Advantage Rigging has been busy updating their website in 2013. From additional products, to a completely revamped product display, ordering rigging supplies such as Nylon Lifting Slings has never been easier on the website Advantagerigging.com. In addition to products, new features such as the The Nylon Sling Help Center and The Poly Lifting Sling Weight Guide redefine the entire sling purchasing process. "Knowing that customers order in various ways, our goal was to be able to order directly, by weight loads, or even just by photo" said Dallis Hughes, ...

Patients and peers again lauded Drs. Simeon Sr., Holly, and Simeon Wall Jr. (www.wallcenter.com) as the three of the top plastic surgeons in Louisiana and among the nation's very best. Dr. Simeon Wall Jr. again earned the number 1 spot in the "Top Cosmetic Surgeon" category of the Shreveport Times' 2013 edition of its annual Readers' Choice Awards. In addition to the accolades from patients, all three surgeons were again named by their colleagues as among the area's Best Doctors in SB Magazine, and were again picked as among Louisiana's best doctors in Louisiana ...

The Healthcare Council of the National Capitol Area has named Mohamed Jalloh, RN, a Specialty Hospital of Washington (SHW) - Capitol Hill nurse, Employee of the Year. Mohamed Jalloh, RN Clinical Manager for the medical/surgical unit in the Long Term Acute Care Hospital, was selected and recognized along with 15 other nominees from private, federal and not-for-profit healthcare providers in the DC, Maryland and Virginia corridor. All nominees of the 2012 Healthcare Council's Employee of the Year Award were recognized for their achievement in the areas of Sustainability, ...

Dr. Aditi Desai has become a member of the I Hate CPAP Network - http://www.London.IHateCPAP.com - to provide an appliance alternative to CPAP for sleep and snoring suffers in London who can't tolerate CPAP or want a comfortable no-mask treatment option. An estimated 40% of adult men and 24% of adult women suffer from habitual snoring, according to a report by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM). In addition, the AADSM has found that 50% of snorers have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a dangerous, life-threatening disorder that affects nearly 20 million ...

Dr. Wyman Martin, dentist in Roswell, is now offering new online patient forms for first appointments. Patients can easily access the forms via the practice's state-of-the-art website to download and print before their initial visit to The Martin Dental Center for Oral Health and Aesthetics. With necessary paperwork completed in advance of their first visit, patients can spend more one-on-one time getting to know Dr. Wyman Martin, Roswell dentist, and his team of dental professionals at The Martin Dental Center for Oral Health and Aesthetics, discussing symptoms and ...

At Lindenwoods Dental, Dr. Carrie Lintner, dentist in Kalamazoo, invites patients to join her new social networking site-Facebook-for continual interaction with other patients and staff. With the recent launch of the practice's Facebook page, Dr. Lintner works hard to stay on the cutting edge of the latest trends in dentistry to boost her level of interaction with patients online. "I am thrilled to interact with my patients on Facebook. In an age where the web is increasingly central to our lives, social media channels like Facebook are great ways to keep Lindenwoods ...

Dr. Thomas Malovoz, Albuquerque, NM dentist, has recently introduced online appointment requesting for his patients. The practice's new appointment requests feature allows Dr. Malovoz to offer more convenient and easy ways for patients to make appointments with his office. "No longer do our patients have to wait for office hours to make appointments. They can simply request an appointment at any point during their day that is the most convenient for them by visiting my practice's interactive website," said Dr. Thomas Malovoz, Albuquerque dentist. Patients ...

To showcase outstanding service providers, Consumers Choice Award has created the business excellence award. Selected by the consumer, rather than a panel of judges, the Consumer Choice Award for Business Excellence in 2013 was awarded to Northland Dental Centre, sedation dentistry in London. Dr. Adam Burton and his staff at Northland Dental Centre are honored to receive this recognition from the Consumers Choice Award. Since 1987, Consumers Choice Award has helped consumers make better choices, and remains Canada's only seal of business excellence determined via an ...

To remain up-to-date with his patients, while offering an extended medium for patients to closely interact with each other, Dr. Greg Meier, Ventura dentist, is pleased to announce the continual use of his ever-growing social media outlets - Facebook and Twitter. Dr. Meier launched his social network in order to provide patients with superior dental health care information through social media channels that are commonly used by his patients. "Over the recent years, social networks such as Facebook and Twitter have continually grown in popularity. For this reason, ...

When patients need more information on dental health care topics or information on the practice, Dr. David Blanco, dentist in Salt Lake City, invites them to visit Redwood Dental health Center's interactive website. Located at http://www.davidblancodds.com, the new website continues to remain as a go-to-place for all their dental care informational needs. The website is updated regularly and contains the essential tools and features that a patient needs in order to obtain the best dental care possible. The website for this Salt Lake City dentist continues to offers ...

Dr. Jonathan Okabe, Honolulu dentist, is pleased to announce new online appointment requests for Okabe Dental Arts. Patients can now conveniently make an appointment at all hours of the day via Okabe Dental Arts' patient friendly website. With the introduction of online appointment requesting, patients have the ability to request an appointment at any point during their day. No longer are patients limited to the hours of the office because the Internet is always open. Patients can still continue to make appointments by calling the office of this dentist in Honolulu, ...

