Improperly Guarded Machinery Can Cost Workers Life and Limb
2012-08-10
Any machinery with gears, pulleys, belts, blades, saws, chains, rollers, flywheels, spindles or other parts that rotate, reciprocate, transverse, cut, punch, shear, grind or bend run the risk of seriously injuring or killing the employees who use them. Common injuries involve crushed fingers, hands and limbs that can result in amputation. Not only do these unfortunate situations cause irreparable injuries, but also expose the employer to liability and fines.
From its 2005 annual survey, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 8,450 non-fatal amputation cases. To ...
Full Knowledge of Legal Consequences Doesn't Stop Teens From Sexting
2012-08-10
Sending a sexually explicit photo via a cell phone can have serious and long term consequences -- but that isn't stopping teens from doing it, according to new research.
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that almost a third of high school students have sent sexually explicit messages using a cell phone. This represents a significant rise compared to previous studies. Out of a diverse panel of nearly 1,000 students, 28 percent reported having sent a "sext" and 31 percent said they had requested one from someone ...
Federal Study Finds Motorcycle Deaths Are Not Decreasing
2012-08-10
A recent Governors Highway Safety Administration (GHSA) report has determined that motorcycle traffic fatality rates remained stagnant between 2010 and 2011, despite a decrease in traffic fatalities for all motor vehicles. The question inspired most directly by these results is "why are fatal motorcycle accidents not decreasing?"
The GHSA study examined statistics from all states between 2010 and 2011. While some states, like Connecticut and New York experienced decreases in motorcycle accident fatalities--by 37 percent and 16 percent, respectively--others ...
Probate Attorneys Help Guide Families Through Estate Planning Process
2012-08-10
We usually don't spend much time pondering our passing. However, it is important to consider this in order to make sure our families and loved ones are taken care of after our death.
Estate planning is the process of protecting our assets and ensuring our property is distributed in the way we intend following our death. There are various types of wills and trusts that can be tailored to fit just about any situation. An experienced probate and estate planning lawyer will help your family map out an estate strategy.
What is Your Estate?
An estate basically consists ...
Young Father Awarded $20,181,484 in Damages After Undergoing 28 Surgeries for Injuries Suffered from Accident on Dangerous Roadway
2012-08-10
On the evening of March 11, 2007, Slim Zouaoui was driving home to his wife and newborn son never imagining that his life would never again be the same. As he was traveling on Route 6 in the Town of Somers, New York, Mr. Zouaoui and another vehicle encountered an icing condition on the roadway, resulting in a head-on collision that demolished both vehicles. Since the accident, Slim Zouaoui, an extremely active 32 year old IT prodigy, has seen his life irreparably altered. An ensuing lawsuit against the State of New York revealed that state officials were well aware of this ...
Take Care of Estate Planning Before Your Divorce is Final
2012-08-10
How should divorcing couples address estate planning? There are many things to do when going through a divorce, and even the most amicable couples may be tempted to put off dealing with wills, life insurance and other aspects of estate planning. However, if at all possible, don't succumb to this temptation, as anything could happen. Your children or a new spouse could be left with much less than you intended because you died before changing your estate plan.
Estate Planning Issues During and After Divorce
Here are some things you should think about as you go through ...
A Cure In Sight For Cerebral Palsy?
2012-08-10
An estimated two million Americans live with varying degrees of cerebral palsy (CP). Caused by an injury to the brain before or during birth or in the first few years of life, cerebral palsy has no known cure. There is no one course of treatment that is effective for all who have CP; each case is different. Symptoms of cerebral palsy usually present within the first two years of a child's life and can include stiff muscles and joints, an abnormal or unsteady gait and hearing or vision problems, among others.
Some medications may help loosen stiff muscles and joints. ...
Premier Surfaces Partners with The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation to Renovate the Home of Aimee Copeland
2012-08-10
Premier Surfaces, an Atlanta granite countertops fabricator, partnered with The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation to renovate the home of Aimee Copeland, the Snellville, Georgia woman who lost both hands, a leg and a foot to a flesh-eating bacteria earlier this year.
Premier Surfaces has provided custom granite countertops and a custom fireplace for the newly renovated Copeland home.
"Premier Surfaces is proud to work with The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation to renovate the Copeland home, making it safe and fully accessible for Aimee when she ...
