At Danforth Neighbourhood Dental Centre, Dr. Andrew Syriopoulos, Toronto dentist, is excited to celebrate 26 years in dentistry. With more than two decades of dental experience, Dr. Syriopoulos continues to showcase his commitment and ability to providing patients with superior dental health care so that they can smile bigger and brighter for a lifetime. "Over the past 26 years, dentistry certainly has advanced and evolved. However, one thing that has remained the same is my practice's unwavering commitment to providing patients with comfortable, convenient, quality ...

Premier dentist in Walnut Creek, Dr. Frank Skiba, invites patients to visit his practice's website for trustworthy patient education from industry leader, the American Dental Association (ADA). The ADA patient library provides patients with quick access to videos and brochures related to dental health. Patients can access the new ADA patient education library via the practice's homepage whenever a question arises. Dr. Skiba understands how hectic life can be and is committed to making his practice convenient and accessible with the addition of the interactive website. ...

Dr. Gayatri D. Sakhrani, Fremont dentist, has added a new convenient feature to her practice website-downloadable new patient registration forms. The new forms can now be accessed by patients prior to their first visit in order to streamline paperwork and ensure an ample amount of time for the patient and the dentist. "Having been in practice for many years now, I've found that patients appreciate convenience as a part of their dental treatment plan. We are constantly working to make sure appointments are on schedule and that patients are receiving the quality ...

As the #1 distributor of portable oxygen concentrators in the world, 1st Class Medical Inc., shows no signs of slowing down. After expanding their office and warehouse last year, once again, 1st Class Medical, is upgrading their facilities. The expansion of 1st Class Medical can be attributed to a number of different things. Their patient loyalty is easily number one on the list. One of the owners, Caleb Umstead, said, "We make our patients our first priority and it shows. We have been receiving more and more referrals coming from previous patients, and that can only ...

Nicaragua was ranked as the seventh safest country in Latin America and is one of the countries that significantly improved its position in the western hemisphere in the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI). GPI evaluates over 162 countries, and includes indicators such as the levels of military expenditure, its relations with neighboring countries, number of homicides, level of organized conflict and the level of respect for human rights. Among the Central American countries, Nicaragua is number two after Costa Rica, in the 66 position, while Guatemala is number 109, El ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published online today in PLOS ONE, may help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints. Using brain imaging that was acquired before and after exercise tests, the researchers studied the effects of physical stress on the veterans and controls. Following exercise, subgroups were evident. In ...

Opioids, such as morphine, are still the most effective class of painkillers, but they come with unwanted side effects and can also be addictive and deadly at high doses. Designing new pain-killing drugs of this type involves testing them on their corresponding receptors, but access to meaningful quantities of these receptors that can work in experimental conditions has always been a limiting factor. Now, an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a variant of the mu opioid receptor that has several advantages ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that hospitalized patients do not receive more than one in 10 doses of doctor-ordered blood thinners prescribed to prevent potentially lethal or disabling blood clots, a decision they say may be fueled by misguided concern by patients and their caregivers. Calling the rate of missed doses "unacceptably high," the researchers add that hospitalized patients are at a significantly greater risk of developing venous thromboembolism, or VTE, and that preventive blood thinners can prevent it a majority of the time. "There appeared to be ...

Parasites comprise a large proportion of the diversity of species in every ecosystem. Despite this, they are rarely included in analyses or models of food webs. If parasites play different roles from other predators and prey, however, their inclusion could fundamentally alter our understanding of how food webs are organized. In the journal PLOS Biology this week, Santa Fe Institute Professor Jennifer Dunne and collaborators test this assertion and show that including parasites in ecological datasets does alter the structure of food webs, but that most changes occur because ...

Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF San Francisco researchers studying how cells respond to biological stress. The same biochemical pathway the molecule acts on might one day be targeted in humans to improve memory, according to the senior author of the study, Peter Walter, PhD, UCSF professor of biochemistry and biophysics and a Howard Hughes Investigator. The discovery of the molecule and the results of the subsequent memory tests in mice were published in eLife, an online scientific open-access journal, on May 28, ...

Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to believe that George Zimmerman would have been arrested immediately had he shot a white person, according to a newly published study. Blacks are more likely than both Hispanics and whites to believe race was a factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager. And blacks also are more likely than whites to follow the court case closely. Hispanics are less likely than all groups to follow the case closely. These are among the conclusions found in the study published in the Journal of Crime and Justice just ...

HOUSTON – (June 14, 2013) – Too much sugar can set people down a pathway to heart failure, according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). A single small molecule, the glucose metabolite glucose 6-phosphate (G6P), causes stress to the heart that changes the muscle proteins and induces poor pump function leading to heart failure, according to the study, which was published in the May 21 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. G6P can accumulate from eating too much starch and/or sugar. Heart ...

After three years of research, a multicenter, national research study led by Beaumont orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, Joseph Guettler, M.D., may have some answers as to why youth baseball pitching injuries continue to rise despite the implementation of nationally recommended pitching limits. In fact, serious pitching injuries requiring surgery have skyrocketed with one estimate reporting serious throwing injuries are occurring 16 times more often today than just 30 years ago. "Our research team and colleagues from around the country, saw several recurring ...

