Although most people are generally aware of how Ultraviolet (UV) rays can be damaging to the skin, designer eyewear retailer Eyeglass World reminds us that it is equally important to understand the dangers UV rays present to the eyes. UV radiation is a year round issue, and wearing sunglasses is essential to protecting your vision. UV rays can inflict a variety of vision problems, including cataracts (a clouding of the eye's natural lens), macular degeneration (a degeneration of a part of the retina), pingueculae and pterygia (growths on the eyes), and photokeratitis ...

These days, technology moves at modern speed, especially on mobile platforms. But for recently launched SWDTech Games, every new video game is old again. That is, retro-style Role-Playing Games (RPGs) are cool, and they're not just for hardcore gamers. SWDTech intends to mesmerize those casual gamers virtually attached to their iPhone, iPad, or Android devices. Kunal Majmudar (Co-Owner and Audio Lead/Marketing Manager) and Len Stuart (Co-Owner and Creative Director) started SWDTech Games because, well, they love to play. They also see a business opportunity for RPGs ...

Healthcare companies that face challenges with shifting skill-sets, government mandate deadlines, productivity needs and complex management issues have a new and trusted ally. Philadelphia-based FluidEdge Consulting provides highly qualified consultants, who average more than 20 years' experience, with expertise in management and information technology. Founded in 2007 by two former Fortune 500 senior executives in Philadelphia, FluidEdge provides planning and direction that translate into cost-effective results for their clients. "We provide true management ...

Turn back the effects of time for healthy, younger-looking skin. Microdermabrasion exfoliates the lackluster outermost layer of the epidermis for a fresh layer. The result is softened fine lines and wrinkles, smoothed skin, lessened scars, cleared pores, reduced hyperpigmentation, and stimulated collagen production. Your clients will love their improved skin smoothness, texture, and luminescence. Microdermabrasion technology has been around since the 80's, using tiny aluminum oxide crystals (corundum) to buff away the skin. Diamond-tip and steel-tip microdermabrasion ...

The nightmare of scrambling to find parking at one of the year's biggest sports events has been alleviated, with ParkHub.com providing reserved parking at Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl 2013. Divisional Weekend has come and gone with just four teams remaining in the hunt for the Super Bowl XLVII trophy. The Falcons will go head to head with the 49ers and Patriots face off with the Ravens for a shot at the Super Bowl. NFL Conference championship games will take place on Jan. 20, 2013. Fans heading to the Big Easy from all over the nation ...

Music Monster application aims to create a new way of enjoying free music. It combines free music streaming (provided by YouTube) along with incorporating social activities to innovate a new "social music" service. It allows users to search and play free music videos, check out music rankings and styles, interact with friends as well as share music interests easily. With Music Monster, you can: - Search and play FREE music videos - Discover Music Trends - Express your music style - Interact with friends who enjoy music Music Monster features: - Free ...

RteamKz and its website PDF SB, with owner, Timur Karipov, are pleased to announce that additional investors are participating in the expansion of the free books online search engine site recently launched. The ability to find free book sources is increasingly important as more people rely on mobile devices to supply reading material or to look up references. Free books are a benefit to casual readers, scholars and those who want to learn more about their world. Mr. Karipov spoke recently to an interviewer about the website growth, saying, "The project is growing ...

CyberlinkASP, the leader in hosted virtual desktop and private cloud solutions, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. to provide cloud based veterinary practice management software. CyberlinkASP will implement its turnkey virtual private cloud and Citrix based technologies to support the mission critical IT component(s) for Animal Intelligence. Animal Intelligence Software was and is the first True SMART Electronic Medical Records practice management system. AI Software is the only doctor centered EMR practice ...

One year away from celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein, Producer and Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., today announced the program for the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which will be held in Newport, RI, August 2 - 4. Tickets go on sale Thursday, January 17, at 10:00 am at www.newportjazzfest.net. Founded in 1954 as the first annual jazz festival in America, the Newport Jazz Festival continues the storied tradition on this year's slate with Wayne Shorter's 80th Birthday ...

This press release is available in French and German. Jointly issued with STFC and the Royal Veterinary College London. Scientists have been able to reconstruct, for the first time, the intricate three-dimensional structure of the backbone of early tetrapods, the earliest four-legged animals. High-energy X-rays and a new data extraction protocol allowed the researchers to reconstruct the backbones of the 360 million year old fossils in exceptional detail and shed new light on how the first vertebrates moved from water onto land. The results are published 13 January ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Younger Americans not only take on relatively more credit card debt than their elders, but they are also paying it off at a slower rate, according to a first-of-its-kind study. The findings suggest that younger generations may continue to add credit card debt into their 70s, and die still owing money on their cards. "If what we found continues to hold true, we may have more elderly people with substantial financial problems in the future," said Lucia Dunn, co-author of the study and professor of economics at Ohio State University. "Our projections ...

The use of serial compression ultrasonographic testing together with Doppler imaging appears to be a reliable method of ruling out blood clots in the legs of pregnant women, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Physicians can likely safely withhold anticoagulation therapy based on the results. This technique, recommended in women who are not pregnant to determine if there is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the legs, is also used in pregnant women but its safety has not been validated in this cohort. Anticoagulation drugs are used ...

