For people living in and around New York City, news of dangerous construction accidents has become unsettling commonplace. A seeming rise in the number of crane accidents, in particular, has been noted in recent years. Last month, another crane accident took place, this time on the East River waterfront in Queens, behind the landmark Pepsi sign. The crane accident occurred in the afternoon on January 9, 2013, when workers reported hearing cables break. The crane -- which rose 380 feet in the air -- then collapsed and fell onto the construction work being done below. ...

When Colorado voters approved the legal use of marijuana, it was sure to have a major impact on law enforcement. Police officers would have to learn the new rules that would be put in place. Individuals that followed these rules could not be arrested for committing crimes. When police would make a traffic stop an individual that they suspected was in possession of drugs, they would frequently use a police dog to check for the presence of illegal substances. These dogs were trained to uncover many different substances, and marijuana is one drug that they would alert officers ...

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows that in 2010 there were approximately 40 million U.S. residents who were aged 65 years or older, and about 34 million of those people were licensed drivers. While it is encouraging that more people are remaining mobile as they age, senior drivers may have physical conditions that limit their abilities to drive as safely as they did when they were younger. While "smart features" available on vehicles to make all drivers more comfortable can help address these conditions, a survey conducted by the AAA Foundation ...

Virginia law is tough on those who drive under the influence of alcohol, but it is equally harsh when drivers get behind the wheel impaired by drugs or by a combination of alcohol and drugs, to the extent that they cannot operate their vehicles safely. The Virginia DUI statute also has a "per-se" drugged driving provision under which anyone caught driving with certain levels of cocaine, methamphetamines, PCP or ecstasy in his or her body is considered guilty of DUI. Additionally, driving under the influence of any narcotic drug or any other self-administered ...

Most Maryland drivers are conscientious about insuring their motor vehicles. However, the Insurance Research Council has conducted a survey and found that about one vehicle in eight in the state of Maryland is not insured. Coverage required by law Maryland state law requires the owners of motor vehicles to purchase insurance to cover costs of injury and property damage to others in an accident, among other losses. A part of the insurance policy is coverage for damage caused by uninsured motorists. The required amount of motor vehicle insurance coverage in Maryland ...

Rodriguez MD, a bilingual Lawrenceville clinic and Center for Medical Weight Loss, encourages patients to stay heart healthy. This includes taking steps to prevent and control coronary heart disease, which can cause heart attack, angina, heart failure, stroke, and arrhythmias. All patient check-ups at Rodriguez MD's Lawrenceville family practice include blood pressure screenings; they may also recommend a simple blood test to check cholesterol levels. Making healthy choices and lifestyle decisions can often help prevent heart disease. The Gwinnett doctors at Rodriguez ...

The 2013 HENAAC Scholars Program at Great Minds in STEM is now accepting applications from competitive-eligible, graduating high school seniors, undergraduate students and graduate students, who demonstrate high academic excellence and a commitment to the Hispanic community, while pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). Since its inception, in 2000, the HENAAC Scholars Program has awarded over $1.7 million in scholarships to 874 exceptional STEM students. "I am very honored to receive this leadership award," states Toni Tullius, ...

Franchise lawyer Charles Internicola was recently interviewed about "franchising your business" on the Edward Woodson Show - 880 The Biz, part of The Wall Street Business Radio Network. As a featured guest on The Edward Woodson Show - Biz Radio 880 AM - Charles discussed the current state of the United States economy and the role of "franchising" as an effective expansion option for business owners across the country. During the radio interview, Charles Internicola, a national franchise lawyer - made the following points: 1) As Charles sees ...

Cellist Nina Kotova joins Music Director Dirk Brosse and the Chamber Orchestra for the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff's Cello Concerto. New Jersey native George Antheil's tuneful Serenade for String Orchestra and young Mendelssohn's spirited Symphony No. 1 crown The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's Leshnoff / Mendelssohn program on Sunday, March 3 and Monday, March 4, 2013. A founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Chamber Orchestra's March 3 2:30 p.m. and March 4 7:30 p.m. concerts will be performed in the Kimmel Center's ...

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On the surface, What Alice Forgot may seem to have the fixings of classic chicklit: Alice, a 39-year-old married woman, falls while in a step aerobics class, hits her head and wakes up having forgotten the last 10 years of her life. She remembers herself as a young newlywed, madly in love, with children but a distant thought. In actuality, she is 39, has three children, and is embroiled in a bitter divorce. The sister Alice was once so close to has become angry and resentful and their relationship seems strained at best. Her dowdy widowed mother is now a salsa teacher, ...

Wouldn't it be fun to do experiments while floating free inside an airplane? Scientists from NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland get to do just that using suborbital flights. These planes fly in roller-coaster arcs to create a few minutes of free fall, allowing for low-gravity research. These suborbital aircraft flight experiments are precursors for International Space Station investigations. So just why are they needed before experiments and equipment are sent to the space station? Researchers use this environment to test investigation and hardware concepts before ...

