Criminal defense attorney Ryan Stump recently represented a client facing a combination of charges, including driving while impaired (DWI), child abuse, reckless driving to endanger and speeding twenty-one miles an hour over the speed limit. Using his knowledge of the law and experience in DWI cases, Mr. Stump was able to obtain the best possible result in this case: dismissal of the DWI charge, dismissal of the child abuse charge and dismissal of the reckless driving to endanger charge. The speeding charge was reduced to nine miles per hour over the speed limit, resulting ...

Out of the many billions of dollars that the federal government pays to reimburse healthcare providers under the Medicare program, enormous amounts of money end up lining the pockets of fraudsters. Although Medicare fraud occurs throughout all sectors of the healthcare industry, a recent study found that for-profit nursing homes account for more than their fair share of fraudulent payments. For-profit nursing homes "earn" close to $1.5 billion every year through a fraudulent practice known as over-billing. Over-billing occurs when a healthcare provider bills ...

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy involves damage to the central nervous system from inadequate oxygen to the cells. Tragically, this condition remains alarmingly frequent in newborns. This is especially troubling, because the mortality rate is in the range of 25 to 50 percent in severe cases of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). For infants that survive HIE, 80 percent will develop severe complications such as cerebral palsy, developmental delays or mental retardation. These disturbing statistics attest to the profound danger of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, defined ...

Boston law firm Cushing & Dolan, P.C. is pleased to announce, estate planning attorney Leo Cushing will be presenting at the upcoming Estate Planning Seminar: Latest Techniques for Moderate Estates. The seminar is sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE). The seminar will cover how practitioners should deal with the new Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, Uniform Trust Act, and Uniform Principal and Income Act. Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA, LLM Founding partner of the Boston based law firm, Attorney Cushing practices in all aspects ...

Canadian soldier, Jason Alderson, has launched "Living Inspired Now", a registered Canadian company focused on spreading positivity and inspiration to those open to it. Alderson is currently posted to Maryland performing his duties alongside his American counterparts. The company's mission is to inspire and motivate as many individuals as possible; to help them realise their potential and follow their dreams at all times. The company produces a bi-weekly newsletter showcasing original articles, poetry, photographs and other works of art from artists all over. Their ...

A necessarily quick, one-year project on a deteriorating Pittsburgh building met its end goal this week, when the property attained a signed lease on its 12th freshly renovated unit. With an extremely unfortunate and untimely death of a building's owner came financial relief to the departed's kin and safe and appealing living situations for 12 families. Jason Cohen, an entrepreneur in the real estate investment business for a decade and Chief Consultant at Jason Cohen Pittsburgh, is constantly eyeballing a selection of prime-location properties in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

Elliot Zaretsky, president and founder of MaxiAids Products for Independent Living was honored this week by the Long Island Council of the Blind for his extensive work helping people who are blind or who have low vision live more active, independent lives. To mark the occasion, Mr. Zaretsky was presented with a plaque that recognizes his "commitment to ensuring the equality of rights, dignity and independence of people who are blind and/or have low vision... by his continued work and support for the population." In addition to printed engraving, the plaque ...

In "The Woman Who Sparked the Greatest Sex Scandal of All Time," (ISBN 1481031775) author Eli Yaakunah presents readers with a sci-fi dystopian future that is filled with political suspense and unconventional descriptions of explicit sex. Ishtar Benten is a young journalist who specializes in sexual undertones. When she's promoted to the top secret department of the news agency that monopolizes information, the mysterious disappearance of one of her colleagues prompts her personal transformation into a detective who wields love as a gun. Exploring how to ...

Clarity Services, Inc., the leading real-time credit bureau providing fraud detection and credit risk management solutions for Middle America consumers announces that its newest product, Clear Recent History, is being made available at no-charge for storefront providers who contribute loan data to Clarity. Clear Recent History is a preventative underwriting tool that helps providers identify and better understand credit usage patterns of non-prime consumers. "There are a small percentage of cases where consumers take out more loans than they can handle," ...

In a randomized trial performed to help resolve the uncertainty about the optimal oxygen saturation therapy in extremely preterm infants, researchers found that targeting saturations of 85 percent to 89 percent compared with 91 percent to 95 percent had no significant effect on the rate of death or disability at 18 months, according to a study published by JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with its presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting. "Extremely preterm infants are monitored with pulse oximeters for several weeks after ...

"Our results should act as a stimulus for further exploration of radionuclide based interventions in atherosclerosis. Ultimately such therapies might be used to lower the degree of inflammation in atherosclerosis which has the potential to reduce the occurrence of heart attacks," said Imke Schatka, the first author of the study from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Hannover Medical School, Germany. PRRT is a technique currently used to treat patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETS), a diverse group of malignancies deriving from the neuroendocrine cell ...

