Since 1994, Dr. Shervin Louie, dentist in Beverly Hills, has been practicing dentistry in California. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Louie provides patients with the best in available dental health care. Upon his graduation from USC in 1994, he pursued additional training in the area of Cosmetic and Implant Reconstruction. He then joined the faculty at the University of Southern California as a clinical professor. In 2006 he received an award for outstanding Service to the School of Dentistry for the past ten years. In addition, since 1996, Dr. Shervin Louie, ...

Among terrorism scenarios that raise the most concern are attacks involving nuclear devices or materials. For that reason, technology that can effectively detect smuggled radioactive materials is considered vital to U.S. security. To support the nation's nuclear-surveillance capabilities, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing ways to enhance the radiation-detection devices used at ports, border crossings, airports and elsewhere. The aim is to create technologies that will increase the effectiveness and reliability of detectors in the ...

With more an more people using smartphones or tablet devices for their daily needs, Dr. Bruce and Mark Luria, and Sandy Birnholtz, Dearborn dentists, are pleased to offer a new mobile website to make visiting their website easier than ever before. Patients no longer have to wait for their website to load. Instead, patients can gain instant access to Luria & Birnholtz Family Dentistry in a matter of seconds. By eliminating the wait time, Dr. Luria, dentist in Dearborn, can ensure that his patients receive the information they need right away, rather than waiting. ...

To provide her patients with the best in quality dental health care, Dr. Angela Harney, Fort Myers, FL dentist, maintains continuing education each year. By pursuing ongoing educational courses, Dr. Harney stays on top of the cutting edge advancements in dentistry. Whether to enrich lives, follow a new dream, or to simply challenge themselves, ongoing training in dentistry is more important than ever before. Dental continuing education is essential for anyone working within the dental field. As in the medical field, technological advances in the field come at a rapid-fire ...

Nails-Guide.com, a content hub filled with valuable information for the modern day consumer, released cutting edge information for lady shoppers. The website is filled with useful information on how to purchase the right fake nails, how to put on acrylic nails properly, how to polish nails and so on. "We noticed that in our fast paced society, ladies who wish to put on fake finger nails may not have time to try out different products in the market to find the right fit," said a spokes person from Nails-Guide.com. "Therefore, we have set up this website ...

Chicago (May 1, 2012): A patient education process may provide an antidote to the emotional and physical difficulties that lung cancer patients face before and after an operation, according to a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Specifically, researchers report that lung procedure patients who watched a 30-minute preparation video reported less anxiety about the procedure, less physical pain after the operation, and higher rates of overall satisfaction with the operative experience. Each year 205,536 people are diagnosed ...

Blue City Chicago Apartments has announced their new landlord and condo owner rental listing program. Blue City Chicago Apartments has been very successful assisting renters in finding their next Chicago Apartment. With their extensive amount of clients and potential renter leads, Blue City is extending its marketing and sales team to assist landlords and condo owners who need assistance in renting their units. Chicago landlords and condo owners will benefit from Blue City Chicago Apartments advertising and the thousands of potential renters that visit their web sites. ...

In testing older patients' blood vitamin D levels, there's uncertainty about where the dividing line falls between enough and not enough. The threshold amount has become controversial as several scientific societies set different targets. To help resolve this debate, University of Washington researchers conducted an observational study. They wanted to learn how much vitamin D must be circulating in the blood to lower the risk of a major medical event. This category included heart attack, hip fracture, diagnosis of cancer, or death. Their findings are reported today, ...

Buying quality watches has never been easier. Uniwatches is a Danish internet based company that provides watches from some of the most famous brands at affordable price. This way, quality and low prices go hand in hand to provide the customers with the best products. Some of the brands available on the website include Guess, Seiko, Casio, Hugo Boss and Emporio Armani (interesting to know is that the Norwegian term is Casio armbandsur, Hugo Boss armbandsur and Emporio Armani armbandsur). All of the watches on the website are official and 100% original. For those who ...

DiscountVouchers.co.uk, the website where shoppers are able to save money at hundreds of top name stores, has announced new deals to help people get summer holiday fashions and accessories on a budget. Debenhams and Marks & Spencer are the stores featured in the site's new deals published this week. One of the UK's favourite department stores for designer label fashions is Debenhams and UK consumers can kit their wardrobes out there on a budget right now. A visit to the DiscountVouchers.co.uk site this week allows shoppers to browse the latest Debenhams discount ...

(Garrison, NY) Although federal regulations provide protections for people who participate in research, protections are also needed for some people who decline to participate and may face harmful repercussions as a result, concludes an article in IRB: Ethics & Human Research. In addition, the authors say that deception may be necessary and ethically justified as a means for researchers to protect decliners from those who might harm them because they chose not to enroll in a study. People in need of such protections include prisoners and others in vulnerable circumstances. The ...

Stephen W. Stewart, founder of The Stewart Law Firm in Austin, Texas, announces that The Stewart Law Firm was a proud supporter of the 2012 Austin Walk Like MADD, a 5k walk benefiting Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)--Texas. This year's Austin Walk Like MADD event took place at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Through the generosity of law firm walk-team members and donors, The Stewart Law Firm was recognized at the event for being the "Top Corporate Team" for donations to the walk event. Regarding The Stewart Law Firm's participation ...