On May 22, 2013, it was announced that CIGNA, and several its subsidiary insurance companies - including Life Insurance Company of North America ("LINA"), Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company - entered into a Regulatory Settlement Agreement with multiple state Departments of Insurance throughout the country, including California. The Regulatory Settlement Agreement was the result of a targeted examination into CIGNA's disability insurance claims handling practices. Among other things, the Regulatory Settlement ...

From Radiological Studies to Malpractice The American College of Radiology has recognized that radiologists have a responsibility not only to accurately interpret the various radiological studies, but they also have a duty to properly communicate those findings. Ineffective communication, a major cause of medical errors, has been cited as one of the major causes of medical malpractice. Since 1991 the American College of Radiology has adopted guidelines for communication of diagnostic imaging findings. The current version of the guidelines recognizes two distinct, ...

Compliance Safety Systems (CSS), the nations leader in DOT compliance and safety technology, has announced its timely integration with FormFox, a revolutionary new system that simplifies the collection and physical exam process. CSS is known as a leader in DOT compliance within the trucking industry due to its robust software system and customer service, the integration of the CSS software with FormFox now eliminates costly errors in the drug/alcohol and physical exam process, speeding up the turnaround time for their customer. This combination enables CSS customers to ...

The Counter Terrorist Magazine is putting on its 8th annual conference in Orlando. This will be Florida's must-attend Homeland Security Conference, it promises to be the most important conference since its founding, bringing together up to 400 intelligence, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical personnel as well as military during three days of intense information exchange. "We are proud of the speaker line-up and the quality of information that will get out to this years' participants" states Sol Bradman CEO of SSI Presenters: Steve Emerson Mike ...

The proposed changes to QROPS set out today by HM Revenue & Customs will "help prevent pension-busting" and are "another indicator how mainstream and recognised QROPS have become," says the boss of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisation. The comments from Nigel Green, chief executive of the deVere Group, come after the UK's tax authority published on Friday its 2013 Draft QROPS Regulations for external comment. Mr Green explains: "We fully support these proposed changes as they will introduce even more robust ...

Most modern human mothers wean their babies much earlier than our closest primate relatives. But what about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals? A team of U.S. and Australian researchers reports in the journal Nature May 22 that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...

New research presented today shows that formation of new neurons in the hippocampus - a brain region known for its importance in learning and remembering - could cause forgetting of old memories by causing a reorganization of existing brain circuits. Drs. Paul Frankland and Sheena Josselyn, both from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, argue this reorganization could have the positive effect of clearing old memories, reducing interference and thereby increasing capacity for new learning. These results were presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, the ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — If all the light emitted by all galaxies in the observable universe at all wavelengths during all of cosmic history were known, it would clue astronomers about the entire history of galaxy formation and evolution, and provide insights to key aspects of the expansion history of the universe. But measuring this light — known as extragalactic background light (EBL) — is no simple task, complicated by the fact that Earth is lodged inside a bright solar system and the Milky Way, a very bright galaxy, making it enormously difficult for ground-based and space-based ...

Modulating the immune system to combat metastatic cancer Cancer cells spread and grow by avoiding detection and destruction by the immune system. Stimulation of the immune system can help to eliminate cancer cells; however, there are many factors that cause the immune system to ignore cancer cells. Regulatory T cells are immune cells that function to suppress the immune system response. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Ronald Levy at Stanford University found that regulatory T cells that infiltrate tumors express proteins that ...

Cancer cells spread and grow by avoiding detection and destruction by the immune system. Stimulation of the immune system can help to eliminate cancer cells; however, there are many factors that cause the immune system to ignore cancer cells. Regulatory T cells are immune cells that function to suppress the immune system response. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Ronald Levy at Stanford University found that regulatory T cells that infiltrate tumors express proteins that can be targeted with therapeutic antibodies. Mice injected ...

In recent years, microRNAs (miRNAs) and other non-coding RNAs are small molecules that help control the expression of specific proteins. In recent years they have emerged as disease biomarkers. miRNA profiles have been used to establish tissue origin for cancers of unknown primary origin, determine prognosis, monitor therapeutic responses and screen for disease, but clinically tractable, diagnostic methods for monitoring miRNA expression in patient samples are not currently available. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Thomas Tuschl and colleagues at ...

The British Menopause Society and Women's Health Concern have today released updated guidelines on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to provide clarity around the role of HRT, the benefits and the risks. The new guidelines appear in the society's flagship title, Menopause International, published by SAGE. Over the last 11 years, HRT has changed from being branded the "elixir of youth" to being considered extremely risky and only to be used in certain circumstances. Since the publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial in 2002, and the Million Women study ...

Contact: Terry Collins tc@tca.tc 416-538-8712 Contact: Alma van der Veen 49-228-731846 aveen@uni-bonn.de Global Water System Project A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists Bonn Declaration issued by 500 scientists at 'Water in the Anthropocene' conference A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap ...

A new study by archaeologists at the University of York challenges evolutionary theories behind the development of our earliest ancestors from tree dwelling quadrupeds to upright bipeds capable of walking and scrambling. The researchers say our upright gait may have its origins in the rugged landscape of East and South Africa which was shaped during the Pliocene epoch by volcanoes and shifting tectonic plates. Hominins, our early forebears, would have been attracted to the terrain of rocky outcrops and gorges because it offered shelter and opportunities to trap prey. ...