The holidays are a time of celebration and indulgence. With many parties and family gatherings to attend, people are tempted with an abundance of rich, fatty foods that can be difficult for even the most health conscious individual to resist. According to a study by Tufts University, the average American gains about 1 pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's. For those individuals that are already overweight, this weight gain can be in excess of 5 pounds. Studies have also shown that this holiday weight gain tends to build over the years, with most people never losing ...

College is full of major decisions that may have significant impact on your life after school, but how important is the decision about your major? While many students are struggling to find sustainable employment after graduation, increasing emphasis has been placed on selecting the "right" major, or one that holds the highest earning potential. This pressure to earn a degree that will produce the best job opportunities has many students avoiding what they are naturally inclined to do, and instead, opting for a more practical major. Atlanta staffing agency, ...

You don't have to live a radical lifestyle to be eco-friendly. It is the small things that add up and contribute to the health of our environment, and this is why the document shredding in Atlanta service company, A Shred Ahead, is reminding residents to recycle their used paper. Many people mindlessly discard paper in the garbage, as if it is trash that serves no purpose. These Atlanta shredding experts are fully aware of the damage this can cause to the environment as a whole, especially given the amount of paper that is not recycled every year. Saving Trees is Not ...

Georgia winters are notorious for sudden weather changes. Weeks of mild weather can be quickly followed by an unexpected cold snap. If you aren't prepared, these sudden freezes can wreak havoc on your pipes and plumbing. The Kennesaw plumbers at Plumb Xpress encourage you to stay on top of weather reports this winter to prevent costly plumbing damage. If outside temperatures drop to 20 degrees F or below, let the faucets in your home drip to mitigate the risk of pipes bursting. In southern climates, water pipes are more vulnerable to winter cold spells due to home construction ...

Designer Diane von Furstenberg showed off Google Glasses at New York's Fashion Week, but America's Best warns that people should not be looking for the high tech eyewear just yet. At their debut in June, Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, said they are still working out the details in these ultimate designer glasses frames. The plan behind the project, called Project Glass, is to combine eyeglasses and smartphones so that wearers can access information directly through their custom eyeglass frames. The glasses use a combination of global-positioning software and Google's ...

Accident lawyers in Atlanta address the troubles of icy roads. The Atlanta personal injury lawyers at McAleer Law would like to discuss the problems that icy roads pose to drivers. Every year, thousands of fatalities occur to due to accidents caused by driving in inclement weather. In particular, icy and slick roads tend to account for a vast majority of these misfortunes. Unfortunately, many times our jobs require us to travel even when the weather does not permit it. It should come as no surprise that truck drivers comprise a large number of those injured each year. ...

When you have a high plate-to-customer turnover like all buffet restaurants do, you want to have the most sturdy, durable, and easy to clean dinnerware available. If your restaurant has been searching for dishes like these, restaurant supply company Kitchen Inspire encourages you to consider melamine dinnerware. Melamine tableware has many benefits for restaurant owners. It is incredibly durable and will not break if dropped, even onto a hard surface. It also does not chip or crack like traditional dinnerware, making it easier for you to maintain your supply once you ...

With a new year, everyone is looking for a fresh start, whether it's for their health, their personal lives, or their finances. Unfortunately, there are many people whose financial difficulties are so overwhelming that they see little hope for a brighter future with the turn of the year. Atlanta bankruptcy attorneys Clark & Washington know that when times are darkest financially, bankruptcy can offer hope. Filing for bankruptcy in Atlanta can help stop creditors from calling and keep the bank from foreclosing on your home. It can help to either eliminate debt or ...

With the year fresh and new, many people take a careful look at their lives and begin to see areas where they can improve. Atlanta bankruptcy attorneys Clark & Washington believe that finances are the perfect place to start straightening up your life after the holidays. The holidays often leave a significant dent in American bank accounts, and many people choose to go further in debt to have the holidays be special. Clark & Washington understand that this is a difficult decision to make; after all, we all want to make our families as happy as we can. Unfortunately, ...

Spring is a popular event season in Atlanta, meaning that the top venues in the city must be booked as early as possible to ensure availability. In 2010, Atlanta was named the number one destination city in the U.S. for spring weddings. With an influx of weddings coming up, consideration must be made ahead of time when planning your events at the elegant 3109 Piedmont Estate and Gardens. According to the Atlanta caterers and event planning professionals at A Legendary Event, the Estate is recognized as one of the top venues for a variety of social events due to its stunning ...

Top Marques, the ultimate destination for luxury, performance and classic cars is running a competition to give fans the chance to win a one-on-one full race tuition with ex formula one drivers and professional race drivers. The competition will run until 11th March 2013 12pm and can be entered here: http://www.topmarques.co.uk/competition. Come and join McCrae and the team of highly qualified race instructors such as ex formula one drivers Ian Ashley, Mike Wilds and the team. Do not confuse full race tuition with a track day/experience, if you have been on a track ...

Founded and based in Summit County, Colorado, Bee Nut Free, LLC is an allergy friendly snack food company focused on providing options for those suffering from food allergies. Founder Jo-Anne Tyson was inspired by her son's positive attitude towards his life-threatening peanut and tree nut allergy, and also by a friend's story of her challenges with Celiac disease. It is from this inspiration that Tyson dreamed up Bee Nut Free, which provides tasty, nutritious and safe snacks to allergy sensitive individuals. She enlisted her son's help in designing the bee in the company's ...

