D & J Seamless Gutters LLC of the greater Raleigh, NC area reminds homeowners to have their guttering systems cleaned to prepare for the coming heavy Spring rains. "Spring storms can bring heavy rain water on your roof which puts a burden on your guttering systems," said Johnny King, President of D & J Seamless Gutters. "Get your home ready for the heavy rains now. Clogged gutters can lead to water leaking into your attic and can ruin ceilings. Do not wait until you have a leak to call us for gutter cleaning - that could cost you thousands of dollars ...

Health Pathway International Aesthetic Clinic of Kuala Lumpur, dedicated in their mission of providing the latest in technological advancement to patients in Malaysia, has made BODY-JET EVO available today to patients who want the most advanced liposuction method in the world. BODY-JET EVO represents the 2nd generation of water jet-assisted liposuction devices (WAL). With the help of a fan-shaped, pulsating water beam the fat can be gently separated away from the tissue and evacuated at the same time. Thanks to a novel drive system for the body-jet evo, the intensity ...

Colorado law is set up to protect the rights of all parties in a family law or divorce matter. Rights relating to personal safety and to a fair and equitable division of property, spousal support and custody of children are a few of the more important rights. Before filing a Petition for divorce or legal separation it is important for women to know their rights and responsibilities. While strides have been made in women's rights, it is still common for the husband to earn more. As such, it is important that women know they have a right to request the following: Spousal ...

In most Colorado divorces or separations, it is in the best interests of children to have frequent and continuing contact with both parents. Most experts agree that children do best when they have emotional support and involvement of both parents. Clarifying parenting time and decision making arrangements can provide stability for parents and children by establishing a regular schedule. This helps avoid misunderstandings and arguments later. In Colorado, as a part of a dissolution of marriage or parental responsibility (formerly called "custody" case in Colorado), ...

Drunk Drivers in Virginia will face severe consequences if convicted, and the laws get tougher every year. From license suspension to jail time, a wide range of civil and criminal punishments are possible. For those who are repeat offenders, the penalties increase substantially. Prosecutors are under increasing pressure to remove drunk drivers from roadways, and will handle DUI cases aggressively. While the state has specific punishments in place, there are additional consequences for being convicted of a DUI. If you have been charged with a DUI, an experienced attorney ...

Regardless of whether you drive an SUV, pick-up truck, sedan or coupe, a personal vehicle will be on the losing end of a truck accident virtually every time. It's a simple matter of size and weight. Truck drivers operate a vehicle that poses an unbalanced risk to other drivers. Thus, the U.S. Department of Transportation is in the process of enacting more strict regulations for truck drivers and their parent companies. Driver Beware Most of us realize that when we see trucks on the road, it is always wise to drive with an abundance of caution. Unfortunately, some ...

The debate about caps in personal injury law has been an ongoing issue of contention between legal and medical communities and the public for many years. Before we can discuss the ramifications of caps, let's first explore what caps are. Caps are tort reforms (proposed changes in our civil justice system relating to personal injury claims) that limit the amount of non-economic compensation recoverable in specific lawsuits. In Missouri, the debate over caps has been related mainly to medical malpractice and wrongful death (as a result of medical malpractice) suits. Medical ...

"The U.S. health system is the most expensive in the world, but comparative analyses consistently show that United States underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of performance." That is the lead sentence of a recent comprehensive report by the non-partisan Commonwealth Fund called "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall" - How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally - June 2010 (see link below). According to the report, the U.S. ranks dead last on patient safety; although our system is far more costly than ...

Any construction worker knows that hazards on a job site are everywhere. Some dangers, however, are more serious than others. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), just four types of accidents caused nearly 60 percent of fatal construction accidents in 2011. They are called the Fatal Four, and they include falls, electrocutions, being struck by objects and being caught in or between objects. In some situations, workers who were injured on the job are eligible only for workers' compensation benefits, which are designed to provide medical ...

Yeloworld has launched an Indiegogo campaign (http://www.igg.me/at/yelworld) today in order to put its smart low-cost calling App into the hands of 100,000 smartphone users by June. Yeloworld is able to offer rates up to 90% cheaper than SkypeOut in some destinations, making it a great alternative for international calling and roaming in over 200 countries. Yeloworld targets Indiegogo contributors, who have experienced high telephone bills and wondered why you have to pay a fortune when calling overseas or when travelling. Yeloworld gives away calling minutes in return ...

Admiral research has revealed two thirds of motorists eat when behind the wheel despite most drivers thinking it's dangerous and should be illegal. Almost one in six (15%) motorists have also crashed or had a near miss as a result of in-car eating. The survey of 2,000 motorists by Admiral has shown that while two thirds of drivers have eaten when driving, for one in twelve it's commonplace with them doing so between five and ten times a week. Admiral's study also revealed three quarters (77%) of British motorists believe eating when driving is dangerous and more than ...

To be blunt about it: yes. This article from Yahoo Finance reports that a Grammarly research study revealed that the quality of people's grammar has a strong correlation with their income level. In short, if you have good grammar, you are likely to earn more. They found that not only do professionals with fewer grammar errors in their LinkedIn profiles hold higher positions, but there was also a correlation between grammar errors and promotions - those professionals with fewer errors were receiving more promotions. As the article states, there are a number of reasons ...

