When to Remove and Replace Old Breast Implants
2012-11-08
Before you commit to breast augmentation, it is important that you know it is not considered a permanent procedure. In fact, it is not uncommon for breast implants to require replacement at least once following breast augmentation, and more than once for women who have this procedure early in life.
Why Replace Breast Implants
There are a number of reasons you may wish to remove and replace old breast implants. You may wish to replace breast implants for personal reasons such as a desire to switch from a saline to a silicone implant, change the size or shape of an implant, ...
Electronic Logs Expected to Promote Safe Driving Habits for Truck Drivers
2012-11-08
Advances in technology affect more than the manner in which we communicate and keep in touch with our friends and relatives. Certain technological advancements can have wide-ranging impacts on different types of businesses worldwide. One clear example of such mainstream effectiveness is the development of mobile internet and global positioning system (GPS) technologies. As these systems become faster and more widespread, their use by the trucking industry, in particular, has become a necessity.
Truck drivers spend long hours on the road, and they have always been required ...
Not All Baby Products on the Market Are Safe
2012-11-08
For many, one of the most exciting things about becoming a new parent is buying all of the clothes, toys and furniture they need to keep their babies safe and happy. What they may not realize is that they may inadvertently be placing their children in harm's way with the very items they are purchasing to ensure their children's well-being. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency charged with monitoring injuries from consumer products and issuing recalls, reports that 40 percent of all product recalls in 2011 were for children's goods. Parents in West ...
Study Shows Too Many Homeowners Paying Excessive Mortgage Interest Rates
2012-11-08
Finding appropriate debt relief takes many forms, from using bankruptcy to take on credit card debt or overcome overwhelming medical bills. For many Americans, their primary source of financial distress is unsustainable mortgage payments and the constant threat of foreclosure.
Information from a recent study of mortgage interest rates paid by American homeowners provides crucial insight into one reason behind this problem. According to data compiled and assessed by real estate market analysts at CoreLogic, more than two-thirds of homeowners are paying more than five ...
Trial in New York Bus Crash Case Highlights Victims' Rights
2012-11-08
New Yorkers are used to relying on different forms of alternative transportation. For trips close to home, they take the subway, a taxi or a city bus. For longer trips outside of the city, many choose trains or commercial bus services.
Unfortunately, those bus rides are not always as safe as they should be. Over the last several years, a string of high-profile bus accidents have resulted in catastrophic injuries and deaths in New York and all along the Eastern Seaboard.
Take, for example, a March 2011 crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx that killed 15 bus passengers ...
Texting While Driving a Major Problem for Minnesota Teens
2012-11-08
Anybody who knows a teenager is acutely aware of the complex relationship between teens and their cellphones. The phone, it seems, is a constant presence -- popping up during family dinners, study time, church services and all sorts of other inappropriate moments. Most of the time, the worst consequence of teenagers' phone addictions is momentary rudeness. However, when teens bring out their cellphones behind the wheel, the results can be deadly.
Auto accidents are the number one cause of death for teenagers in the United States. A lot of the risk comes from the fact ...
Quickly Documenting Evidence After an Accident Can Help Prove Fault
2012-11-08
After a motor vehicle accident, particularly when people have sustained injuries or there is extensive property damage, many people understandably do not consider the importance of preserving the evidence of the accident. Nevertheless, information documented and gathered shortly after the accident can aid accident investigators in recreating the scene and attorneys in establishing a strong case for the injured party.
Different types of evidence can be helpful following a car, truck or motorcycle accident, much of which can be easily destroyed over time. For instance, ...
When Can a Missouri Parent Seek to Modify a Child Custody Order?
2012-11-08
As children age and their school, extracurricular and other interests demand more of their time, child support orders may become out of date. In other cases, one parent may struggle to provide proper care of the children because of addiction or mental health issues. Sometimes it is possible for parents to seek modifications of their child custody orders to reflect the changed circumstances and the best interests of the child.