Washington, DC — Whether someone is a "go-getter" or a "slacker" may depend on individual differences in the brain chemical dopamine, according to new research in the May 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that dopamine affects cost-benefit analyses. The study found that people who chose to put in more effort — even in the face of long odds — showed greater dopamine response in the striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, areas of the brain important in reward and motivation. In contrast, those who were least likely to expend effort showed ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- There's a high rate of depression among patients with hepatitis C, but a standard treatment for the disease includes a drug, interferon, that can cause depression. In a review article, researchers tackle the complexities of diagnosing and managing depression before and after initiating treatment with interferon. Dr. Murali S. Rao of Loyola University Medical Center is a co-author of the study, published in the International Journal of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research. "Depression is a relatively frequent and potentially serious complication ...

The lack of fulfilment and peace within is causing more and more individuals to reach out and look for spiritual answers. Otherwise generally accomplished individuals with many positive aspects in their lives have found themselves lacking in confidence, the time is ticking and they are not where they planned they would be in their lives by now. People looking for their spiritual path in life feel like they are currently stuck in a rut, lacking direction, are frustrated with certain personal or professional relationships and have been unsuccessful in making change on ...

Getting arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) is a terrible experience. However, getting convicted of a DUI can be even worse. When you are first pulled over, you may have to perform humiliating roadside tests or take a breathalyzer. If your blood alcohol content is above .08, you will be arrested. When you get to the detention facility, you will be booked and given a blood test. This test determines the actual level of alcohol in your blood and will be used against you in future criminal proceedings. Depending on how many DUIs you have been arrested for, ...

Most laser eye surgeons offer several options for LASIK . Traditional LASIK has been used for nearly 30 years to correct refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. This time has provided eye surgeons with a lot of information about safety, potential complications, and good techniques, making tradition LASIK a proven effective way to provide crystal clear vision. By contrast wavefront LASIK is a relatively new advancement. This means that this technique does not have as much historical data to back up its benefits. However, since its introduction, ...

In any criminal prosecution involving allegations that the defendant committed a violent crime such as aggravated assault or murder, important issues such as intent, self-defense and witness credibility come into play. In many cases, competing versions of events must be considered, and this issue is very likely to arise in domestic violence cases. The latest full-year statistics from the Michigan Incident Crime Reporting (MICR) Section of the Michigan State Police reveal that more than 101,000 domestic violence offenses were reported by Michigan law enforcement in 2010. ...

A retired Utica, Michigan, teacher who was recently convicted of possession of child pornography has been sentenced in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan in Detroit to 20 years. The sentence was the maximum faced by the man after he pleaded guilty to the federal charge last year. The defendant, who had taught in the community for 32 years, was apprehended as a result of Operation Predator, a federal internet sting operation overseen by federal Homeland Security investigators. He was arrested last March after federal agents found hundreds of thousands of images ...

Estate planning is something most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about. Even among those of us with estate planning documents in place, updating them often takes a back seat to other, seemingly more pressing concerns. There will be time for that later, right? Unfortunately, there is not always time -- you never know when your estate planning documents will be needed. And, if something has happened in your life since the last time you drafted a will, power of attorney, directive to physicians or other estate planning documents, your family could pay a dire price. Relationship ...

After more than half a decade of decline, the number of Missourians who have lost their lives to motor vehicle accidents is up over the first two and a half months of 2012. This year is the first since 2005 in which fatalities on Missouri roads between January 1 and March 7 did not drop year-to-year. Almost a Third More Motorists Lose Lives Early in 2012 Law enforcement officers are increasingly called out to tragic roadside scenes. Missouri car accident attorneys are seeing more grieving families come through their doors, seeking some small measure of closure. And, ...

Any divorce involving children is inherently complex. Yet, parents of children with special needs face a number of unique challenges when putting their divorce arrangements in place. A Phoenix complex custody lawyer may be your best resource for help in working out a reasonable parenting plan for your special needs child. However, even a brief introduction to some of the distinctive issues you may face can prove beneficial to both you and your child. Visitation, Custody, Child Support and More Must be Individually Tailored The guiding principle behind any custody ...

America's approach to clean energy needs to be reformed if it is to meaningfully affect energy security or the environment, according to two new articles by Stanford writers. The debate over how to fundamentally change the world's massive energy system comes amid taxpayers' $500 million tab for the bankruptcy of Fremont, Calif., solar company Solyndra, the global recession, government budget cuts and plunging U.S. prices for natural gas. Making the change cost-effectively will be crucial, write Jeffrey Ball and Kassia Yanosek, both based at Stanford University's Steyer-Taylor ...

To limit driver distractions and help keep other drivers, passengers and pedestrians safe, Illinois prohibits drivers from texting anytime or using hand-held cellphones while driving through school or construction zones. Further, the state bans drivers under the age of 18 from all cellphone use. Currently, a bill before the state Legislature proposes to prevent even more distracted-driving accidents on Illinois roads. The bill would ban all drivers from using hand-held cellphones for texting, talking or Internet surfing; excluded from the ban would be two-way radios ...

From running errands to a cruise down Interstate 84 outside of Portland, a car accident can happen anywhere -- an unexpected upset to your normal routine. In the aftermath of a crash, you may not be thinking completely clearly. Nonetheless, it is during this vulnerable state, only days or even hours after an accident, when the other driver's insurance company is likely to contact you. Handled incorrectly, a call from the other driver's insurer could be devastating to your ultimate claim for damages; do you know what to say? Innocent Statements Can Come Back to Haunt ...