In Illinois, as in other states, government agencies monitor state medical licenses and the practice of medicine for quality in order to keep the public safe from incompetent, negligent or reckless doctors. Illinois' main health care agencies are the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Unfortunately, while these agencies do important work, sometimes physicians commit medical malpractice before their harmful practices come to the proper attention of government officials. People harmed by bad medical ...

More mothers than ever are working outside the home. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that approximately 70 percent of mothers participate in the workforce. Increasingly more marriages involve women earning more than their husbands as the primary breadwinners for their families. Changes in traditional gender roles also affect child custody and child support determinations in divorce cases, with joint custody or equal residential time share for the children becoming more and more common. How is child support determined in Washington? By statute, child ...

Empty nesters are taking a moment to re-evaluate their marriages, and more baby boomers than ever before are finding their marriages are less than satisfactory. A recent study conducted by researchers with Bowling Green State University in Ohio found that the rate of divorce for Americans over the age of fifty has more than doubled since 1980. The study seems to show that baby boomers are bucking yet another societal expectation. The common perception that older people do not get divorced is no longer true. The study noted that in 1990, only one in ten divorces occurred ...

With the passage of a recent bill, Tennessee lawmakers are signaling yet again that they are dedicated to reducing drunk driving accidents on Tennessee roadways. The bill - which was signed by the Governor last month and will become effective on July 1 - will require the installation of ignition interlock devices (IID) as a precondition for the issuance of restricted drivers' licenses to those convicted of drunk driving in Tennessee. This new law will apply to both first-time offenders and those with several drunk driving convictions. Essentially, an IID is a piece of ...

Divorce is one of the most common reasons for the failure of a family business. Starting a family business is often so time consuming that owners often fail to consider what to do in the event of a divorce. Although a divorce can do significant damage to a family business, there are several important steps family business owners can take to protect themselves. Valuing the business is crucial First, it can be helpful to complete the divorce before the business takes off. According to Crain's Chicago Business, valuing the business and deciding which portion each spouse ...

Federal lawmakers are currently considering a reform package that would make significant changes to the U.S. immigration system. As part of that package, lawmakers are considering moving away from family-based immigration in favor of an approach that they hope will bring more high-skilled workers to the United States. The legislation, which is currently being debated in the Senate, would raise the annual cap for H1-B visas. H1-B visas provide up to six years of residency and employment authorization for high-skilled workers. The legislation would increase the number ...

I'm Seattle personal injury attorney, Matt Dubin. Join me now as I discuss some of the most important elements of your auto insurance coverage. The first kind of coverage I would like to discuss is liability. Liability is the only auto insurance coverage required by Washington law. Yet, nearly 20% of Washington drivers don't have liability coverage and that puts us all at risk. Liability insurance doesn't protect you if you're injured in an accident. Instead, it covers someone who is injured by you in an accident. Now, it's important to have liability insurance, both ...

Before undergoing any medical procedure, it is best to familiarize yourself with the medical repercussions of the treatment. It is also advisable to find out the financial impact the procedure will have on your wallet. In this tough economic climate, an unexpected financial burden from a medical procedure is the last thing you need for your health. The new online FAQ page of Orlando ophthalmologists, Orlando Eye Institute, provides a wealth of information for anyone considering engaging any of the excellent services they provide. Written in clear and precise language ...

Atlanta pest control experts, North Fulton Pest Solutions, point out that keeping gutters clean is necessary for more than preventing clogging and the subsequent overflow of rainwater. When leaves and other debris build up in the gutters they provide a hospitable environment for unwanted bugs, rodents, and birds. It is then easy for these pests to make their way inside! The Importance of Keeping Pests and Animals out of Gutters In Atlanta, wildlife control is important for homeowners. A gutter filled with damp dirt, debris, and leaves provides an inviting home for ...

Stork Nest provides a selection of reliable, well-known diaper brands, such as Fisher-Price and Fitti, at affordable prices for moms and dads. Their online collection includes a large number of potty training essentials--all those you could need--such as training pants and youth pants, at discount prices. The Fitti brand is known for making economical diapers without sacrificing the expected high quality of their brand to sell them. Stork Nest offers affordable packages of Fitti training pants in sizes ranging from 2T to 5T. In addition, Stork Nest regularly provides ...

There was a slight decline in the bankruptcy filings between the month of April 2013 and March. Knoxville bankruptcies in March totaled 497, while April's figures showed 426 filings. March is often the highest month for filings nationally. Knoxville bankruptcies are declining slowly but overall Tennessee still has the highest fling rates in the nation. Two options to be considered when filing for bankruptcy would be: - Chapter 13 - a restructuring of debt to be paid over time - Chapter 7 - assets are sold to satisfy the debtors The decision on which form of ...

We all know that sleep is important to functioning well and being a happy, healthy person--but did you know it can also be vital if you want to lose weight? The creators of Healthe Trim, a supplement for weight loss, want to discuss new evidence that sleep deprivation is directly linked with an increased consumption of food. A new study from Uppsala University has proven a link between sleep deprivation and eating more calories. The study had a group of men pick their ideal serving sizes for meals and snacks after a good night's sleep and again after a night where they ...

As business technology advances, the way business was done in the past becomes more and more obsolete. Business owners have long been done with pagers, filing cabinets and messenger services; having replaced them with Smartphones, network servers, and Doc-u-sign. The most recent expense business owners are finding they can not only do without, but can also save money by doing without, is the use of an in-house bookkeeper. "Society as a whole has become much more computer savvy. Bookkeeping software has made it very easy for people to run their own books" says ...