Berlin, 5 May 2013. A new stress test protocol that investigates reducing the use of perfusion imaging in low risk patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for possible angina symptoms was found to be diagnostically safe, revealed a US retrospective analysis. The study, reported as an abstract¹ at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (ICNC11) May 5 to May 8 in Berlin, Germany, predicted that using exercise ECG stress testing alone in patients with high exercise capacity would have had no adverse effects on their prognosis at ...

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially harmful invasive species with the ballast water of cargo ships. Scientists from the Universities of Bristol, UK, and Oldenburg, Germany, have examined ship traffic data and biological records to assess the risk of future invasions. Their research is published in the latest issue of Ecology Letters. Animals and plants can hitch a ride on cargo ships, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Parents are advised to make sure their children drink milk and eat other calcium-rich foods to build strong bones. Soon, they also may be urged to make sure their kids eat salmon, almonds and other foods high in magnesium — another nutrient that may play an important role in bone health, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. "Lots of nutrients are key for children to have healthy bones. One of these appears to be magnesium," said lead author Steven A. Abrams MD, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among kids in higher-income families, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. The study also found that disabilities related to physical health conditions have decreased, while disabilities due to neurodevelopmental and mental health problems have increased greatly. "Nearly 6 million kids had a disability in 2009-2010 — almost 1 million more than in 2001-2002," said lead author ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Preterm infants may need to be given 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D a day to ensure they develop strong bones, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. Preemies are known to be at risk for vitamin D insufficiency. If levels of vitamin D are too low, infants and children can get rickets, which leads to softening and weakening of the bones. Recommendations from medical organizations on how much vitamin D should be given to preemies range from 400 IU to 1000 ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Step into a class of 30 high school students and look around. Five of them have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year. What's more, 10 of those students spend three or more hours on an average school day playing video games or using a computer for something other than school work, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. "Electronic bullying of high school students threatens the self-esteem, emotional well-being and social standing of youth at a very ...

WASHINGTON, DC – As schools around the country look for ways to reduce violence and bullying, they may want to consider encouraging students to participate in team sports, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. Researchers analyzed data from the 2011 North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey to see if athletic participation was associated with violence-related behaviors, including fighting, carrying a weapon and being bullied. A representative sample of 1,820 high school students ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Teen smokers who rationalize their use of cigarettes by saying, "At least, I'm not doing drugs," may not always be able to use that line. New research to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC, supports the theory that cigarettes are a gateway drug to marijuana. "Contrary to what we would expect, we also found that students who smoked both tobacco and marijuana were more likely to smoke more tobacco than those who smoked only tobacco," said study author Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, FAAP, ...

Did you know that a GPS Tracking device can help you save at least $1,277.50 monthly? A vehicle can waste a total more than $1,200 in fuel because of abrupt breaking, over speeding and extended idling. All these bad driving practices can increase fuel consumption by 33 percent. At $3.5 per gallon and assuming your vehicle consumes 5 gallons a day, the total wastage could be more than $1,277.50 yearly. Atlas Tracking Solutions, one of the biggest GPS tracking devices company in the US, is offering free GPS tracking services for FREE, no questions asked, no strings ...

Language Systems International (LSI) announced today that the avocational private language school has been granted national accreditation by ACCET, the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training. ACCET has been officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education since 1978 as a "reliable authority" as to the quality of education and training provided by the institutions they accredit. "This is an outstanding achievement for all the managers, program coordinators, teachers, and staff who have worked tirelessly over the past couple ...

DeviceLab Inc., an Orange County medical device design and product development company, today announced the launch of its new Website. Built on the WordPress platform, the redesigned Website is designed to enhance DeviceLab's positioning as a medical device design company with expertise in clean, quality medical device design, said DeviceLab Vice President-Operations Le Bui. Along with a refined visual direction, the new Website also includes expanded pages, content and interactive features that offer visitors more depth into what DeviceLab has done and can do. For ...

Rock musician and singer/songwriter star Bret Michaels is partnering with International Academy of Hair Design and its sister schools, ITS Academy of Beauty, Olympian University and Hair Benders Academy of Beauty to provide partial scholarships to individuals who are interested in an education in cosmetology. Michaels said he admires creative men and women with an entrepreneurial spirit and the partial scholarships are one way to help provide prospective students with the help they may need to begin their cosmetology training. The school also offers financial assistance ...

Knowledge Anywhere's patient education tool, Health Smart Portal has been selected as a finalist in the Consumer Engagement category of the first annual Health IT Innovation Awards presented by North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) and Intel. "We are honored to be considered one of the top 3 tools for consumer engagement out of all the applicants" said Knowledge Anywhere Vice President, Mike Linville. "We are excited to see out tool getting the recognition it deserves." According to the description ...

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) has identified Marlborough as a leading incubator for mature life sciences companies, and is now planning to host a Life Sciences Open House in the city this summer. The news comes after the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) participated in the 20th BIO International Convention in Chicago, IL, which took place April 22nd-25th. MEDC was there on behalf of the City of Marlborough, one of just a couple of municipalities that, along with statewide economic development agencies, represented the Commonwealth ...