While it is possible to come to an informal agreement with a former spouse, filing a motion to modify a custody order ensures that the best interests ...
New Medical Examiner Standards for Commercial Drivers
2012-11-08
Across Illinois and the rest of the nation, interstate bus and truck drivers face challenges far above and beyond those of ordinary motorists. Operating these big vehicles is taxing work, and safe driving requires being in good physical condition.
Drivers Required to Pass Physical Examinations
At least once every two years, anyone who drives commercially is required to undergo and pass a medical examination. The particulars of the examination are set by the U.S. Department of Transportation and include a variety of assessments. Included in the DOT examination are ...
Greater Scrutiny Placed on Commercial Truck Drivers' Medical Examiners
2012-11-08
In order to ensure that commercial truck drivers are safe on the roads, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently implemented a rule that will require doctors who conduct medical examinations on truckers to obtain a special certification. In order to meet these new standards, healthcare professionals will need to receive training about the physical conditions that can affect truckers' ability to drive safely on the roads.
In addition to familiarizing doctors with the health issues that affect truck drivers' performance, this new rule is designed ...
Workers' Compensation Benefits for On-the-Job Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries
2012-11-08
Many jobs require employees to do some driving as part of their job responsibilities. From truck drivers, whose duties almost entirely consist of driving, to those who drive sporadically, such as businesses that occasionally deliver their products -- all of these employees are at risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident while on the job. After such an accident, in addition to making a claim against the at-fault driver, the injured Nevada employee may also be eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits.
On-the-Job Motor Vehicle Accidents
Unfortunately, ...
Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Social Security Disability Program
2012-11-08
In times of political polarization and economic difficulty, government programs that benefit people who have endured hardships sometimes make easy targets for aspiring politicians. Nonetheless, a recent poll of likely American voters shows across-the-board support for continuation of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits at existing levels.
In a recent survey of 1,000 American adults, the political research firm Lincoln Park Strategies found that 83 percent of those polled agreed that cuts to SSDI benefits would be unfair. Only eight percent of likely ...
Don't Wait to File Past-Due Federal Income Tax Returns
2012-11-08
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to start thinking about preparing your 2012 income tax return. But what if you are one of the thousands of people who have failed to file one or more previous years' returns? Will filing a tax return this year simply draw attention to your past omissions?
Failing to pay individual income taxes or file a return is a serious violation of federal tax law, and continued failure to file will only make problems worse. With that said, it is important to talk with an experienced tax law attorney before filing tax returns or other ...
What paleotempestology tells scientists about today's tempests
2012-11-07
Boulder, CO, USA – Understanding Earth's paleo-hurricane record cannot be more timely and important in a light of Hurricane Sandy, which shocked the U.S. East Coast last week. Talks in this Wednesday afternoon session at the GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, integrate field, lab, and model analysis of past hurricanes and future scenarios, covering a wide range of temporal and spatial scales.
Session co-organizer Daria Nikitina of West Chester University says that "gaining understanding of past events provides the context for future coastal vulnerability. ...
New insight into why haste makes waste
2012-11-07
Why do our brains make more mistakes when we act quickly?
A new study demonstrates how the brain follows Ben Franklin's famous dictum, "Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste."
The research – conducted by Research Assistant Professor Richard Heitz and Jeffrey Schall, Ingram Professor of Neuroscience, at Vanderbilt University – has found that the brain actually switches into a special mode when pushed to make rapid decisions.
The study was published Nov. 7 in the journal Neuron.
"This is a question that is very basic to our experience as human beings, ...
Teaching the blind to read and recognize objects with sounds
2012-11-07
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Areas of the brain in blind people can learn to process visual input through the use of sound, even after years or perhaps even lifelong blindness, according to new research reported in the November issue of the Cell Press journal Neuron. The findings ...
