According to a recent study by researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and lived in areas with exposure to pesticides may be three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease. While prior research suggests that traumatic brain injuries are linked to the disease, the effect has not been seen across the board. However, pesticides have been suspected of being tied to Parkinson's because of the high rate of the disease among farm workers. A previous study from the University of California, Berkeley, found ...

Texas now has the fastest section of highway in the United States. The speed limit on a new toll road connecting Austin and San Antonio, State Highway 130, is now 85 miles per hour for those who want to avoid the traffic and congestion of Interstate 35. The new stretch will be the U.S. road most comparable to the German autobahn. While the autobahn has no general speed limit, it still has an advisory limit five miles below that of 130. Construction of the toll road complied with Texas Department of Transportation specifications after the higher state speed limit was ...

It is not unusual for one spouse to be in charge of a family's finances. Such arrangements make it easier for the spouse controlling the money to take advantage of the other spouse if the marriage ends in divorce, leading to an unfair property division. However, if a spouse hides assets during divorce and is later discovered, it can lead to serious consequences. People should be aware of the signs a spouse is hiding assets, where people typically hide assets and the penalties for hiding assets during divorce. What are the signs that a spouse is hiding assets? One ...

With the holiday season now in full swing, many Utah families are finding themselves traveling several miles as they attend countless celebrations and festivities. And while this time of year is generally a happy and joyous time for most families in Utah, it can quickly turn tragic if families happen across party-goers on the road that chose to get behind the wheel after drinking. National Impaired Driving Prevention Month Drunk driving accidents can have serious, or even deadly, consequences. Not only is it a punishable criminal act, but once a life is lost to a ...

When children are born, everyone hopes for the best as they grow up. But sometimes difficult circumstances develop in their immediate family that causes their grandparents concern for the kids' well-being. Or for a variety of reasons, a parent may cut off contact between a child and his or her grandparent. When those reasons are not valid, an appropriate, loving grandparent-grandchild relationship can suffer. In these types of situations, grandparents have certain legal rights, which vary --sometimes greatly -- from state to state, since family relationships are mostly ...

Gary Coleman, made famous by his role in "Diff'rent Strokes," was once the highest-paid actor on television and worth an estimated $7 million. Within just a decade of his success, a series of costly health problems and recurring legal trouble with his adoptive parents led him to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1999. In an interview, Coleman made an accurate assessment of his financial struggles, saying he could "spread the blame" for his bankruptcy "from me to accountants to my adoptive parents, to agents to lawyers and back to me again." ...

Fall weather is perfect for getting outside and participating in various sports activities, but OrthoAtlanta wants to remind everyone to make certain to sue proper protective gear. These Atlanta sports medicine professionals know that too many injuries could have been prevented with proper equipment. No one wants to end a season or a sports career with a visit to an orthopedic surgeon in Atlanta. Using protective gear from helmets to knee pads can help prevent injury and visits to Atlanta physical therapy experts. Most people would never think of stepping onto a football ...

Clark & Washington, a Tampa bankruptcy law firm, notes that even the greatest show on Earth may not always be successful, but the main man behind it knew how to rise from the ashes like a phoenix. P.T. Barnum made every situation, good and bad, work for him, and even after he declared bankruptcy; it still didn't stop the irrepressible Barnum. Barnum was a man of opportunity, in that he saw an opportunity in everything. He created the Barnum and Bailey circus, which eventually joined with Ringling Brothers to create one of the most successful traveling circuses to ...

Atlanta based orthopaedic group, OrthoAtlanta, states that custom orthotics can bring balance to your posture, improve flexibility and assist with joint motility. Atlanta orthopaedic doctors agree, keeping the body in balance is essential to healthy muscles and joints. Custom orthotics can help stabilize the body when standing or in motion. When a body is unbalanced, it can wear down knee joints, causing damage and eventual pain. Atlanta orthopaedic surgeons at OrthoAtlanta state that these injuries to knee joints may be prevented with custom orthotics. "If the ...

Naderi & Weinrieb is pleased to announce that is has expanded its team of criminal defense attorneys. Attorney Mr. Lee Zavatsky is the newest member of the firm, and will be handling a variety of felony and misdemeanor cases, including DUI. Mr. Lee Zavatsky is a criminal attorney specializing in DUI and complex cases involving DNA and scientific evidence, including narcotics and sex crimes cases. He earned his law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of California, Riverside. After earning ...

As electronic cigarettes continue to rise in popularity, they have become a hot item for holiday gift-giving. Friends and family of smokers are purchasing starter kits in record numbers in hopes that their loved ones will enjoy the alternative to smoking. Following suit, many e cigarette brands are announcing sales and specials just in time for Christmas. Electronic cigarettes create nicotine-infused water vapor rather than smoke. They are ideal for the cold winter months as they are allowed inside most public places and are odorless. Even better, e-cigs don't contain ...

For bingo enthusiasts, there is great news on the virtual realm of bingo games. The leading bingo games site on the web, 123Bingoonline.com has now released three different promotions which will favor loyal members of this bingo site based on their deposit and participation. During all of the month of December players will have the chance to win $100 Amazon Gift Cards, a cash back percentage, a raffle bag filled with goodies such as beauty Products, Watches, MP3 Players, Gourmet Gift Boxes, etc. There will even be a bingo room named after one of the lucky winners of one ...

