It can be difficult to uncover the behavior of small, shy, nocturnal primates like the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), especially in the dense rainforests of Madagascar where this lemur lives. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology shows that the social interactions of brown mouse lemurs can be monitored by mapping the transfer of tagged lice. Brown mouse lemurs are the only known host of the parasitic louse Lemurpediculus verruculosus. The lice have evolved to stay attached to the sparse hair on the lemurs' ears, where they feed ...

Expert mobile marketing consultant Mark Stafford and his Phoenix Business Consulting Firm Arizona Social Media LLC have just launched a new website to help small businesses become mobile friendly on the internet and avoid "small screen syndrome". 82% of small business websites do not display correctly on the average smartphone thus the user must "slide & pinch" the webpage on their smartphone screen in order to consume the content. Many small business owners do not realize what they are up against in this new "mobile marketplace": - More ...

The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany argue that the high incidence of extremes is not merely accidental. From the many single events a pattern emerges. At least for extreme rainfall and heat waves the link with human-caused global warming is clear, the scientists show in a new analysis of scientific evidence in the journal Nature Climate Change. Less clear is the link between warming and storms, despite the observed increase in the intensity of hurricanes. In 2011 ...

PHILADELPHIA - When poet Walt Whitman wrote that we "contain multitudes," he was speaking metaphorically, but he was correct in the literal sense. Every human being carries over 100 trillion individual bacterial cells within the intestine -- ten times more cells than comprise the body itself. Now, David Artis, PhD, associate professor of Microbiology, along with postdoctoral fellow David Hill, PhD, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and collaborators from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and institutions in Japan and Germany, ...

PuckProspect.com (www.puckprospect.com) introduced it's hockey scouting and hockey recruiting service with not much fanfare. It did not make msnbc news or even the daily news. It did however serve notice that another online player is bidding for recognition in the relatively small world of internet hockey recruiting and hockey scouting services. PuckProsect.com' s hockey scouting and hockey recruiting service is not for everyone! It's not for football players, baseball players, basketball players... you get the idea. It's for hockey people! Unlike other scouting websites ...

Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated at public hospitals in Brazil, implementation of a multifaceted intervention that included educational materials, checklists and reminders resulted in improvement in the use of evidence-based medicines during the first 24 hours of hospitalization, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions. Cardiovascular diseases, especially acute coronary ...

It's time for a new collectible in motorsports! Die cast cars have been a mainstay in the motorsports collectible market for years and until now there hasn't been anything new on the horizon. The newest collectible for motorsports fans and watch collectors is the ALTAIR ICON 3. The ALTAIR ICON 3 timepiece contains a piece of an actual raced tire off the famous #3 Chevrolet during one of its historic runs. ALTAIR is privileged to be granted one of the last remaining tires authenticated by Richard Childress and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) as "race used" by the ...

Administration of a bolus dose of the anticoagulant drug abciximab into the coronary artery involved in causing a certain type of heart attack among patients who were undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention and also receiving another anticoagulant resulted in reduction in the size of damage to the heart muscle at 30 days, while a procedure that involved use of a catheter to remove the blood clot blocking that coronary artery did not produce these results, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation ...

BOSTON, MA—No one really wants the short end of the stick, in this case the short end of a chromosome. Telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes, can be thought of as protein "caps" that protect chromosomes from deteriorating and fusing with neighboring chromosomes. It is typical for telomeres to shorten as cells divide and chromosomes replicate over time. Now a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) suggest a strong link between telomere shortening and poor cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute have, for the first time ever, made a connection between tiny genetic molecules called microRNAs and the imminent threat of a heart attack, according to a new study. The findings are an important first step toward developing a method for predicting heart attacks in people who show no outward signs, but may be at great risk of having a heart attack. The research group will present study results today (March 25) at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session in Chicago. "About ...

BOSTON, MA—According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), men with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) were at higher risk for major cardiovascular events (e.g., death, heart attack, stroke) compared with men who had a history of CVD. The study is being presented at the American College of Cardiology 2012 Annual Scientific Session, March 24 to 26 in Chicago. Using data from the global REACH Registry, researchers evaluated the magnitude of risk of diabetes mellitus on cardiovascular ...

CHICAGO -- A population-wide community and clinical prevention program involving 10,000 adults meaningfully reduced the cardiovascular (CV) risk profile among a substantial portion of the population as indicated by those participating in screenings. Findings also indicate the level of improvements differ by gender for specific cardiovascular risk factors. The results will be presented March 25 at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session. Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) is a demonstration project aimed at reducing heart ...

CHICAGO—Selected patients 90 years and older who experience an acute heart attack, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have reasonable outcomes with coronary stenting, and should be considered for reperfusion therapy, based on a scientific poster being presented at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session. Current STEMI guidelines do not specifically address age-related reperfusion decisions, even number though the number of people over 90 years old in the U.S. is expected to quadruple by 2050. "Cardiologists are a little ...

