Dr. Reza Khazaie, dentist in Concord, CA, is excited to be using social media to communicate with his patients online. His practice is utilizing Facebook, Twitter and a blog to reach out to his patients. "I am very happy that our practice is using these services. I know that many of our patients use Facebook and Twitter on a daily basis and I'm glad that our practice is now available on these services. I hope that all of our social media-savvy patients will 'like' us on Facebook and follow our page on Twitter," said Dr. Khazaie, cosmetic dentist in Concord. Dr. ...

Dr. John Montoya, dentist in Boulder, CO, is happy to be featuring extensive new patient services on his practice's website. He hopes the page will make it easy for new patients to learn about and locate his practice in the future. "I am glad that our website is featuring a new patient page. I believe that we offer a great level of service at our practice and that any new patients will quickly become regular patients. I look forward to treating any patients that decide to come in and see us for the first time," said Dr. Montoya, Boulder cosmetic dentist. The ...

Dr. John Montoya, Boulder Invisalign dentist, is happy to be making it simple for patients to schedule appointments online through the appointment request form on his website. By using this tool, patients will be able to request an appointment without having to even pick up the phone. "I am glad that our practice is making it easy for patients to schedule appointments online through our website. We are always looking for ways to make our practice more patient-friendly and this is a great example of that. I hope that many of our patients will take advantage of this ...

Breast implants should, ideally, be a lifelong solution. In some instances they are. In others, implants may rupture or be impacted by other defects over time, requiring their replacement. Breast implants, like all medical devices, are not intended by their manufacturers to last forever. New breast implants have the potential of lasting for ten or more years, but replacing breast implants may eventually become a necessity for all women who have had breast augmentation. Implant Rupture Breast implant rupture is exactly what it sounds like. One of both of your breast ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) states that, "Informed consent is more than simply getting a patient to sign a written consent form. It is a process of communication between a patient and physician that results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention." Indeed if a doctor or healthcare provider fails to receive your consent for any medical treatment, you may have a right to file a medical malpractice lawsuit to seek damages for any injuries that occur. If you feel that your rights have been violated, an experienced ...

Proving liability in motor vehicle accidents is seldom as black and white as we'd like to believe. Even those that seem straight forward such as rear-end collisions may involve multiple parties and have more factors than you can count. The police may make an assessment of the scene, but their information can be incomplete or based on faulty details. This same information can be manipulated by insurance adjustors who will be looking for ways to save their company money. The last person you want to rely on for an accurate assessment of an accident is an insurance adjustor, ...

When certain activities are coupled with the responsibility of driving, the result can be tragic. Distracted driving continues to infect the United States. Text messaging, talking on a cellphone, eating food and many other actions are all secondary activities that can make driving dangerous. These activities shift the motorist's focus from the roadway to a task, which impairs the ability of a driver. Research shows that some of these distractions cause larger impairment than drunk driving; however, according to the Strategic Highway Safety Plan's website, over 7 million ...

According to a study published this year, women who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) while they were in their mother's womb have an elevated risk of developing a rare cervical and vaginal cancer. Specifically, the study discovered that women exposed to DES in utero and born between 1947 and 1971, who are now in their 40's and 50's, have been shown to have a higher incidence of a cancer known as clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the cervix and vagina - prompting reminders for women in this age group to seek regular cervical screenings. DES history DES was ...

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits many types of discrimination in the workplace; for instance, it forbids racial discrimination. But, not only does Title VII protect employees from the discrimination of their employers, the United States Supreme Court has also said it protects employees from discrimination perpetrated by employers' "agents" - which includes supervisors according to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, despite the fact that federal courts now know employers can be held vicariously liable for the discriminatory acts of supervisors, ...

Drunk driving defense lawyer Jesse Scharff of Roberts Law Group, PLLC, in Raleigh, obtained the dismissal of a DWI charge after successfully appealing a DWI conviction to the Superior Court. Securing the dismissal meant that the client, who was facing a mandatory minimum of seven days in jail that could extend up to one year, avoided prison time completely. In North Carolina v. J.O., case number 10CRS059528, the accused drunk driver had been represented by another firm and convicted of driving while impaired at trial in district court. Roberts Law Group, PLLC, was ...

Is there a crime problem in Baton Rouge? The answer as revealed on Legal Lines is unequivocally YES. Dr Edward Shihadeh, a criminal analysis expert at Louisiana State University has studied the Baton Rouge crime rate for years and has determined that the per capita murder rate of Baton Rouge is higher than Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York. Dr. Shihadeh has further observed that the Baton Rouge murder rate has increased more than 40% over the last 10 years and that the violence of a city is the most accurately determined by its homicide rate. Baton Rouge's ...

Legal Lines with Attorney, Locke Meredith, interviewed Justice Jeff Hughes of the Supreme Court of Louisiana regarding his recent December runoff win against John Michael Guidry for one of only 7 seats on the highest court in Louisiana. Justice Hughes grew up in a small town, Denham Springs, Louisiana, where he graduated Salutatorian from high school. He attended Louisiana State University where he earned a history degree, and then a Juris Doctorate Degree from LSU's "Paul M. Hebert" Law School. Justice Hughes began his career as the first attorney in another ...

