Dr. Greg Meier,Ventura dentist, is enthusiastic about the fact that his practice is providing an online appointment scheduler as a part of the practice's dental website. With this tool, patients are able to schedule appointments with Dr. Meier conveniently without having to pick up the phone. "I am very glad that our practice is making setting up appointments so easy. We always strive to make our practice as patient-friendly as possible and this is a great example of that. My hope is that many of our patients will use this service in the future once they realize ...

Lakeview, Chicago dentist Scott Emalfarb, DDS, recently increased his social network thanks to new Facebook and Twitter accounts. By liking and following these pages, you can be more connected than ever with healthy dental tips and exclusive giveaways from this trusted and experienced dentist. "We hope patients 'like' us in person, and now we want them to 'like' us on Facebook too," says Dr. Emalfarb, a Lakeview general dentist. "These added social media tools are one way to make dentistry more accessible and for us to announce new services and giveaways ...

Kalamazoo MI dentist, Dr. Paul Busch, now offers E4D same-day crown technology and laser dentistry - both give dental patients a lightning fast solution to many cosmetic and oral health issues. Not every patient has the patience to wait weeks to get a crown placed on his tooth -- some patients need their crowns ASAP. Other patients want help with their cavities, tooth decay and gum disease issues with minimum pain. Dr. Paul Busch, family dentist in Kalamazoo, of Gentle Dentistry in Kalamazoo, Michigan understands both of these issues intimately, having discussed care ...

TMJ is short for temporomandibular joint disorder, the name given to any disorder that results in misalignment of the jaw. TMJ may be caused by trauma to the jaw, disc erosion due to certain types of arthritis, stress, tooth grinding, poor dental restorations, and malocclusion. However, the exact cause of TMJ is not always known. Symptoms of TMJ Symptoms of TMJ may include: - Clicking or popping in the jaw - Grinding noises when opening or shutting the mouth - Pain and limited movement in the jaw - Facial swelling Other symptoms of TMJ may not seem to point to ...

Each tooth in your mouth three layers and one root, and understanding why teeth darken requires first identifying each of these layers. The layers of your teeth are: - Enamel - Strong, white, outermost layer of the tooth - Dentin - Hard, yellowish second layer - Pulp - Soft innermost layer of your tooth containing the tooth's nerve The root of your tooth joins blood vessels and nerves in your jawbone to blood vessels and nerves in your tooth. Tooth Enamel and Darkening The outermost layer of your teeth naturally erodes with age. As it erodes, the yellowish ...

Defective tires may play a role in motor vehicle accidents Nearly every motorist has been involved in a car or truck accident at some point, or have at least seen one while driving. Many of these crashes result only in minor inconveniences to the drivers, as they may be without a vehicle until the damages are repaired. Each motor vehicle accident gives law enforcement officers and other safety agencies an opportunity to learn about the factors that led to the crash. The information that these investigations uncover can help to make roadways safer for all drivers. The ...

Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Accidents Remain High in Texas Whether it is a short drive to a local business, or a longer trip across the state, any time a motorist is on the road there is the potential for a motor vehicle accident to occur. Most of these accidents only involve slight property damage, and do not result in any injuries to any of people inside of the vehicles. However, serious motor car and truck accidents are extremely common within Texas. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the state has had at least one fatality as a result ...

Philly drivers need to be aware of drunk drivers this St. Paddy's Day With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, it is a good time to remind Philadelphia drivers of the dangers associated with drunk driving - in particular, the dangers of fatal drunk driving car accidents. However, it is important to also note that the holiday revelers on St. Patrick's Day do not hold a monopoly on drunk driving as this is generally a year-long problem. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-related ...

Immigration waivers to ease transition to legal permanent residency Family-based immigration is one of the most common ways for individuals to achieve legal permanent residency in the United States. Under current law, the immediate relatives of U.S. citizens can petition for legal permanent residency, which, if granted, can provide a pathway to eventual citizenship. A recent rule change aims to make this process easier for prospective immigrants who entered the country illegally but later became eligible for legal residency. Sometimes, prospective immigrants are allowed ...

California Attorney General pleads for reconsideration of human trafficking law California wants to reinstate a human trafficking law, which a federal judge has enjoined for imposing unconstitutional restrictions on convicted sex offenders. Opponents of the law note that the initiative creates a chilling effect on the First Amendment rights of convicted sex offenders. Provisions of voter-approved Proposition 35 increase prison terms for human traffickers and require convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders. The law, also known as the Californians Against ...

West Virginia changing drugged driving laws? Many people involved in motor vehicle accidents never see it coming until it is too late. They are unable to make the moves necessary to avoid the crash, and are left to deal with the aftermath of the collision. When the factors leading to the accident are examined, occasionally it is learned that one of the drivers involved is under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In West Virginia, there are various initiatives in place to further crackdown on those drivers who are drugged driving. While the state has established a ...

Ohio legislature passes law increasing protections to Ohio franchisees The state of Ohio recently amended the Ohio Business Opportunity Law and the changes to the law affect those in the franchise industry. The new version aims to increase the protections for Ohio franchisees from abusive franchising practices, including those relating to franchise disclosures by franchisors. The Ohio Business Opportunity Law The Ohio Business Opportunity Law was passed in an effort to "protect prospective purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers ...