As the Dallas Arts District continues to grow and reshape northern downtown Dallas, the new Dallas Marriott City Center introduces Centric, the latest addition to the restaurant scene - a hotspot within walking distance of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Meyerson Symphony Center, the Dallas Museum of Art and more. Located at 650 N. Pearl St. at the Plaza of the Americas, the upscale restaurant features a Texas eclectic menu by Executive Chef Yoni Heredia, with fresh ingredients sourced from local producers including Dallas' Mozzarella Company, Jimmy's Food Store ...

CHICAGO—There is an imbalance between the rapid growth of cardiac catheterization laboratories, which provide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures, relative to the growth in the overall U.S. population, as well as patients who experience an acute heart attack, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to a study presented March 25 at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session. PCI is the preferred treatment strategy for patients who undergo STEMI. However, distance and access to PCI remains a determining factor ...

Male high school athletes' ability to recognize and intervene to stop dating violence -- the physical, sexual and emotional aggression prevalent in adolescent romantic relationships -- is improved with the intervention of some of the most important role models in young men's lives: their coaches. A new study conducted in Sacramento, Calif., led by UC Davis researchers has found that a structured program delivered by coaches, called "Coaching Boys into Men," is effective for discouraging adolescent dating violence. The research is published online today in the Journal ...

Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a new protein that makes pancreatic cancer cells less 'sticky' and therefore less able to attach to and invade other tissue. The protein, known as S100PBP, does this by suppressing a second protein called cathepsin Z. The research team has shown that cathepsin Z makes pancreatic cancer cells sticky, allowing them to spread to their surrounding environment. Prior to this study nothing was known about the function of S100PBP in the body or the role that cathepsin Z plays in pancreactic cancer. The findings, ...

A new study has found that very few young women with cancer take steps to preserve their fertility while undergoing cancer therapy. Also, certain groups of young women are more likely to do so than others. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that efforts are needed to provide counseling on fertility preservation in reproductive-aged women diagnosed with cancer. More than 120,000 women under 50 years of age are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. As cancer survival rates are improving, ...

Los Angeles (Embargoed Until 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 26, 2012) –Cedars-Sinai researchers have determined that two prevalent drug therapies – rifaximin and lubiprostone – offer some of the best options for treating irritable bowel syndrome, a widespread disorder that affects up to one in five Americans. The findings, based on an analysis of more than two dozen large-scale clinical trials, are contained in a peer-reviewed study published online by The American Journal of Medicine and set to appear in the publication's April print edition. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome ...

Optex, Inc. and Milestone Systems today announced that Optex perimeter security products will be fully integrated with Milestone XProtect Corporate and XProtect Enterprise IP video management platforms. The result will provide features and benefits unprecedented within the security industry for outdoor perimeter applications. Optex detection products will be integrated fully into the XProtect platform through add-on Milestone device packs available summer 2012. Device packs will be available for: Redscan Laser-Scan Detectors that identify moving objects' size, speed, ...

NEW DELHI, 26 March 2012 – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are injecting new resources, momentum and innovation into efforts to improve health in the world's poorest countries, according to a report released on the eve of the 2012 BRICS Summit. Coming as many traditional donors reduce or slow their spending, the report explores the expanding influence of the BRICS on global health and development. While all five countries have been engaged in foreign assistance for decades, the report finds that the size and scope of their efforts have grown rapidly along ...

Bass Public Affairs joins the Rena's Promise Foundation in remembering the 70th anniversary of the first transport to Auschwitz. That first transport was almost entirely young women between the ages of 16 and 22; they were numbered from 1000—1999. Rena Kornreich Gelissen was on that first transport and her memoir Rena's Promise; Two Sisters In Auschwitz (co-authored by Heather Dune Macadam) tells of surviving for over 3 years in the death camps. Kornreich's dynamic tale of courage and compassion reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit, and the power of people ...

Medix Staffing Solutions, Inc., a national staffing organization specialized in recruiting skilled personnel for clients in the Professional Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Information Technology industries, welcomed sales professionals from the company's 14 offices to convene for Medix's annual sales conference. Over the course of three days, the entire Medix sales force seized the opportunity to meet their colleagues from across the nation and hone in on valuable sales strategies and methodologies while absorbing information from insightful keynote speakers. ...

Beauty and skin care boutique, Botanolution, announced today that it has entered into a partnership naming UltraFragrances, the most prominent website for designer fragrances, skin care, and beauty products, as an official distributor of its all-natural and organic beauty and skin care product line. Today's consumers are becoming more health and environmental conscious, especially when it comes to beauty and skin care. However, due to lack of availabilities, consumers may find it hard to search for all-natural and organic products. Most of the offerings found in today's ...

M. J. Hampel, MPH, MBA, Senior Associate Director, Disease Specific Certification, The Joint Commission will serve as a keynote speaker at the Healthcare Centers of Excellence Summit. The Summit is scheduled May 15-17, 2012 at the Meli¨ Atlanta hotel. ¡°We are pleased to welcome The Joint Commission to the program,¡± said James Liu, President of GTC. ¡°Organizations such as The Joint Commission provide Summit attendees important inside knowledge into what is needed to ensure their organizations will be unquestionably recognized as leaders in providing healthcare services. ...