Countless e-cigarette websites have a unique V2 Cigs coupon code, but the new one from EcigaretteReviewed offers the biggest discount available online. It's good for 20% off any of V2 Cigs' products, and can be combined with any of the manufacturer's offers for an even bigger saving. V2 Cigs hold the coveted top spot on the review site, and the new discount makes it cheaper than ever to make the switch to e-cigarettes. The offer only runs until the 28th of February, so users need to act quickly. V2 Cigs is generally recognized as the world-leading e-cigarette manufacturer, ...

(Vancouver – February 20, 2013) – Doctors should not be discouraged from prescribing isotretinoin to adolescents for inflammatory acne, according to a new study by Canadian and U.S. scientists showing the drug does not increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Led by Dr. Mahyar Etminan of the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children's Hospital, the Provincial Health Services Authority and the University of British Columbia, the scientists addressed this important drug safety question because of a previous study linking the drug to IBD. In this new ...

NEW YORK (Feb. 20, 2013) -- Physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College and biomedical engineers at Cornell University have succeeded in building a facsimile of a living human ear that looks and acts like a natural ear. Researchers believe their bioengineering method will finally succeed in the long quest by scientists and physicians to provide normal looking "new" ears to thousands of children born with a congenital ear deformity. In their PLOS ONE study, the researchers demonstrate how 3D printing and new injectable gels made of living cells can be used to fashion ears ...

The drug scopolamine has been used to treat a variety of conditions, including nausea and motion sickness. A new study by UCLA life scientists suggests that it may also be useful in treating anxiety disorders. Researchers found that the drug can help boost the effectiveness of a common treatment for anxiety disorders known as exposure therapy. In exposure therapy, a subject with a phobia or anxiety is repeatedly exposed to the object or situation they fear, in a non-threatening setting. The goal of this treatment is to ultimately lessen and eliminate the fear — in essence, ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or travelling passengers has been demonstrated by scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The vapor detection technology accurately detects and identifies the vapors of even very low-volatility explosives in real time at ambient temperature and without sample pre-concentration. Details are outlined in a recent issue of Analytical Chemistry. Rather than searching for particle residue using a typical method ...

ALBANY, Calif.—A team of more than a dozen scientists from the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest (PSW) and Pacific Northwest research stations, universities and Region 5 Ecology Program recently released a synthesis of relevant science that will help inform forest managers as they revise plans for the national forests in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades of California. The three most southern national forests in the Sierra Nevada—Inyo, Sequoia and Sierra—will be among the first of the 155 national forests to update their management plans. The new planning rule ...

In the weeks, months and years after a severe head injury, patients often experience epileptic seizures that are difficult to control. A new study in rats suggests that gently cooling the brain after injury may prevent these seizures. "Traumatic head injury is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in young adults, and in many cases the seizures can't be controlled with medication," says senior author Matthew Smyth, MD, associate professor of neurological surgery and of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "If we can confirm cooling's effectiveness ...

In many animals, the brain is located in a specific structure, the head, together with sensory organs and often together with the mouth. However, there are even more distantly related animals, which have a nervous system, but no brain, like sea anemones and corals. In this collaborative study between a research group led by Fabian Rentzsch (Sars Centre Bergen) and Ulrich Technau from the Dept. of Molecular Evolution and Development the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis was used to find out if one of the ends of the sea anemone corresponds to the head of higher animals. ...

Experts tout the health benefits of low-dose aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids found in foods like flax seeds and salmon, but the detailed mechanisms involved in their effects are not fully known. Now researchers reporting in the February 21 issue of the Cell Press journal Chemistry & Biology show that aspirin helps trigger the production of molecules called resolvins that are naturally made by the body from omega-3 fatty acids. These resolvins shut off, or "resolve," the inflammation that underlies destructive conditions such as inflammatory lung disease, heart disease, ...

Living against the clock—working late-night shifts or eating at inappropriate times, for example—can come with real health risks, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes among them. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on February 21 have new evidence to explain why it matters not just what mice (or by extension, people) eat, but also when they eat it. Insulin action rises and falls according to a 24-hour, circadian rhythm, the researchers found. What's more, mice unable to keep the time for one reason or another get stuck in an insulin-resistant ...

Monarch butterflies are well known for their ability to fly 2,000 miles south from North America to Mexico each fall and back again in the spring. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on February 21 have evidence to show that the butterflies would just keep on heading south if it weren't for the chilly weather. The findings help to explain why the butterflies spend the winter on frosty mountaintops. They also imply that global climate change could profoundly influence the monarchs' migrations, the researchers say. "The monarchs need ...

PHILADELPHIA — Neuroblastoma, the most common malignant tumor of early childhood, is frequently associated with the presence of MYCN amplification, a genetic biomarker associated with poor prognosis. Researchers have determined that tumors containing MYCN amplification are sensitive to a new class of drugs, BET bromodomain inhibitors. The researchers made this discovery in a preclinical study, which was funded in part by a Stand Up To Cancer Innovative Research Grant and was published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "BET ...

If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are tiny slices of genetic material that orchestrate how we are assembled and function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report Feb. 21 in the journal Developmental Cell. The study pinpoints the molecular regulators of epigenetics – the process by which unchanging genes along our DNA are switched on and off at precisely right time and place. "Our genome is like a landscape with lakes, mountains, and rivers, but it is not yet a community or a city full of buildings," said Haifan Lin, director of the ...