Hampton Inn Spartanburg SC Hotel (North I-85) offers nearby lodging to guests visiting Hollywild Animal Park for their annual Holiday Lights Benefit. The award-winning event is taking place nightly now through January 5, 2013. This seasonal attraction allows guests to drive their own vehicle through nearly 100 acres, which are magically decorated with millions of twinkling lights, dazzling holiday themes, light sculptures, a life-sized Nativity, plus HERDS OF LIVE ANIMALS and more. Hollywild Animal Park is located only a short drive from north Spartanburg in Inman, ...

The newly renovated Comfort Inn & Conference Center Northeast, a leading north Atlanta hotel, offers affordable lodging to to college football fans attending the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl on Monday, December 31. The event will take place at Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta and will feature the #14 Clemson Tigers verses #8 LSU Tigers. In addition to the game, Chick-fil-A Bowl other festivities will include: - Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast - Georgia Power Chalk Talk and Football Feud Presented by The AJC - Chick-fil-A Bowl at the World of Coca-Cola - Fan ...

Tennessee-based SSM Industries, Inc., works hard every day to protect people and assets. SSM Industries, Inc. is proud of the innovative products introduced in 2012, as we look forward to an outstanding and productive 2013. In 2012, SSM introduced customers to the world's first flame resistant, moisture management, antimicrobial cotton fabric. This carefully engineered fabric, Pro-CFR + TransDRY was created for use in the industrial, military, fire service and racing markets. Safety professionals benefit from this new fabric that combines three technologies, Pro-CFR ...

The new program will initially be for medical, nursing and midwifery students. This will be followed shortly afterwards with dentistry, physiotherapy, radiography and pharmacy placements. Rob Giddings, Work the Worlds Operations Manager talks about the new development: "We chose the Philippines for several reasons. As a country it continues to struggle in its bid to eradicate developing country diseases like tuberculosis and dengue fever, but also faces the onslaught of new communicable and lifestyle problems like heart disease and cancer. Couple this with the ...

South West China, Myanmar and Northern Vietnam contain one of the oldest exposed outcrops of limestone in the world. Within this area are thousands of caves and gorges. It is only recently that botanists have sought to explore the caves for plants. This exploration is yielding many new species new to science, that are known only from these habitats. The current study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys. Kew botanist and nettle expert Alex Monro says, "When my Chinese colleague Wei Yi-Gang from the Guangxi Institute of Botany first mentioned cave-dwelling ...

Boulder, Colo., USA – New Geosphere articles include additions to several special issues "Results of IODP Exp313: The History and Impact of Sea-level Change Offshore New Jersey"; "The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) and Southern McMurdo Sound (SMS) Drilling Projects"; "Exploring the Deep Sea and Beyond: Contributions to Marine Geology in Honor of William R. Normark"; and "CRevolution 2: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System II." Topics include 1. Sonograms of Earth. 2. Study of an 1138-m-long drill core, representing the last 20 million years of glacial ...

A research team led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas. This ground-breaking discovery has huge implications for the area along the front of the Himalayan Mountains, given that the region has a population density similar to that of New York City. NTU Professor Paul Tapponnier, who is recognised as a leading scientist in the field of neotectonics, said that the existence of such devastating quakes ...

Female university students get drunk – on purpose – quicker than their male counterparts, and live a more sedentary life than they do, according to a study by the University of Vigo. Results show that 56.1% of female students are considered binge drinkers, as opposed to 41.3% of males. Researchers from the HealthyFit group at the University of Vigo have studied university students' lifestyles; their analysis, which includes alcohol and illegal drug consumption habits, sport and food, concludes that most students indulge in unhealthy behaviour. One of the main results ...

It is a well known fact that children often swallow things. Children aged 6 months to 6 years are most often affected, but even adults sometimes end up with a foreign body stuck in their throats—and not only there. Peter Ambe, Düsseldorf University Hospital, and his coauthors review this clinical problem in this issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109(50): 869−75). Adults ingest foreign bodies mostly with their food. The most commonly swallowed objects are fish bones and chicken bones. The clinical approach depends on the characteristics ...

MANHASSET, NY -- People who study or treat Alzheimer's disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. But a new study suggests that people on the road to Alzheimer's may actually have problems early on in processing semantic or knowledge-based information, which could have much broader implications for how patients function in their lives. Terry Goldberg, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and director ...

By showing that tiny particles injected into a liquid crystal medium adhere to existing mathematical theorems, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature. The findings show that researchers can create a "recipe book" to build new materials of sorts using topology, a major mathematical field that describes the properties that do not change when an object is stretched, bent or otherwise "continuously deformed." Published online Dec. 23 in the journal Nature, ...

CHICAGO (December 28, 2012): When researchers from UCLA Medical Center investigated the link between racial disparities and appendicitis outcomes in children, they found that the type of hospital in which black, Hispanic and other minority patients receive care—community, children's or county—affects their odds of developing a perforated appendix. The study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons is a first-of-its-kind look at the role hospital type plays in race-based treatment variances among this patient subset. Appendicitis—a ...

A new study, published December 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, finds that vector-borne and parasitic diseases have substantial effects on economic development across the globe, and are major drivers of differences in income between tropical and temperate countries. The burden of these diseases is, in turn, determined by underlying ecological factors: it is predicted to rise as biodiversity falls. This has significant implications for the economics of health care policy in developing countries, and advances our understanding of how ecological conditions can ...