St. Valentines Day is, traditionally, a day of romantic extravagance, with lovers often breaking the bank in an effort to show just how much their partner means to them. Valentine's Day has long been big business and it's only getting bigger. This year Valentine's Day spending is expected to reach $17.6 billion according to Bloomberg, a figure that the same report suggests will be significantly inflated by price hikes of up to 200% on popular romantic gifts. It seems that marketers are well aware of how susceptible we are to overspending on Valentine's Day. But ...

EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today announced that 4G will be switched on in a further 27 towns across the country by June 2013, expanding superfast coverage to more than 65 UK towns and cities in total. The 4G rollout, which offers customers speeds up to five times faster than 3G, is proving a huge success with UK businesses, including Addison Lee, Foxtons, Gatwick Airport, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Kier, Microsoft, Morrisons, Sony Music, TNT Post and Urban Outfitters, who are already reaping the benefits of increased efficiencies and ...

Method of birth (vaginal birth s. cesarean delivery) and feeding practices (breastfeeding v. formula-feeding) influence the development of gut bacteria in newborns and thus may affect lifelong health, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Bacteria in the gut play an important role in health, helping digest food, stimulating the development of the immune system, regulating bowels and protecting against infection. Disruption of the gut microbiota has been linked to a range of diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, allergies, asthma, ...

A new study suggests that exercise may reduce Caucasian men's risk of developing prostate cancer. And among Caucasian men who do have prostate cancer, exercise may reduce their risk of having more serious forms of the disease. Unfortunately, the benefits do not seem to apply to African- American men. The study is published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Previous research has linked exercise to a reduced risk of developing prostate cancer. Studies have also revealed that African-American men have an increased risk of developing ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Geneticists led by University of Utah Nobel Prize Laureate Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., have engineered mice that develop clear cell sarcoma (CCS), a significant step in better understanding how this rare and deadly soft tissue cancer arises. The mouse model also can potentially speed the development of drugs to target genes that must be activated for the cancer to form. CCS arises in connective soft tissues, such as tendons, fat, blood vessels, and muscle. Researchers have known that the first step in the process that leads to CCS occurs when two human ...

Prostate cancer is often considered an elderly man's disease, and little is known about the approximately 2% of cases that arise in men who are aged 50 years or younger. Research published in the February 11th issue of the Cell Press journal Cancer Cell uncovers the genetic origin of such early-onset prostate cancer. The findings could help in the development of new diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, and prevention strategies for the disease. "It's been unclear whether prostate cancer in the young is explainable by a different mechanism than prostate cancer in the elderly. ...

CINCINNATI – Discovering what they call the "Achilles' heel" for lymphoid leukemia, an international research team has tested a possible alternative treatment that eradicated the disease in mouse models. Reporting their results Feb. 11 in the journal Cancer Cell, the scientists said the targeted molecular therapy described in their study could have direct implications for current treatment of Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL) in people. Led by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (ICRM), the study ...

Researchers who sought to determine whether pricing information for a total hip replacement could be obtained from hospitals and physicians found getting such information was often difficult and that there were wide variations in the quoted prices, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Data on hospital quality – and to a lesser degree physician quality – are available from public and private sector sources. However, data on hospital and physician pricing are more difficult to obtain, the authors write in the ...

A lack of the protein endoglin in the blood vessels of tumour-bearing mice enables the spread of daughter tumours, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden in a study published in the scientific periodical The Journal of Experimental Medicine. Given that the tumour vasculature constitutes an important barrier to the spread of cancer cells, the team suggests that drugs should be developed to strengthen the blood vessels' protective function. Studies of the process of metastasis (the spread of daughter tumours) have mainly focused ...

On Feb. 9, 2013 at 2:30 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, associated with a long duration C2.4-class flare. Experimental NASA research models, based on observations from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) and ESA/NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, show that the CME left the sun at speeds of around 500 miles per second, which is a fairly typical speed for CMEs. Historically, CMEs at this speed are usually benign. Not to be confused with a solar flare, a CME is a solar phenomenon that can send solar ...

Young adults, in a period of transition, are often reluctant to seek treatment for mental health problems because of the stigma, inadequate insurance coverage and difficulty finding a mental health care provider. But a new preliminary study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests that depression symptoms may be significantly reduced when 18- to 25-year-olds interact with computerized avatars—virtual 3D images of a healthcare provider like a nurse practitioner or physician —as a way to rehearse office visits ahead of time and learn self-management skills. ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that one of the most aggressive invasive ant species in the United States – the Argentine ant – appears to have met its match in the Asian needle ant. Specifically, the researchers have found that the Asian needle ant is successfully displacing Argentine ants in an urban environment, indicating that the Asian needle ant – with its venomous sting – may be the next invasive species to see a population boom. In the world of invasive species, the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is a success story. Its aggressive, ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a study led by a Michigan State University criminologist. The findings, published in the International Criminal Justice Review, suggest parents, school officials and policymakers should consider bullying experiences both on and offline when creating anti-bullying policies and procedures. "We should not ignore one form of bullying for the sake of the other," said Thomas Holt, associate professor ...