study finds gender differences in parenting and household labor persist among a group of highly motivated physician-researchers in the early stages of their career. The finding could shed light on why female academic physicians in general do not have the same career success as their male colleagues. "One might expect that within a highly educated Generation X population there would be a relatively even distribution of domestic labor. But what we found was that there still seems to be a difference in the expectations at home for men and women, ...

Griffith researchers have undertaken a study to clarify the number of species which existed of the extinct New Zealand moa. The findings have been published in 'Complex species status for extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from the genus Euryapteryx', in the open access journal PLOS ONE. Lead author Dr Huynen said the challenges of understanding extinct fauna can be formidable and particularly so when it comes to this ancient bird. "Despite more than 100 years of research being devoted to the issue, determining species status is challenging, especially where there ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Veterans exposed to explosions who do not report symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have damage to the brain's white matter comparable to veterans with TBI, according to researchers at Duke Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The findings, published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation on March 3, 2014, suggest that a lack of clear TBI symptoms following an explosion may not accurately reflect the extent of brain injury. Veterans of recent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan often have a history of exposure ...

Sexual aggression has become a common experience in bars. New findings show that approximately 90 percent of the incidents involve male initiators and female targets. The initiators' level of invasiveness was related to intoxication of the targets but not their own intoxication. This suggests that intoxicated women were being targeted, perhaps perceived as easier or more blameworthy. Meeting people within a bar scene is not usually difficult. Unfortunately, not all contact – whether romantic or sexual – is positive or consensual. In fact, sexual aggression has ...

Many people believe that hangovers can either delay subsequent drinking due to pain and discomfort, or hasten drinking to relieve hangover symptoms. A new study investigates if a hangover that follows a drinking episode can influence the time to next drink. Results indicate that hangovers appear to have a very modest effect on subsequent drinking. Many if not most people during their lives have experienced a hangover. Some people believe that hangovers might delay subsequent drinking through pain and discomfort, or perhaps hasten drinking to relieve hangover symptoms, ...

The bulk of knowledge about alcohol consumption and problems comes from high-income countries. The International Alcohol Control (IAC) study was established to collect and compare data from both high- and middle/low-income countries. New IAC results show that heavy-drinking New Zealanders tend to buy cheaper, off-premise alcohol, and purchase it at later times. The International Alcohol Control (IAC) study is a newly developed international collaborative project designed to collect comparative data on alcohol consumption and policy-relevant behaviors in both high- ...

Studies examining the potential health benefits of moderate drinking generally focus on average levels of drinking rather than drinking patterns. A new study shows that, among older moderate drinkers, those who binge drink have a significantly greater mortality risk than regular moderate drinkers. Numerous studies have highlighted the purported association between moderate drinking and reduced mortality. However, these analyses have focused overwhelmingly on average consumption, a measure that masks diverse, underlying drinking patterns such as weekend heavy episodic ...

A series of papers in the March issue of Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the most vulnerable Americans — those living with HIV/AIDS and people who have recently cycled through jail. The issue features several studies by researchers with the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, one of the nation's premier policy research centers dedicated to promoting health and value in healthcare delivery through innovative research and policy, including: When it comes to HIV treatment, timing is everything Dana P. ...

WASHINGTON, DC (March 3, 2014)—Under the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 4 million people who have spent time in jail will have better access to health coverage for conditions that might—if left untreated—result in higher health care costs and an increased risk of recidivism. That's the conclusion of an analysis by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). "Health reform gives people with a history of jail time access to continuous health care for the first time ever," says lead author Marsha Regenstein, PhD, ...