The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts of sodium than those recommended by physicians and national guidelines. A balanced review of the relevant literature has been published in the March 27, 2013 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. Theodore A. Kotchen, M.D., professor of medicine (endocrinology), and associate dean for clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, ...

(Chicago) – Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a component of the herpesvirus that "hijacks" machinery inside human cells, allowing the virus to rapidly and successfully invade the nervous system upon initial exposure. Led by Gregory Smith, associate professor in immunology and microbiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, researchers found that viral protein 1-2, or VP1/2, allows the herpesvirus to interact with cellular motors, known as dynein. Once the protein has overtaken this motor, the virus can speed along intercellular highways, ...

An effective vaccine against HIV-1 remains elusive, but one promising strategy focuses on designer antibodies that have much broader potency than most normal, exquisitely specific antibodies. These broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) can handle the high mutation rate of HIV particles that makes normal, very specific antibodies useless within a short space of time. A study published by Cell Press on March 28th in the journal Cell reveals surprising mutations in these antibodies that are crucial for strong protection against HIV-1. The findings could guide efforts to ...

People could learn a lot from vervet monkeys. When vervets need to work together, they don't tell each other what to do or punish uncooperative behavior. But according to evidence reported on March 28 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology, they do get by, with a little patience. "The vervets show us that tolerance towards group members and patience while others are learning how they can improve things individually can go a long way in solving coordination problems," said Ronald Noë of Université de Strasbourg in France. In the study, the researchers had groups of ...

Communities that act locally to limit their fish catches will reap the rewards of their action, as will their neighbors. That's the conclusion of a study reported on March 28 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology of the highly sought-after fish known as squaretail coral grouper living in five community-owned reef systems in Papua New Guinea. "We found that many larvae that were produced by the managed adults return to that same fish population, which means that the same fishers that agree to regulate their catch benefit from their actions," said Glenn Almany of the ...

VIDEO: These fish cells crawl towards the negative electrode, or cathode, and change direction when the electric field is reversed. Electric fields may recruit or guide cells into wounded tissue. Click here for more information. Like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields — but in opposite directions, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found. Their results, published April 8 in ...

WORCESTER, MA – Sometimes you just can't resist a tiny piece of chocolate cake. Even the most health-conscious eaters find themselves indulging in junk foods from time to time. New research by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) raises the striking possibility that even small amounts of these occasional indulgences may produce significant changes in gene expression that could negatively impact physiology and health. A pair of papers published in Cell by A.J. Marian Walhout, PhD, co-director of the Program in Systems Biology and professor ...

Messier 77 is a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. Also known as NGC 1068, it is one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies. It is a real star among galaxies, with more papers written about it than many other galaxies put together! Despite its current fame and striking swirling appearance, the galaxy has been a victim of mistaken identity a couple of times; when it was initially discovered in 1780, the distinction between gas clouds and galaxies was not known, causing finder Pierre Mechain to miss its true nature and ...

A widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug slows down the ageing process by mimicking the effects of dieting, according to a study published today using worms to investigate how the drug works. Following a calorie-restricted diet has been shown to improve health in later life and extend lifespan in a number of animals, ranging from the simple worm to rhesus monkeys. The type 2 diabetes drug metformin has been found to have similar effects in animals but until now it was not clear exactly how the drug delays the ageing process. Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust ...

Washington, DC (March 26, 2013) – Why are audiences attracted to bloodshed, gore and violence? A recent study from researchers at the University of Augsburg, Germany and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that people are more likely to watch movies with gory scenes of violence if they felt there was meaning in confronting violent aspects of real life. Anne Bartsch, University of Augsburg, Germany and Louise Mares, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present their findings at the 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Their study ...

Free bus travel has improved the social lives and independence of 12-18 year olds in London, according to research published today in the journal Mobilities. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UCL (University College London) found that free bus travel – which all young Londoners are entitled to by registering for a Zip Oyster Card – increased young people's ability to travel independently and extended their opportunities through facilitating extra trips, trips further afield and/or exploratory trips with friends. Travelling together ...

A study led by Zachary Mainen, Director of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, and published today (March 28th) in the scientific journal, Neuron, reports that when rats were challenged with a series of perceptual decision problems, their performance was just as good when they decided rapidly as when they took a much longer time to respond. Despite being encouraged to slow down and try harder, the subjects of this study achieved their maximum performance in less than 300 milliseconds. 'There are many kinds of decisions, and for some, having more time appears to be ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (March 28, 2013) – Most commonly associated with such maladies as "mad cow disease" and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions are increasingly recognized for their ability to induce potentially beneficial traits in a variety of organisms, yeast chief among them. Now a team of scientists has added markedly to the job description of prions as agents of change, identifying a prion capable of triggering a transition in yeast from its conventional single-celled form to a cooperative, multicellular structure. This change, which appears to improve yeast's chances ...