"Fit, Willing and Able" Campaign Focuses on Commercial Vehicle Safety Florida area drivers know that large commercial vehicles on the road are potentially dangerous. Additionally, the risk of an accident increases when drivers of these vehicles are not in compliance with safety regulations. Fortunately, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is raising safety standards for interstate bus and trucking companies. New criteria are being implemented for the granting, withholding, revoking, or suspending of a company's operating authority registration; ...

U.S. Considering Total Ban on Asbestos Many people might remember actor Steve McQueen for his eponymous role in the movie Bullitt, where he performed what is widely considered to be one of the greatest car-chase scenes of all time. Off screen, though, McQueen garnered a more tragic notoriety when -- like countless others of his generation -- died from mesothelioma. He was just 50 years old when the cancer, caused by exposure to asbestos, took his life. Now, McQueen's widow, Barbara McQueen, is using the actor's legacy to try and convince federal lawmakers to finally ...

On Sunday, October 12, 2003, Kathryn Kuk, Steven Kuk and Megan Kuk were passengers on a Metra train (2 locomotives and 5 passenger cars) that was transporting passengers from Chicago to Joliet, Illinois. Steve had just run the marathon that day and his wife, Kathryn and daughter, Megan were there to help Steve celebrate the achievement. They boarded Metra train 519 and headed home. As the Metra train approached the intersection of Federal Street and 47th Street in Chicago, the train's engineer missed a red stop light. The train derailed at a speed of 68 mph, where the maximum ...

Louisville medical malpractice attorney Tyler Thompson has been named as one of the "Top 10 Attorneys in Kentucky for 2012" by Super Lawyers magazine. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. Tyler is the senior partner at the firm of Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney, PSC. He handles medical malpractice cases including birth injuries, surgical errors, and cases involving a failure to diagnose illnesses (e.g. cancer). Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more ...

The Yannetti Criminal Defense Law Firm is pleased to announce Attorney David Yannetti's selection as one of the "Best Lawyers" in America, according to U.S. News and World Report. This prestigious honor is conferred by the magazine in partnership with Best Lawyers, a highly-regarded peer-review publication. The title is bestowed after an exhaustive peer-review process which includes surveys in which lawyers are asked to evaluate their peer's performance and ethics standards. The Best Lawyers List has been a resource to identify exemplary lawyers for individuals ...

Nearly 50 years ago Congress passed the Higher Education Act of 1965, which bans colleges, universities and other higher-education institutions from using incentive-based systems for paying recruiters and admissions personnel. According to the Government Accountability Office, this Act is intended to "eliminate abusive recruiting practices" -- in other words, recruiting students to the institution whether they are qualified or not so that the institution can receive student-aid money. In the last decade more than a dozen False Claims Act lawsuits have been ...

Common injuries from bike accidents include broken bones, burned or cut skin, teeth injury and head trauma that can cause brain injury, skull fractures and more. Bicycle Use Growing The New York City Department of Transportation, known as the NYCDOT, reports that commuting via bicycle in the city has "more than doubled" in the past six years or so, and about 500,000 residents use bicycles. The administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has aggressively promoted a pro-bicycle agenda, adding 255 bike-lane miles to city streets and expanding both indoor and ...

Tennessee based SSM Industries, Inc. introduces PRO-C FR 12 CAL, the industries' lightest weight flame resistant cotton fabric to achieve an Arc Thermal Protection Value (ATPV) of 12 cal/cm2. PRO-C FR 12 CAL is a 6.25 osy fabric, made in the USA, flame resistant cotton knit fabric with a 12 calorie arc rating. This fabric innovation offers an increased measure of safety and comfort. The utility industry has been calling for a single layer clothing solution with a 12 cal/cm2 ATPV rating. To help meet that need, SSM Industries, Inc. developed the fabric with the most ...

While we all know there are various sites flaunting their own chat rooms as being the best for finding love, but you should realize that you can fall in love using a better and a more exciting option. For people who love bingo games, the chat rooms of the gaming sites such as Bingo Cafe can help you find the right match. A regular chat room consists only of men or women, desperate to find a partner. Some, who claim to be women, might actually be men who are trying to fool people and get attention. Due to this, most women, who are looking out for a prospective partner, ...

Obesity in black children more severely impacts blood pressure than in white children who are equally overweight, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions. Researchers examined the effect of age and body weight on blood pressure in children at an obesity clinic. While age and body weight were similar among black and white patients, black children had significantly higher blood pressure compared to their white counterparts. On average, the black children's blood pressure was 8 percent ...

For people who already have high blood pressure, insomnia can have serious consequences, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions. Researchers studied the sleeping patterns of 234 people with high blood pressure. Most participants slept six or fewer hours, and those who also reported poor sleep quality were twice as likely to have resistant hypertension as those who slept well. Your blood pressure is considered resistant if you are taking three or more blood pressure medications but ...