Looking for the anti-Alzheimer's molecule -- A new approach to treating a devastating disease
2012-11-07
Ottawa, Canada (November 7, 2012) – Researchers at Dalhousie University have discovered a new technique using "computer-aided" drug design that may lead to an entirely new approach in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease for which no truly disease-modifying drugs are available. Our approach is completely novel. We explore how the human body attempts to protect itself from Alzheimer's, and then we exploit this to develop an entirely new approach to therapeutics," explained Dr. Weaver, a professor at Dalhousie University, ...
Geologist calls for advances in restoration sedimentology
2012-11-07
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world's river deltas from an array of threats, Indiana University Bloomington geologist Douglas A. Edmonds writes in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The commentary, published this week in the November issue, addresses the fact that land is disappearing from river deltas at alarming rates. And deltas are extraordinarily important: They are ecologically rich and productive, and they are home to about 10 percent of the world's population.
"There's ...
In the digital age, managers can't ignore #angrycustomers
2012-11-07
CHESTNUT HILL, MA (November 7, 2012) – In a digital age where dissatisfied consumers vent their concerns through biting viral videos, nasty blog posts or negative online comments, managers need to develop strategies to soothe angry customers in person as well as online, according to a new study in the latest edition of the Journal of Service Research.
In a study that explores the changing ways in which customers express their emotions, the researchers found that anger can quickly fuel negative word-of-mouth commentary to fellow consumers, family and friends, as well as ...
Protein reveals diabetes risk many years in advance
2012-11-07
When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who is at risk at an early stage would be valuable, as it would enable preventive treatment to be put in place.
Researchers at Lund University have now identified a promising candidate for a test of this kind. The findings have been published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
"We have shown that individuals who have above-average levels of a protein called ...
Persistent sync for neurons
2012-11-07
A team of Brazilian physicists working with neuroscientists studying freely behaving rats have found that their neurons often act in precise coordination over time, in a study about to be published in EPJ B. These findings stem from the work of Bruno Silva, a researcher at Bahia Federal University in Salvador, and his colleagues from other universities in the Northeastern region of Brazil, and suggest that neuronal networks' memory could be explored in the future.
Because neurons are connected with each other, acting as operational units in the brain, they can be considered ...
City birds adapt to their new predators
2012-11-07
Faced with the same threat, city and country birds do not react in the same way despite being from the same species. According to a new study, urban birds have changed their anti-predator behaviour in new environments.
When a bird is faced with a predator, its only objective is to escape. However, city birds do not react in the same way as their countryside counterparts, despite being from the same species. Urbanisation plays an influential role in their survival strategies.
To study this phenomenon, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo, researcher at the University of Granada ...
Ultrasensitive photon hunter
2012-11-07
Fast and ultrasensitive optical systems are gaining increasing significance and are being used in a diverse range of applications, for example, in imaging procedures in the fields of medicine and biology, in astronomy and in safety engineering for the automotive industry. Frequently the challenge lies in being able to record high-quality images under extremely low light conditions. Modern photo detectors for image capture typically reach their limits here. They frequently work with light-sensitive electronic components that are based on CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide ...
Dealing with power outages more efficiently
2012-11-07
Power supply is the backbone of our modern economy. Nearly every aspect of life depends on electrically-operated devices. When the flow of power stops, it is not just the lights that go out. In the supermarket, the automatic teller machines and cash registers stop working. Even telephones, radios and televisions become paralyzed. If the shortage lasts a long time the supply of hot water, gas and fuel and the functioning of respirators at intensive care units in nursing homes or at private homes is at risk.
The causes of this dreadful scenario can range from natural disasters ...
Activating the 'mind's eye' -- sounds, instead of eyesight can be alternative vision
2012-11-07
Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2012 -- Common wisdom has it that if the visual cortex in the brain is deprived of visual information in early infanthood, it may never develop properly its functional specialization, making sight restoration later in life almost impossible.
Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in France have now shown that blind people – using specialized photographic and sound equipment – can actually "see" and describe objects and even identify letters and words.
The new study by a team of researchers, led by Prof. Amir Amedi of the Edmond and ...
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