Friends Reunited Launches Mobile App to Help Save Memories
2012-08-10
Friends Reunited has launched a new mobile app to help people turn their old photos, tickets, letters and memorabilia into lasting memories. 'My Keepsafe' is available now, and for free, on Android and iPhones.
The new app allows Friends Reunited members to easily upload photos from their mobile phone to their Friends Reunited Keepsafe, which stores the memories privately and safely online. The Keepsafe contains uploaded photos, or any memories 'kept' on the Friends Reunited site, so users can now keep up with comments and conversations around these photos, wherever ...
Confused.com Launches New Online Live Chat Service
2012-08-10
Confused.com is encouraging people not to be put off buying life insurance as just over a third of Brits (35%) admit they find it a complicated issue, with the age group 35-44 finding it the most complicated.
To help tackle this issue Confused.com has launched a new online Live Chat service. This new web service allows Confused.com to communicate, chat and engage with visitors to their website and answer any questions they might have regarding life insurance quotes or insurance terms. Some other advantages of live chat include facility to call back and real time assistance ...
Thomas Cook Announce Discounted Costa Rican Adventure Tour
2012-08-10
Thomas Cook Tours, the original tour expert since 1841, is offering a discount on a 14 day escorted tour of Costa Rica, departing London on the 17th of October 2012.
Over a period of two weeks, tour members will be transported to a selection of Costa Rica's most popular scenic and cultural destinations.
Tour members will be collected at their residences or hotels in the United Kingdom and transported to London Heathrow airport for the flight to San Jose via Madrid.
The tour will start with a visit to a coffee plantation in San Jose with samplings of some of the ...
South Florida Firm Files First Claim for Damages Caused by Defective Stryker Hip Implants - Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA Seeks Damages Caused by Recalled Product
2012-08-10
South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) announced today that it has filed the first lawsuit against Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, dba Stryker Orthopaedics, claiming damages caused by the company's defective Rejuvenate and ADM hip implant systems.
The suit was filed in Bergen County, New Jersey Superior Court, by Searcy Denney, joined by The DiCello Law Firm and Weitz & Luxenberg, on behalf of plaintiffs Dianne and Phillip Pingel. The husband-and-wife plaintiffs claim that the defendant failed to use reasonable and ...
Head Lice Continues to be a Nit Picking Problem
2012-08-10
When it comes to treating head lice everyone has a different opinion. Which product is the best to use? Should children be sent home with lice and is combing really necessary?
The Internet is flooded with well intended advice with each suggesting that their solution is the only right way for parents to eliminate head lice. "I can't begin to tell you how many parents swear that 'after trying everything available' they finally discovered which product really worked," shared Katie Shepherd, Author of Lice Advice, The Shepherd Method of Strand by Strand Nit Removal ...
Babyontheway.ca is Canada's Largest Baby Resource Website for New and Expectant Parents
2012-08-10
Babyontheway.ca is filled with information from 'Momtributors' who add their practical, real-world perspective based on experience with hospitals, doulas, creams, clothes, strollers, diapers and more. Visitors can read articles, product reviews and can shop for great products by checking out our classifieds or any of our advertisers - and by signing up members can receive the newsletter and get access to due date tools and can post in the forum and classifieds.
Having a baby is a stressful time and parents are bombarded by information, babyontheway.ca is the perfect ...
Prompt Proofing: Marketing for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
2012-08-10
This month's post focuses on the most effective marketing techniques for small businesses. Lacking the budget of larger companies and corporations, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may feel that they are at a disadvantage when it comes to marketing. While it is true that SMBs cannot afford the brand promotion and advertising of larger companies, this does not mean that they cannot market effectively.
SMBs need to think outside of the box and come up with unusual and creative methods. Anything that increases exposure will help drive traffic to your site or people ...
Spectrum Business Solutions Announces a New Accessory That Leverages Smart Device High-Res Cameras to Disrupt Traditional Document Scanners - Fast Imaging and Improved Data Collection
2012-08-10
ScanJig, unveiled at Kickstarter.com, holds a smart phone/tablet in the correct position as you change document pages. The product works with your mobile document scanner app to increase productivity, get accurate image size and reduce adjustments.
The Problem
Document scanner apps required you to stand over each page and move the smart device until you get a full view, take the image without shaking, then use the app to better define page borders, deskew images and adjust quality.
The process is very time consuming and if you need to do more than one page the ...