SJD Accountancy, the UK's largest accountants to contractors with over 11,000 Limited company clients, was recently announced as finalists in the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards. SJD are shortlisted in the 'Customer Commitment' category, which in 2011 they were finalists for and won. SJD Accountancy have won more awards for customer service and accountancy excellence than any other firm in their market. Past awards include; Contractor UK's 'Best Contractor Accountant' award five years running, 'Accountant of the Year' at the British Accountancy Awards, two time winners ...

Big data may not be a term often discussed outside the CIO's office today, but according to experts at ICC, a leader in business technology services with a focus on big data and application development, that will change in 2013. That's the year big data will find its way out of the data center and back rooms - typically populated by statisticians and business analysts - and into the offices of the chief financial officer (CFO), chief marketing officer (CMO) and chief sales officer (CSO) who are charged with growing revenue. Everyone will soon be busy making sense of the ...

Todd Doors, one of the UK's leading suppliers of timber doors, have taken the decision to delay the release of their eagerly anticipated new brochure - it was announced today. The brand new brochure, which was set for release in December, in time for Christmas, has now been delayed until January, allowing a more expansive range of timber doors to be printed and introduced inside the catalogue, according to a spokesperson for the company. The scheduled December release was supposed to exclusively unveil the brand new 2013 collections of internal and external doors ...

TaxResults.com is an online tax consultancy and is proud to celebrate successful outcomes for its clients. Many people find themselves in difficulty with the IRS - for a number of reasons - perhaps owing back taxes or even undergoing salary garnishment. Tax Results has been able to offer its clients solutions that can both vastly reduce their tax obligation and provide them with a reasonable payment plan. "Our goal is to provide the best customer service and results in the industry," says the VP Brad Patrick. "Our mission is to provide an aggressive response ...

A new study published by University of Chicago researchers challenges the notion that the force of an exploding star forced the formation of the solar system. In this study, published online last month in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, authors Haolan Tang and Nicolas Dauphas found the radioactive isotope iron 60 — the telltale sign of an exploding star—low in abundance and well mixed in solar system material. As cosmochemists, they look for remnants of stellar explosions in meteorites to help determine the conditions under which the solar system formed. Some ...

Harnessing the ID in glioma Gliomas are the most common form of brain tumor. They are highly aggressive and effective treatments are not currently available. The tumors contain glioma initiating cells (GICs), a population that is highly similar to neural stem cells. GICs drive tumor progression and must stay in a particular extracellular niche in order to maintain their cancer-promoting, stem cell-like characteristics. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Antonio Iavarone at Columbia University report on the role of ID proteins in ...

Gliomas are the most common form of brain tumor. They are highly aggressive and effective treatments are not currently available. The tumors contain glioma initiating cells (GICs), a population that is highly similar to neural stem cells. GICs drive tumor progression and must stay in a particular extracellular niche in order to maintain their cancer-promoting, stem cell-like characteristics. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Antonio Iavarone at Columbia University report on the role of ID proteins in glioma. ID proteins allow ...

Physicians in Canada should consider refusing to prescribe cognitive enhancement medications — also used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD) — to healthy patients, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Lack of evidence for benefits and possibility of harm, limited health care resources and professional integrity of physicians are reasons why this use is not acceptable. Prescription stimulants such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine are often used by people for "cognitive enhancement" to increase focus, concentration and ...

New York City's limit of a maximum 16-ounce size of sugar-sweetened drinks for sale in eating establishments is a positive public health move and should be replicated in Canada, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "Because sugary drinks are the leading source of dietary calories in North America, New York City's latest measure is a rational strategy to combat obesity on a population level," writes Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, Deputy Editor, Practice, CMAJ. "The scientific case for reducing sugar consumption is stronger than ever. Recent evidence ...

Scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Japan and University of California Los Angeles report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors and are circulating in the bloodstream.This new nanotechnology could be used for cancer diagnosis and give insight into the mechanisms of how cancer spreads throughout the body. The device provides a convenient and non-invasive alternative to biopsy, the current method for diagnosis of metastatic cancer. It could enable doctors to detect tumor cells ...

Failure to launch an adequate immune response may be at the root of septic shock, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine on December 17th. Bacterial sepsis is a potentially deadly blood infection that results in massive immune activation and inflammation. Sepsis therapies have traditionally focused on quelling this exaggerated inflammatory response. But a recent study challenged this approach by showing that patients with sepsis had abnormally low levels of an inflammatory protein called LECT2. The new study by Jiong Chen and colleagues ...

WASHINGTON -- A new study by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers reveals how a well-known tumor suppressor gene may be functioning to stop cancer cell growth. The findings, published online today in Oncogene, focus on the gene BRCA1, which is mutated in a majority of families who have hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancers, according to senior author Ronit I. Yarden, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Human Science at the School of Nursing & Health Studies. "There is a debate in the scientific community about whether BRCA1 enzymatic activity ...

Contact: Jenna DiPaolo jdipaolo@rightsandresources.org 202-412-0331 Coimbra Sirica csirica@burnesscommunications.com 301-943-3287 Burness Communications New research predicts rising trend in India's Violent Land Conflicts; 130 districts struggle Experts cite role of India as leader among land-grabbing emerging economies; ignoring rights at home, Indian multi-nationals risk same mistakes abroad NEW DELHI—(17 December 2012)—New research released today, on the eve of an international conference on land and forest rights, blames India's government agencies and ...