Despite the reputation of online marketplaces being distant and impersonal, through social technologies such as instant messaging, they can create the sense of personal and social relationships between buyers and sellers, termed "swift guanxi" in China, to facilitate loyalty, interactivity and repeat transactions, according to new research by Temple University Fox School of Business Professor Paul A. Pavlou. Three researchers – in addition to Pavlou, Tilburg University's Carol Xiaojuan Ou and Robert M. Davison of the City University of Hong Kong – studied data from TaoBao, ...

Many students have difficulty understanding and explaining how evolution operates. In search of better ways to teach the subject, researchers at Michigan State University developed complete evolutionary case studies spanning the gamut from the molecular changes underlying an evolving characteristic to their genetic consequences and effects in populations. The researchers, Peter J. T. White, Merle K. Heidemann, and James J. Smith, then incorporated two of the scenarios into a cellular and molecular biology course taught to undergraduates at the university's Lyman Briggs ...

Business succession planning for the small business owner Article provided by Campbell Kyle Proffitt LLP Visit us at http://www.ckplaw.com/ Whether because of death, retirement or the desire to spend more time with family, small business owners eventually turn over the reigns of their businesses. Unfortunately, many small business owners do not anticipate this eventuality and do not develop a business succession plan as a result. A business succession plan, if done with care, can ensure that the business is in good hands and continues to succeed after the owner ...

Business formations for Indiana entrepreneurs Article provided by Campbell Kyle Proffitt LLP Visit us at http://www.ckplaw.com/ Starting a new business is a complicated process. Among the things to be done is to create a viable business plan, find financing for the venture and decide whether to hire staff. Although these are important tasks, from a legal standpoint, one of the most important tasks is to choose the type of entity that your business will be. Under Indiana law, there are many types of business entities, assuming that your business will be for-profit. ...

Stepped up enforcement efforts in Ventura County mean more DUI arrests Article provided by Bamieh & Erickson PLC Visit us at http://www.bamieherickson.com Many law enforcement authorities view the summer holiday season as a time when a higher proportion of motorists drive drunk. As such, more patrols are on the road, and the government loosens the purse strings to fund more DUI checkpoints. In Ventura County, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of "DUI season." In some of the first drunk driving checkpoints of the summer, a number of ...

Is new sex offender bill's "throw 'em in jail" philosophy good policy? Article provided by Bamieh & Erickson PLC Visit us at http://www.bamieherickson.com Those convicted of sex crimes have long been a straw man for elected officials looking to bolster their political clout. Every time a politician wishes to appear "tough on crime," one of the easiest avenues is pushing new sex offender legislation through the California House and Senate. But, while new sex offender regulations may be popular with the public, they are not always good policy, ...

Georgia law designed to reduce risk of injuries to children Article provided by Burnside Law Firm, LLP Visit us at http://www.burnsidefirm.com Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently signed into law a bill that requires background checks for all child care workers in Georgia. One potential reason behind the law may be an attempt to avoid future "legal debacles" like the one that occurred at Macon's Progressive Christian Academy, as reported by a local Georgia newspaper, The Telegraph. The academy, now closed, did not conduct a national background check and ...

The legal duties associated with a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing Article provided by Cantu & Hickson Visit us at http://www.chbankruptcy.com/ Individuals who are contemplating filing for bankruptcy protection might not realize that there are two primary options of personal bankruptcy that they can choose from -- Chapter 7 bankruptcy and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 13 is primarily used by individuals who have steady income and wish to repay their debts. The Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing will give the filer an opportunity to use a repayment plan that can last ...

California lawmaker seeks to ban sales of defective rental cars Article provided by The Law Offices of Michael S. Humphries Visit us at http://www.lemoncarsrus.com A number of U.S. Senators are pushing new legislation that would ban car rental companies from selling or leasing motor vehicles that are subject to manufacturer recalls. A California Senator is one of the co-sponsors of the bill that was introduced late last year. The proposed law is named after two young women who died after their rental car caught fire and crashed. The car they were in was subject ...

Supreme Court allows DNA testing of suspects without probable cause Article provided by Bailey Criminal Defense, Inc. Visit us at http://www.joelbailey.com/ The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects criminal suspects from unreasonable searches and seizures. Generally, this means that law enforcement must have probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed before they can conduct a search of a person and his or her property. Since the Bill of Rights was ratified more than 220 years ago, the United States Supreme Court has carved ...

Congress: one step closer to passing immigration reform bill? Article provided by Goldstein & Scopellite PC Visit us at http://www.lawyersdallas.com United States Legislatures took one step closer in passing a sweeping immigration reform bill in May of 2013 when the Senate Judiciary Committee moved the bill forward. The bill, known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, addresses a variety of immigration issues including security measures around the nation's border and potential citizenship paths for illegal immigrants ...

Starting next week, IDT (Interactive Data & Telephone) will be offering its new and existing customers an exciting conversion service transitioning clients pre-existing legacy office phones to in house dedicated phone systems. With a dedicated phone system, total cost of ownership is greatly reduced in regards to no more monthly service fees put on by telecommunication operators. "Call waiting, a simple technology from a simple time. A time when both grunge and Vanilla Ice were relevant. Back in those days the epitome of modern telephone technology summed up ...