Recent events involving widespread E. coli, listeria and salmonella poisoning, as well as pharmaceutical steroids tainted with fungal meningitis, serve as a troubling reminder of the hazards we all face from food and drugs on a daily basis. Businesses and institutions that are entrusted with providing safe and sanitary food and medicines to others are rightfully subject to product liability or premises liability claims when their products or unsanitary conditions cause illness or wrongful death. More than 100 attendees at the Cleveland County Fair fell ill in October ...

Paralysis works almost unimaginably profound changes on the lives of those it touches. Daily activities become difficult and nearly insurmountable challenges. While technology has made some strides to help people deal with paralysis, paralyzed New Yorkers and other Americans have long waited for a bigger breakthrough. Two areas are showing increasing promise and paralyzed people may have a new reason to hope for more progress. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new human study to continue exploring a treatment program that worked well in animals. ...

Atlanta pest control company Team Pest USA would like to take some time to discuss the correlation between heat and insect population growth. You may have noticed the incredible amount of insects that seem to be buzzing around and biting each summer. There is in fact quite a disparity between insect populations in warmer months over fall and winter.. Last winter and fall were unusually warm. What this meant for insect populations was a lengthened breeding season. This longer breeding season last year lead to larger populations this past summer wreaking havoc on outdoor ...

Danny Bacher, CEO of Atlanta limousine service Topper Worldwide, will be speaking at the 2013 International LCT Show, to be held February 5th through 7th, 2013, in Las Vegas. Bacher is a repeat presenter at the International LCT Show, having most recently presented at last year's conference. The International LCT Show is the largest limousine, charter, and tour industry show in the world. For 29 years, the International LCT Show has offered talks from a wide variety of industry experts, as well as networking opportunities, product showcases, and seminars at the MGM Grand ...

Georgia health insurance broker McCart Insurance knows that going away to college can lead to home sickness, but that's not the biggest concern that dormitory residents face. Every year, college students face upper respiratory infections, stomach flu, conjunctivitis and mononucleosis. Some even face meningitis. The common thread of these dorm illnesses is that they are virus spread through human contact. While some, like the flu, are most often just an inconvenience, some dorm illnesses can be very dangerous to someone without a Georgia health insurance plan. Mononucleosis ...

GreenStar Waste would like to recommend that you use a roll off dumpster in Atlanta for your empty nest clean out. When the kids move away to college, the house can start to feel a bit empty. That is, until realize that massive amounts of junk that they have left behind. Once you have made your peace with living in a home that is a bit more peaceful and feel ready to reclaim all of your space, it is time to work on clearing out the wreckage. By utilizing GreenStar dumpsters, the job will be a breeze. After you have decided which items are too precious to part with, ...

Atlanta tree removal company Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts would like to remind residents of Alpharetta that the company offers complete tree services in that area. Whether you need a tree removed or trimmed, the Alpharetta tree services team at Yellow Ribbon can help. "We serve the entire Atlanta metro area, including Alpharetta," explains Gary Robertson, owner of Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts. "If you are in Alpharetta and need a tree removed, inspected, or trimmed, Yellow Ribbon can help." The Alpharetta tree removal team at Yellow Ribbon can do it ...

One of the hardest hit industries during the worst of the recession was the temporary help industry, which lost over a third of its workforce. However, TRC Staffing Services, Inc., a staffing agency in Atlanta, has noticed that the demand for temporary help has risen almost back to pre-recession levels. Though this time of year traditionally sees an increase in temporary staffing due to the upcoming holiday season, this improvement appears to be a longer term trend. Temporary staffing has regained over 87% of the workers it lost during the recession's lowest point. Historical ...

Atlanta granite countertop fabricator Premier Services is proud to announce that its new "In the Community" page is up and running on the company website. To access the page just visit the Premier Services website, hover your mouse over the blue "About Us" tab at the top of the screen, and then click "In the Community". Or, you can simply jump there directly at http://www.premiersurfaces.com/Community.htm. Once you are on the page you can learn about all of the past and current ways that Premier Services reaches out to the community, ...

Craftmark Solid Surfaces, a local granite countertops supplier, welcomes the addition of granite to your indoor living areas. A leader in the Atlanta granite countertops industry, the specialists at Craftmark invites homeowners to visit their showroom to view the 19 different colors of granite. Granite is known for its durability and beauty, but granite is also an affordable alternative for indoor areas. Granite countertops come in an array of colors to match any decor in the home and the natural crystal flecks give granite a sheen unlike other countertop material. "Granite ...

NationaLease, one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations in North America, will hold its 2012 Sales Meeting, November 13-15 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. Each year, sales executives from NationaLease's 175 independently-owned truck leasing companies meet to discuss a wide array of topics that will impact the association, the industry, and ongoing sales efforts. This year's speakers list features Gary Petty, President and CEO of the National Private Truck Council since 2001. Dr. Petty, widely recognized as the national ...

Cyber Monday, the Monday following the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., is the online equivalent of Black Friday. Black Friday - so-called because retailers will finally see a profit on this day, returning their bank accounts to 'black' - is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year in the continental U.S. Following Thanksgiving Day, it marks the start of the holiday shopping season and demand for sales and bargains is massive with many shoppers lining up all night to be first through the door. However, Black Friday only benefits shoppers who are prepared ...