One in 25,000 people worldwide is affected by neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a condition where the loss of a tumour suppressor called Merlin results in multiple tumours in the brain and nervous system. Sufferers may experience 20 to 30 tumours at any one time and such numbers often lead to hearing loss, disability and eventually death. Currently, the only available effective therapies are repeated invasive surgery or radiotherapy aimed at one tumour at a time and which are unlikely to eradicate all the tumours in one go. NF2 can affect any family, regardless of past ...

Children who regularly see specialists for chronic medical conditions are also using complementary medicine at a high rate, demonstrates recently published research from the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa. About 71 per cent of pediatric patients attending various specialty clinics at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton used alternative medicine, while the rate of use at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa was 42 per cent. Nearly 20 per cent of the families who took part in the study said they never told their physician or ...

NEW YORK (Jan. 14, 2013) -- Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered the molecular switch that allows aggressive triple negative breast cancer cells to grow the amoeba-like protrusions they need to crawl away from a primary tumor and metastasize throughout the body. Their findings, published in Cancer Cell, suggest a novel approach for developing agents to treat cancer once it has spread. "Metastasis can be lethal, and our findings point to potential targeted treatments to stop the spread of this aggressive breast cancer," says the study's senior investigator, ...

A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way. Tuberculosis causes more deaths worldwide than any other bacterial disease. At the same time as rates are increasing, resistance strains are emerging due, in part, to non-compliance with the treatment required. Many current drugs are nearly 50 years old and alternatives are needed to the long, demanding treatment schedules. The compound under research, diospyrin, binds to a novel site on a well-known enzyme, called DNA gyrase, and inactivates the ...

The best approach to detecting cervical cancer in HIV-positive women living in research limited countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa combines commonly used testing methods tailored to local levels of development and medical infrastructure, according to a study by researchers from and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and the University of North Carolina. The research evaluated the effectiveness of three commonly used screening methods– the pap smear, human papillomavirus testing (HPV) and visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) – among ...

A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in brain wiring, according to a study led by scientist Ricardo Dolmetsch and published online yesterday in Nature Neuroscience. These findings may be at the heart of the mechanisms underlying intellectual disability and many other brain disorders. The present study reveals that a mutation of the disease-causing gene throws a key process of neurodevelopment into reverse. That is, ...

"It is particularly important for subarachnoid haemorrhage survivors to refrain from smoking and to take care of their blood pressure and cholesterol levels; apart from age, these are the primary factors behind the increased risk of mortality," explains neurosurgeon Miikka Korja from the HUCH's Neurosurgery Department together with professor Jaakko Kaprio from the University of Helsinki's Hjelt Institute. The most extensive population-based follow-up study ever carried out on the subject, jointly conducted by HUCH, the University of Helsinki, and the Finnish National ...

"Survivors of heart attacks are three times more likely to develop depression during the first six months after their heart attack, than people with no heart disease. If left untreated this contributes to a worse prognosis, for instance further cardiac events and possibly death. The causes for this high prevalence of depression after heart attacks are still unclear," said Prof. Claus Vögele, Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Luxembourg and lead author of the publication entitled "Cardiac Threat Appraisal and Depression after First Myocardial ...

Agricultural demand for pollination is growing more quickly than the supply of honey bees, the dominant species managed for crop pollination. Increasing the efficiency of pollination represents a way of increasing crop yield without any increase in agricultural intensity or area. A study recently published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (9 Jan 2013) 1, shows that the pollination effectiveness of honey bees in California almond orchards was greater in the presence of other bees. Almond is a crop highly dependent on honey bee pollination ...

Nature's ability to create iridescent flowers has been recreated by mathematicians at The University of Nottingham. The team of researchers have collaborated with experimentalists at the University of Cambridge to create a mathematical model of a plant's petals to help us learn more about iridescence in flowering plants and the role it may play in attracting pollinators. An iridescent surface appears to change colour as you alter the angle you view it from. It is found in the animal kingdom in insects, inside sea shells and in feathers, and is also seen in some plants. ...

Philadelphia, PA, January 14, 2013 – Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of 'normal mood', termed euthymia. Prior research has clearly shown that brain emotion circuitry is dysregulated in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It is thought that these disturbances impair one's ability to control emotion and contribute to mood episodes. Continuing this line of research, the January 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry ...

Monthly temperature extremes have become much more frequent, as measurements from around the world indicate. On average, there are now five times as many record-breaking hot months worldwide than could be expected without long-term global warming, shows a study now published in Climatic Change. In parts of Europe, Africa and southern Asia the number of monthly records has increased even by a factor of ten. 80 percent of observed monthly records would not have occurred without human influence on climate, concludes the authors-team of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...

Interneurons – nerve cells that function as 'dimmers' – play an important role in the brain. Their formation and migration to the cerebral cortex during the embryonic stage of development is crucial to normal brain functioning. Abnormal interneuron development and migration can eventually lead to a range of disorders and diseases, from epilepsy to Alzheimer's. New research by Dr. Eve Seuntjens and Dr. Veronique van den Berghe of the Department of Development and Regeneration (Danny Huylebroeck laboratory, Faculty of Medicine) at KU Leuven (University of Leuven) has identified ...