Genomic study of rare children's cancer yields possible prognostic tool
2012-08-09
SALT LAKE CITY—A new study of the genetic makeup, or genome, of Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that strikes children, teenagers, and young adults, has produced multiple discoveries: a previously unknown sarcoma subtype, genetic factors related to long-term survival, and identification of a genetic change between the primary and metastatic stages of the disease that could lead to better, more targeted treatment.
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah used a new, advanced technology called molecular inversion probes (MIPs) to analyze ...
NIST focuses on testing standards to support lab on a chip commercialization
2012-08-09
Lab on a chip (LOC) devices—microchip-size systems that can prepare and analyze tiny fluid samples with volumes ranging from a few microliters (millionth of a liter) to sub-nanoliters (less than a billionth of a liter)—are envisioned to one day revolutionize how laboratory tasks such as diagnosing diseases and investigating forensic evidence are performed. However, a recent paper* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) argues that before LOC technology can be fully commercialized, testing standards need to be developed and implemented.
"A testing ...
Depression linked with increased risk of peripheral artery disease
2012-08-09
Depression was linked with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a study of more than one thousand men and women with heart disease conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
PAD is a circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs – usually the legs and feet – resulting in pain, reduced mobility and, in extreme cases, gangrene and amputation.
The study was published electronically on July 26, 2012, in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Marlene ...
Scientists use worms to unearth cancer drug targets
2012-08-09
BETHESDA, MD – August 9, 2012 -- Through novel experiments involving small nematode worms, scientists from Wyoming have discovered several genes that may be potential targets for drug development in the ongoing war against cancer. Specifically, researchers hypothesize that inhibiting these genes could reverse certain key traits associated with cancer cells. This discovery is published in the August 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America's journal GENETICS (www.genetics.org).
"Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide," said David S. Fay, Ph.D., a researcher ...
New Genetics educational resource promotes active learning
2012-08-09
BETHESDA, MD – August 9, 2012 -- As upper level undergraduate genetics instructors plan their syllabi for the fall semester, the Genetics Society of America's GENETICS journal offers a new educational resource, articles called "Primers." These articles are designed to bring cutting-edge scientific research into the classroom by making scientific papers accessible to students.
The principal learning goal of the Primer is to "make research and genetics accessible to a much broader audience, not just researchers, their postdocs and grad students, but also to undergraduates ...
Genetics Society of America’s GENETICS journal highlights for August 2012
2012-08-09
Bethesda, MD—August 9, 2012 – Listed below are the selected highlights for the August 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America's journal, GENETICS. The August issue is available online at www.genetics.org/content/current. Please credit GENETICS, Vol. 191, AUGUST 2012, Copyright © 2012.
Please feel free to forward to colleagues who may be interested in these articles.
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
New negative feedback regulators of Egfr signaling in Drosophila, pp. 1213
Jonathan P. Butchar, Donna Cain, Sathiya N. Manivannan, Andrea D. McCue, Liana Bonanno, Sarah Halula, ...
Scientists discover how iron levels and a faulty gene cause bowel cancer
2012-08-09
HIGH LEVELS of iron could raise the risk of bowel cancer by switching on a key pathway in people with faults in a critical anti-cancer gene, according to a study published in Cell Reports* today (Thursday).
Cancer Research UK scientists, based at the University of Birmingham and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow, found bowel cancers were two to three times more likely to develop in mice with a faulty APC gene that were fed high amounts of iron compared to mice who still had a working APC gene.
In contrast, mice with a faulty APC gene fed a diet low ...
Urban poor plagued by 'burdens of place'
2012-08-09
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Most of America's urban cores were designed for walking but offer little in the way of supermarkets, healthy restaurants and other amenities for residents to walk to, according to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar.
The study is one of the first to show that poor residents living in declining urban neighborhoods want healthy food choices – evidenced by their willingness to travel long distances to find them. Past research has generally assumed that poor people will shop at whatever store is closest.
But compared with suburban residents, ...
Plenty of dark matter near the Sun
2012-08-09
Dark matter was first proposed by the Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in the 1930s. He found that clusters of galaxies were filled with a mysterious dark matter that kept them from flying apart. At nearly the same time, Jan Oort in the Netherlands discovered that the density of matter near the Sun was nearly twice what could be explained by the presence of stars and gas alone. In the intervening decades, astronomers developed a theory of dark matter and structure formation that explains the properties of clusters and galaxies in the Universe, but the amount of dark matter ...
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