Health foods information website HealthFoodBenefits.com has released an article that attempts to evaluate and explain the beneficial qualities of the so-called Mediterranean diet and how it may help benefit the heart. The website came up with this article on the Mediterranean diet in response to a flurry of queries from its readers looking for guidance on how to eat responsibly and help preserve cardiovascular health for a long time. "It seems a lot of our visitors are quite concerned about how their current diet may be affecting the long-term health of their heart." ...

Ascendify emerges from private beta and launches its new social recruiting platform at NACE 2012 show in Las Vegas and SHRM 2012 show in Atlanta and aims to improve the way job seekers and hiring managers connect by leveraging their social connections. Ascendify builds private-label, back-end talent communities for enterprise corporations, university career centers, and government unemployment offices. It's the only talent community solution of its kind with defined roles for job seekers, hiring managers, recruiters, career counselors, and staff, where everyone has ...

HospitalPortal.NET, a leading provider of secure healthcare-specific intranet sites for electronic information sharing and publishing has teamed up with Social Business thought leader Andy Jankowski for an insightful webinar which will establish the case for and provide suggestions for a Social intranet. Andy is the Founder of Enterprise Strategies (www.enterprisestrategies.com) as well as a Social Business researcher, advisor and public speaker. During the last 16 years he has served as a trusted advisor for several industry leading organizations including Andersen, ...

Dr. Clayton Stitzel (of Lancaster, PA) and Dr. Brian Dovorany, (of Green Bay, WI) have recently released a "mini-documentary" which chronicles an entirely exercised based approach to the treatment of scoliosis. The dramatic successful outcomes could reform the entire scoliosis treatment system in the future if the back exercises for scoliosis approach is adopted universally. The re-invented exercise treatment for scoliosis video centers around identical twins girls who were both diagnosed with moderate to severe scoliosis as teenagers. Maddie as prescribed ...

The Mushroom Council is supporting a "Swapablilty" campaign to promote the health and nutritional benefits of mushrooms. The concept encourages consumers to substitute a portion of meat with a portion of mushrooms allowing for a healthful ingredient exchange. "Mushrooms are an easy addition to many beef blends such as burgers, tacos and lasagna," explains Bart Minor, president of the Mushroom Council. "By using mushrooms in the dish, calories can be reduced without compromising flavor or texture. A burger can be made using 50 percent mushrooms ...

The top 5 innovative businesses in the world, Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Square according to Fast Company are determined based on their ability to transform their own industries and worldwide culture. PerDM outline innovation is more than ground breaking technology or bringing a new product to market, it is about finding new ways to improve profitability and efficiency of the business. PerDM claim that running a business in today's economic environment can be challenging. 'Differentiating yourself from competitors, staying one step ahead during the recession ...

For years, many voices in the fashion industry have pushed to break boundaries of what is considered acceptable in the style world. This includes a developing movement to get industry leaders to promote healthier-looking models. A Wall Street Journal article notes that while publications, including Vogue, attempt to ban anorexic models from their pages, fashion design companies, such as New Look, are developing lines that compliment all sizes. This inclusion of different sizes has encouraged more people to embark on modeling careers. Phaze2 Models is one company that works ...

The green movement is no longer a new initiative in most states across the country, and that includes the southern state of North Carolina. The state, which is expected to host this year's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, was recently featured in a Bloomberg article for its conservation efforts. Specifically, the article focuses on Land for Tomorrow, a North Carolina organization that is comprised of several concerned groups that seek to improve the state's environment. Associate Director of the Local Economies Project at the New World Foundation, Jerry Cosgrove, ...

Multifamily Ancillary Group, LLC (MAG), the leading ancillary service provider for the multifamily industry, announces it will be exhibiting in booth #1288 at the National Apartment Association's upcoming 2012 Education Conference & Exposition on Thursday, June 28 - Saturday, June 30 in Boston, Massachusetts. NAA's 2012 Education Conference & Exposition will offer exchanges with over 6,000 multifamily industry professionals, over 40 educational sessions, 325 exhibitors, world-class speakers such as Bert Jacobs, Mia Hamm, Nomar Garciaparra and NBC News Social ...

WinADayCasino.com has grown and changed a lot since it launched four summers ago but one thing is the same: the casino games are completely unique and only available at WinADay Casino. During the birthday celebrations this month the innovative entertainment site will launch another new game and is offering outstanding birthday bonuses. "It's funny looking at screenshots of the original 3D casino that we launched with in 2008," said WinADay manager Michael Hilary. "We had a three-dimensional lobby with just two slot games in it and animated casino staff ...

Pole Position Marketing, a Canton, Ohio-based Web marketing agency founded in 1998, received the Company Spotlight Award for Small Business last Thursday from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Cleveland chapter during its annual Reach for the Top event. The award recognizes organizations in Northeast Ohio that demonstrate excellence in communication, support of the local economy and strong community involvement. Pole Position Marketing was honored on the rooftop of Cleveland's Velvet Dog, one of the area's premier clubs, along with five other ...