Marijuana remains concern for Ohio law enforcement Many people associate drug crimes with the common street drugs, such as cocaine, heroin or meth. Those who manufacture or sell these drugs are thought to be connected to various other criminal activities, including money laundering or gang-related turf wars. Officials publicize their efforts to control the flow of the illegal drugs, in the hopes that the public will feel that their streets are being made safer. While these drugs may receive most of the attention, marijuana offenses remain a priority for law enforcement ...

Divorce rates growing among older Americans A few decades ago, divorce used to be an issue that affected primarily young and middle-aged couples. In 1990, approximately 90 percent of all divorcees were under age 50. Recently, though, divorce rates among the baby boomer generation have skyrocketed -- to the point that 25 percent of divorcees were age 50 or older in 2009. That year alone, more than 600,000 Americans age 50 and older got a divorce. This change has led researchers and academics to question why there has been such a surge in "grey divorce" over ...

Working with a soon to be ex-spouse to create a custody agreement can be a difficult process. Making a physical custody plan, however, is necessary and it is important to do what is best for the children and to make sure they have fulfilling relationships with both sides of their family. Florida law governs child custody, and the purpose of the law is to make sure that the best interests of the children are honored. If parents are unable to come up with a physical child custody arrangement, then a family court judge will step in and make the decision for them. Shared ...

Los Angeles, CA (March 01, 2013). In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting problems, cost overruns, and construction delays, financial markets have been wary of backing new nuclear construction for decades. The supposed "nuclear renaissance" ballyhooed in the first decade of this century never materialized. And then came Fukushima, a disaster that pushed countries around the world to ask: Should nuclear power be part of the energy future? In the third and final ...

Quality is a central component of any discussion around health care and one of the key dimensions and measurements of quality care is the patient experience. However, many healthcare organizations struggle to become 'patient focused' and fail to score well on patient satisfaction surveys. New research from Brigham and Women's Hospital, published in the March edition of British Medical Journal Quality and Safety, offers a potential explanation -- insufficient support from hospital management to improve the patient experience by engaging physicians and nurses in the process. "Twelve ...

A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in acidity. The study, which measures varying levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other forms of carbon in the ocean, was conducted by scientists from 11 institutions across the U.S. and was published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography. "Before now, we haven't had a very clear picture of acidification status on the east coast of the U.S.," says Zhaohui 'Aleck' Wang, the study's lead author and ...

Alexandria, VA – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and American Geophysical Union (AGU) have released a recording of the latest AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs webinar. This month's session focuses on legal issues related to field trips and field courses. The webinar, led by panelists David Mogk from Montana State University and Steven Whitmeyer from James Madison University, serves as a guide for reducing risk and liability for geoscience departments, and reviews tips for properly planning a safe and enjoyable field trip. Although field work is acknowledged as an integral ...

Research now reveals that fish can migrate to avoid the threat of being eaten. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that roach fish leave lakes and move into surrounding streams or wetlands, where they are safer from predators. Every year, millions of animals migrate worldwide. In most cases, this is due to a shortage of food or other environmental factors. However, few research studies have focused on migration as a strategy to avoid predators. It is not easy to measure and quantify the risk of an animal being eaten. "Our findings are therefore quite unique", ...

Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean. The ancient continent extends more than 1500 km in length from the Seychelles to the island of Mauritius and contains rocks as old as 2,000 million years, much older than the Indian Ocean which has formed only in the last 165 million years. The research team believe that this micro-continent, which they have named Mauritia, was split off from Madagascar and India between 61 and 83 million years ago as one single land mass rifted apart to ...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich identify a novel signal transduction pathway, which activates the parkin gene and prevents stress-induced neuronal cell death. Parkinson's disease is the most common movement disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. It is characterized by the loss of dopamin-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, a region in the midbrain, which is implicated in motor control. The typical clinical signs include resting tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movements, and ...

March 1, 2013 - Even in the face of a disaster, we remain optimistic about our chances of injury compared to others, according to a new study. Residents of a town struck by a tornado thought their risk of injury from a future tornado was lower than that of peers, both a month and a year after the destructive twister. Such optimism could undermine efforts toward emergency preparedness. After an F-2 tornado struck his town in Iowa, Jerry Suls, a psychologist at the University of Iowa who studies social comparison, turned his attention to risk perception. "I had dinner as ...

This press release is available in German. The computer is increasingly used to help in complex situations. The latest innovations in this area will be presented by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology at the CeBIT in early March (hall 9, stand G33). User-friendly systems display all facts to surgeons during operation and simultaneously translate university lectures for foreign students. In addition, smart living environments that support comfort, safety, and care services and software for the relocation of ...

The term "big data" is defined as a huge amount of digital information, so big and so complex that normal database technology cannot process it. It is not only scientific institutes like the nuclear research center CERN that often store huge amounts of data ("Big Data"). Companies like Google and Facebook do this as well, and analyze it to make better strategic decisions for their business. How successful such an attempt can be was shown in a New York Times article published last year. It reported on the US-based company "Target" which, by analyzing the buying patterns ...