Pine trees and red ants have something in common: Both use alkaloids to banish enemies. These organic ingredients are more and more in demand because of their environmental friendliness and safety. The problem is that they are only present in minimal amounts in natural form. Chemical synthesis in turn is complicated and expensive. Researchers at the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and at the University of Graz led by Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil have now developed a new key technology to produce a promising alkaloid variety much easier than ever using biocatalysis. So ...

MobileSmith, a leading provider of mobile software solutions for enterprise customers, announced that it entered into a distribution partnership with The Center For Innovation Commercialization LLC (CICL), a firm that identifies, represents, and helps to increase sales and global distribution of cutting edge innovative technology solutions. "We are thrilled to partner with CICL, known for helping large multinational companies to re-innovate, by helping them to access the most innovative solutions," said Robert Hancock, MobileSmith VP of Sales. "This partnership ...

Parents and teachers like to tell children they can be whatever they want to be when they grow up. But are there inaccurate stereotypes in the media that nudge them away from certain careers? University of Washington psychologist Sapna Cheryan wanted to know if gendered stereotypes had any effect on young women's interest in becoming computer scientists. Specifically, she and colleagues studied whether the stereotypical view of the geeky male nerd so often portrayed in the media, most recently in CBS's "The Big Bang Theory," discouraged women from pursuing computer science ...

Cooperation is essential in any successful romantic relationship, but how men and women experience cooperation emotionally may be quite different, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona. Ashley Randall, a post-doctoral research associate in the UA's John & Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences and the UA's department of psychiatry, has been interested for some time in how romantic partners' emotions become coordinated with one another. For example, if someone comes home from work in a bad mood we know their partner's mood might plummet ...

A CSIRO radio telescope has detected the raw material for making the first stars in galaxies that formed when the Universe was just three billion years old — less than a quarter of its current age. This opens the way to studying how these early galaxies make their first stars. The telescope is CSIRO's Australia Telescope Compact Array telescope near Narrabri, NSW. "It one of very few telescopes in the world that can do such difficult work, because it is both extremely sensitive and can receive radio waves of the right wavelengths," says CSIRO astronomer Professor Ron ...

Further evidence of climate change shifting atmospheric circulation in the southern Australian-New Zealand region has been identified in a new study. The study, in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, demonstrates that mid-latitude high pressure zones (30oS-45oS) are being pushed further into the Southern Ocean by rising global temperatures associated with greenhouse warming. This is despite more frequent occurrences of strong El Niños in recent decades, which should have drawn the high pressure zones in the opposite direction toward the equator. "What we are seeing," ...

Our present understanding of thermodynamics is fundamentally incorrect if applied to small systems and needs to be modified, according to new research from University College London (UCL) and the University of Gdańsk. The work establishes new laws in the rapidly emerging field of quantum thermodynamics. The findings, published today in Nature Communications, have wide applications in small systems, from nanoscale engines and quantum technologies, to biological motors and systems found in the body. The laws of thermodynamics govern much of the world around us – ...

OTTAWA, Canada—June 26, 2013—Until now, there has been no research dedicated to the importance of Vitamin D supplementation in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). However, over the past few years, researchers at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute and Cardiovascular Surgery Program teamed with the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group to understand the impact of cardiac surgery on the Vitamin D status of infants and children, to be printed next month in Anesthesiology. "The importance of Vitamin D levels and supplementation in ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 26, 2013)—A new report on sea level rise recommends that the State of Maryland should plan for a rise in sea level of as much as 2 feet by 2050. Led by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, the report was prepared by a panel of scientific experts in response to Governor Martin O'Malley's Executive Order on Climate Change and "Coast Smart" Construction. The projections are based on an assessment of the latest climate change science and federal guidelines. "The State of Maryland is committed to taking the necessary actions to ...

Boston, MA, June 26, 2013 – Nausea is one of the most debilitating symptoms of migraine and affects 80 percent of migraine suffers in the United States. Leading headache physician, Dr. Zoltan Medgyessy of the Berolina Clinic in Lohne, Germany demonstrated in a trial that pressure to the P6 antiemetic point on the inner wrist with an acupressure wristband is an effective and quick therapy for relieving nausea of migraine sufferers. He will be presenting his findings to the U.S. for the first time at the International Headache Congress in Boston, MA on June 27 – 30, 2013. Migraine ...

Athens, Greece 26 June 2013. Two important studies were released at the Late Breaking Clinical Trials session II at EHRA EUROPACE 2013. The PREFER AF study2 found that Oral anticoagulation is now used in over 85% of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) eligible for therapy. And ISSUE (the International Study on Syncope of Uncertain Aetiology) determined that cardiac pacing is more effective in patients with presumed neurally mediated syncope (NMS) and asystolic episodes in which tilt table testing proves negative (TT-), than in patients in which the tilt table testing ...

The assessment of risk in patients who go on to die by suicide or commit homicide is often poor, a new study has found. A report by The University of Manchester's National Confidential Inquiry (NCI) into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness out today has raised concerns about the way that risk is assessed and led to criticism of the tick-box approach to clinical practice. Researchers looked at a sample of 81 cases where risk had been judged to be low, but seven days or less after the assessment the patient died by suicide or committed homicide, to retrospectively ...