Floral displays, such as the color, shape, size, and arrangement of flowers, are typically thought to have evolved primarily in response to selection by pollinators—for animal-pollinated species, being able to attract animal vectors is vital to an individual plant's reproductive success. But can herbivores also exert similarly strong selective forces on floral characters? New research on two sister species in South Africa suggests that this may indeed be the case for inflorescence architecture in the rat's tail plant, Babiana ringens. By modifying the primary location of ...

Paris, France: The drowsiness experienced by medical staff who have been on night duty can make their driving dangerous, French researchers have found. The first study to use simulated driving tests on medical staff returning home after a night shift showed that, under the monotonous driving conditions similar to those experienced on autoroutes (motorways or highways), it was more difficult for them to hold a straight line while driving than it was when they had not been working overnight. They also had greater difficulty in controlling their speed when driving in monotonous ...

ADAM28, a metalloproteinase belonging to the ADAM gene family, cleaves the von Willebrand factor (VWF) and inhibits VWF-mediated cancer cell apoptosis, thereby enhancing lung metastases, so inhibiting its expression gives a substantial reduction in lung metastases, according to a study published June 8 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute. Several ADAMs are known to be found in tumors and are linked with both tumor growth and cancer progression in humans. While ADAM28 is overexpressed in both breast and non-small cell lung cancers, the mechanism of ADAM28-mediated ...

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Chairman Leonard Gunderson, MD, MS, FASTRO, will testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today on provisions of the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 (CARE Act) related to training and credentialing for medical imaging and radiation therapy technologists. ASTRO strongly supports immediate passage of the CARE Act, which sets needed education and certification standards for radiation therapists, medical physicists ...

Two scientists are challenging the currently accepted norms of biofuel production. A commentary published today in GCB Bioenergy reveals that calculations of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions from bioenergy production are neglecting crucial information that has led to the overestimation of the benefits of biofuels compared to fossil fuels. The critique extends to the Life Cycle Analysis models of bioenergy production. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a technique used to measure and compile all factors relating to the production, usage, and disposal of a fuel or product. The ...

Certain proteins, such as 14-3-3, conserve their basic functions of cell cycle control in diverse organisms, from worms to humans. In a study led by Julián Cerón and Simó Schwartz Jr, researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Research Institute of Vall d'Hebron (VHIR) respectively, have described germ line functions of par-5, which is one of the two 14-3-3 proteins existing in Caenorhabditis elegans, worms used as experimental model in genetic studies. The overexpression of the 14-3-3 proteins is related to the resistance of tumors to ...

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Miami Beach, Fla., June 8, 2012: Piramal Imaging SA, a subsidiary of Piramal Healthcare Limited [NSE: PIRHEALTH, BSE: 500302], will present data on several compounds from its molecular imaging portfolio at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 59th annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., from June 9 - 13. Data from five florbetaben studies will be featured, including results from a pivotal Phase III trial which will provide the basis for regulatory submission later this year. Earlier this spring, Piramal Imaging was formed through the acquisition of worldwide rights to the molecular ...

This press release is available in German.Evolution by definition is cold and merciless: it selects for success and weeds out failure. It seems only natural to expect that such a process would simply favour genes that help themselves and not others. Yet cooperative behaviour can be observed in many areas, and humans helping each other are a common phenomenon. Thus, one of the major questions in science today is how cooperative behaviour could evolve. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Harvard University, and the University of Amsterdam ...

Imagine a world without man-made climate change, energy crunches or reliance on foreign oil. It may sound like a dream world, but University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineers have made a giant step toward making this scenario a reality. UT researchers have successfully developed a key technology in developing an experimental reactor that can demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy for the power grid. Nuclear fusion promises to supply more energy than the nuclear fission used today but with far fewer risks. Mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering professors ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Scanning smartphones, tablets and laptops is as much a part of vacations as slathering on sunscreen, according to a Michigan State University study. The results, which will appear in the forthcoming issue of Annals of Tourism Research, show that easy online access and ubiquitous personal devices have made the digital divide disappear, even for folks on holiday. "Not that long ago, travelers would need to find a payphone or send postcards to brag about their vacations. Now they just log on and send photos and text," said Christine Vogt, MSU professor ...

Just in time for summer, Nutrilys Del Mar in San Diego is thrilled to introduce NUTRICOSMET, a new generation of natural and organic anti-aging skincare supplements for summertime. While it's time for some fun in the sun, being outdoors for extended periods of time may cause harsh side effects on the skin. But with the NUTRICOSMET daily dietary supplement program, beauty is enhanced especially during the summer months. The NUTRICOSMET marine-based supplements, clinically tested in French and Swiss clinics since 1995, offer a proven method to promote healthier and ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Smooth wrinkles and sharply crumpled regions are familiar motifs in biological and synthetic sheets, such as plant leaves and crushed foils, say physicists Benny Davidovitch, Narayanan Menon and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but how a featureless sheet develops a complex shape has long remained elusive. Now, in a cover story of the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the physicists report that they have identified a fundamental mechanism by which such complex patterns emerge spontaneously. Davidovitch ...

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