QuarterLine Consulting Services (QuarterLine), a small business specializing in healthcare subject matter expertise to Federal and State Government customers, today announced the appointment of Dave Metcalf as the company's new Chief Operating Officer. The COO job is a new position created to strengthen QuarterLine's long-range planning and business operations in the federal healthcare industry. Metcalf is a well-known business leader within the federal healthcare industry and brings with him more than 25 years of experience, with a specific emphasis on large-scale operations ...

A rare magazine that puts the investigative spotlight on innovative creators and their masterpieces, publishers of EYES IN Magazine announced the release of issue 13 to the Apple Newsstand, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Amazon Kindle. This issue of the highly anticipated monthly magazine features exciting interviews and illuminating photography from the world's top creators in artistic and innovative fields. Creators such as fashion icon Daphne Guinness, cookbook author Elizabeth Bard, Swedish designer Eduard Gray, and health expert Dan Buettner are featured in the latest ...

The November 2012 Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world's most respected travel magazines, published the results of its prestigious 25th annual Readers' Choice Awards. The Pillars Hotel was selected as the number one hotel in Florida receiving an overall score of 93.9 out of 100. This year a record 46,476 readers participated in this unique survey known for its global reach and qualified traveler opinions. Readers gave The Pillars marks of over 90 out of a 100 in all 5 areas. For service the hotel earned a score of 95.7, for rooms 91.3, for design 91.3, for food 90.9 ...

People from US, UK and Canada who can't access quickly other forms of credit are now one step closer to obtain necessary funds by taking a payday cash advance loan. Both new and existing customers of the online cash advance service iPaydayCash.com now benefit from a shorter loan processing time. In its third year of operations, iPaydayCash.com redesigned its online application form so it can be filled faster (at most 5 minutes) thus speeding the cash advance application and approval process. People requesting payday cash advances are doing so because they need the cash ...

CHARLOTTE, NC – Researchers have discovered why plants and animals had a hard time recovering from the largest mass extinction in Earth's history 250 million years ago. The reason: global warming. Because of environmental consequences of rising temperatures, those species that survived the extinction didn't fully recover for 5 million years. The study adds a new chapter to the story of how life was forever altered by giant volcanic eruptions in the Early Triassic period – an event now called the "Great Dying" – and offers clues as to how climate change might impact ...

Boulder, Colorado, USA - Throughout history, people have sought to understand how the world came to be and how it has changed over time. This curiosity has produced a rich legacy of science and philosophy and impacted and influenced religion and theology. In the November 2012 issue of GSA Today, David Montgomery of the University of Washington examines both the history of geology and of biblical views regarding Earth's origins. Montgomery's main premise is that throughout most of the past several hundred years, scientists and theologians engaged in extensive collaboration ...

Boulder, CO, USA – More than a dozen papers to be presented next week at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in North Carolina touch on aspects of uranium mining, environmental contamination, leakage, sorption, geochemistry, and mineral dating. Two studies focus on the Coles Hill uranium deposit in nearby Chatham, Virginia. Another discusses environmental contamination near a uranium mine, while a fourth focusses on potential nuclear repository conditions. The following highlighted papers will be presented on Sunday and Monday at the Charlotte Convention ...

The economic impact of a heart attack and other forms of acute coronary syndrome goes beyond the hospital to the home and workplace, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. Men and women with acute coronary syndrome face additional economic burdens in lost time and income from work and possible inability to return to work, researchers said. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is an umbrella term for situations in which blood supplied to the heart muscle is suddenly blocked. It includes heart attack and angina or chest pain. Using ...

People who regularly use cocaine socially have stiffer arteries, higher blood pressure and thicker heart wall muscle than non-users, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. Australian researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure the effects of cocaine in 20 otherwise healthy adults who chronically used the illegal substance. Compared with 20 non-users, cocaine users had higher rates of multiple factors associated with higher risks of heart attack and stroke: 30 percent to 35 percent increase in aortic ...

For the first time, genetically engineered tomato plants produced a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when eaten, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. In the study, mice that ate the freeze-dried, ground tomatoes had less inflammation and reduced atherosclerosis (plaque build-up in the arteries). "We have found a new and practical way to make a peptide that acts like the main protein in good cholesterol, but is many times more effective and can be delivered by eating the plant," said Alan M. Fogelman, M.D., ...

An intravenous infusion of good cholesterol could reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. In a small, early study, researchers noted that an intravenous infusion of the chief protein in high density lipoprotein (HDL or "good" cholesterol) seems to rapidly boost the body's ability to move cholesterol out of plaque-clogged arteries, In the days and weeks after a heart attack or chest pain, patients are at high risk of another attack. Standard heart attack medications, such as aspirin ...

Two daily doses of a probiotic lowered key cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood as well as "bad" and total cholesterol, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. Probiotics are live microorganisms (naturally occurring bacteria in the gut) thought to have beneficial effects; common sources are yogurt or dietary supplements. In previous studies, a formulation of the bacteria, known as Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242, has lowered blood levels of LDL or "bad" cholesterol. Such treatments are drawing increasing medical attention ...

A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals—a mother and her male calf—were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A report in the November 6th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offers the first complete description of the spade-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii), a species previously known only from a few bones. The discovery is the first evidence that this whale is still with us and serves as a reminder of just how little we still know about life in the ocean, the researchers say. The ...