Boston, Mass., September 21, 2012 –A new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that adolescents who eliminated sugar-sweetened beverages for one year gained less weight than those who didn't, shedding light on an effective intervention to help combat adolescent obesity. This is one of the first high-quality randomized control trials to examine the link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their direct impact on weight and body mass index (BMI), as well as how a teen's home environment impacts sugar-sweetened beverage consumption ...

Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health have found that greater consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked with a greater genetic susceptibility to high body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of obesity. The study reinforces the view that environmental and genetic factors may act together to shape obesity risk. The study appears September 21, 2012 in an advance online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Our study for the first time provides reproducible evidence from three prospective cohorts to show genetic and dietary factors—sugar-sweetened ...

VIDEO: Researchers have identified a protein which is important for the death of egg cells in the ovaries. The finding could lead to new ways to prevent infertility in cancer patients... Click here for more information. Melbourne researchers have identified a new way of protecting female fertility, offering hope to women whose fertility may be compromised by the side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, ...

New research offers hope to women whose fertility has been compromised by the side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause. In a study published today in Molecular Cell, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), Monash University and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research found that two proteins, PUMA and NOXA, cause the death of egg cells in the ovaries. Blocking the activity of the proteins may lead to new strategies to protect women's fertility. The team, including Associate Professor Jeffrey Kerr from Monash, Associate Professor ...

The personality and gender of the automated voices you hear when calling your credit card company or receiving directions from your GPS navigational system may have an unconscious effect on your perception of the technology. Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how the gender and tone selected for an interactive voice response system, or IVR, affects its user-friendliness and will present their findings at the upcoming HFES 56th Annual Meeting in Boston. IVRs have become increasingly popular, particularly with the introduction of mobile technology such as ...

Why do many heavy smokers evade lung cancer while others who have never lit up die of the disease? The question has vexed scientists for decades. Now, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a key immune cell may play a role in lung cancer susceptibility. Working in mice, they found evidence that the genetic diversity in natural killer cells, which typically seek out and destroy tumor cells, contributes to whether or not the animals develop lung cancer. The research is published in September in Cancer Research. "Overall, humans ...

DNA sequencing is the driving force behind key discoveries in medicine and biology. For instance, the complete sequence of an individual's genome provides important markers and guidelines for medical diagnostics and healthcare. Up to now, the major roadblock has been the cost and speed of obtaining highly accurate DNA sequences. While numerous advances have been made in the last 10 years, most current high-throughput sequencing instruments depend on optical techniques for the detection of the four building blocks of DNA: A, C, G and T. To further advance the measurement ...

NOAA's GOES satellite captured Tropical Storm Nadine in the eastern Atlantic, another low pressure area forming in the central Atlantic, and a developing low in the eastern Pacific. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that the storms around Nadine's center were waning. On Sept. 21 at 7:45 a.m. EDT, NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Nadine in the eastern Atlantic, and a developing low in the central Atlantic. Nadine is south of the frontal boundary draped across the Azores islands. NOAA's GOES-13 satellite sits in a fixed orbit over the eastern U.S. ...

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Shengyuan Yang, Florida Institute of Technology assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, with graduate student Sang Joo Lee, has published a paper on the first-ever imaging of cells growing on spherical surfaces. The paper is published in the online journal, Review of Scientific Instruments, and will appear later in September in the print version. The potential biomedical applications of the researchers' technique include new strategies and devices for the early detection and isolation of cancer cells, facilitating new methods of ...

September 21, 2012 – (BRONX, NY) – The promise of stem cells seems limitless. If they can be coaxed into rebuilding organs, repairing damaged spinal cords and restoring ravaged immune systems, these malleable cells would revolutionize medical treatment. But stem cell research is still in its infancy, as scientists seek to better understand the role of these cells in normal human development and disease. On Friday, September 14, the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ...

As another tropical storm was forming in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, NASA's Terra satellite was providing forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with visible and other data on the storm. NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Depression 18W before it strengthened into Tropical Storm Jelawat late in the day on Sept. 20, in the Philippine Sea (part of the western North Pacific Ocean basin). On Sept. 20 at 01:50 UTC, as the depression was strengthening into a tropical storm, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's ...

A novel blood thinner recently approved by the FDA, dabigatran (Pradaxa), has been rapidly adopted into clinical practice, yet thus far has had little impact on improving treatment rates for atrial fibrillation. This is according to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that examined national trends in oral anticoagulant use. They found that despite rapid adoption of dabigatran for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, a large proportion of patients–two in five–did not receive oral anticoagulant therapy. In addition, although ...

SEATTLE – A simple three-question paper-and-pencil survey, given to women in the doctor's office in less than two minutes, can effectively identify those who are experiencing symptoms that may indicate ovarian cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study represents the first evaluation of an ovarian cancer symptom-screening tool in a primary care setting among normal-risk women as part of their routine medical-history assessment. The results are published online in the Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Early ...

Naked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report new findings as to how these rodents have adapted to this environment. The study was published online this week on PLOS ONE. In the tightly crowded burrows of the African naked mole-rats' world, carbon dioxide builds up to levels that would be toxic for other mammals, and the air becomes highly acidic. These animals freely tolerate these unpleasant conditions, says Thomas Park, professor ...