COLUMBUS, Ohio -- According to a new study, smoking causes the body to turn against its own helpful bacteria, leaving smokers more vulnerable to disease. Despite the daily disturbance of brushing and flossing, the mouth of a healthy person contains a stable ecosystem of healthy bacteria. New research shows that the mouth of a smoker is a much more chaotic, diverse ecosystem—and is much more susceptible to invasion by harmful bacteria. As a group, smokers suffer from higher rates of oral diseases -- especially gum disease -- than do nonsmokers, which is a challenge ...

Dr. Blake Weber, experienced dentist in Little Rock, AR, is well-known for his commitment to maintaining the newest technologies available in order to better treat and communicate the importance of oral health to his patients. Now social-savvy patients can stay on top of the latest practice news, treatment options and dentistry trends by following their Little Rock cosmetic dentist on the popular social media site, Facebook. With more than 800 million users, Facebook is undoubtedly a place that people are spending a great deal of time. Recognizing the potential reach ...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists and engineers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) three national security laboratories appear committed to their work and core mission of maintaining the country's nuclear weapons stockpile, but according to a new National Research Council report, a "broken relationship" between NNSA and the labs threatens to erode the quality of the scientific research and engineering being conducted there. The committee that wrote the report said that an intrusive degree of oversight stemming from past security and safety concerns at one ...

Children may be receiving the highest exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide in candy, which they eat in amounts much larger than adults, according to a new study. Published in ACS' journal, Environmental Science & Technology, it provides the first broadly based information on amounts of the nanomaterial – a source of concern with regard to its potential health and environmental effects – in a wide range of consumer goods. In the study, Paul Westerhoff, Ph.D., and colleagues point out that titanium dioxide is a common additive to many consumer products, from food ...

When patients receive dental treatment their first reaction is to tell friends and family of their experience. For that reason, Dr. Khoury, Milpitas dentist, invites patients to not only share their positive experiences with their friends and family, but to also share it with other patients by leaving reviews of Montague Dental Excellence online. The patient reviews allow Drs. Khoury and Kolnes, dentists in Milpitas, to not only improve upon the office's practices, but it also encourages new patients to make appointments at Montague Dental Excellence knowing their next ...

Astronomers know how massive stars collapse to form small black holes a few times the mass of the Sun. However, it is not clear how supermassive black holes, which can have masses of millions or even billions of times the Sun's, form in the cores of galaxies. One idea is that supermassive black holes may build up through the merger of small and mid-sized black holes, a view supported by a new study using Hubble. Sean Farrell of the Sydney Institute for Astronomy in Australia and the University of Leicester, UK, discovered a middleweight black hole in 2009 using the European ...

Just as Dr. Tamara Rojas, dentist in Dania, ensures her patients have the most up-to-date dental health care information, she also maintains education for herself. Dr. Rojas continues educational courses to stay on top of the cutting edge advancements in dentistry. Whether to enrich lives, follow a new dream, or to simply challenge themselves, the pursuit of lifelong learning is experienced through ongoing training in dentistry, which is more important to Dr. Rojas, periodontist in Hallandale, than ever before. Continuing dental education is essential for anyone working ...

TAMPA, Fla. – A recent study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found that female cancer survivors receiving screening mammography have "worse health behaviors" than women receiving mammography screening and who had never had cancer. The study was published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers surveyed 19,948 women age 35 and older presenting for screening mammography with no prior breast cancer and compared their responses of 2,713 cancer survivors, also ...

With a new year, Dr. Brent Shealer, Monroeville chiropractor, focuses on helping patients achieve a healthy body and feeling better with a free initial visit. Shealer Chiropractic serves the Monroeville, Penn Hills and Forest Hills greater area, offering patients a new alternative to feeling better and healthier this New Year. "A New Year brings way to so many new opportunities, so why not start your year off on the right track feeling healthy and better about yourself? I am happy to offer my patients a free initial visit to jumpstart their year feeling better ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is revised for the first time since 1994, controversy about psychiatric diagnosis is reaching a fever pitch. Suggested changes to the definitions of autism spectrum disorders and depression, among others, are eliciting great concerns. However, there are larger concerns about the DSM as a whole. "Almost no one likes the DSM, but no one knows what to do about it," said University of Michigan psychiatrist Randolph Nesse. The current round of revisions is the fifth since the DSM was originally ...

Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in the number of female athletes pushing themselves to achieve greatness. While females and males may be on even playing fields in many cases within the sports world, recent research shows that female athletes are five times more likely to suffer joint injuries than their male counterparts. Dr. Ralph Venuto (http://www.drvenuto.com/), an orthopedic surgeon and California sports medicine specialist, has seen a rise in the number of female athletes his practice has treated for joint injuries over the past decade. "There are ...

DENVER - As oncologists already know and newly diagnosed lung cancer patients learn, the kind of treatment given to patients is increasingly becoming dependent on the specific gene mutation present in the cancer. But, as lung cancer moves from being one common disease to multiple different diseases at the molecular level, learning about and getting access to the right treatment within clinical trials can be challenging for these subpopulations of patients that may be widely dispersed around the globe. Dr. Howard (Jack) West, medical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program ...

More than 1 in 3 counties in the United States could face a "high" or "extreme" risk of water shortages due to climate change by the middle of the 21st century, according to a new study in ACS's Journal of Environmental Science & Technology. The new report concluded that 7 in 10 of the more than 3,100 U.S. counties could face "some" risk of shortages of fresh water for drinking, farming and other uses. It includes maps that identify the counties at risk of shortages. In the analysis, Sujoy B. Roy, Ph.D., and colleagues explain that population growth is expected to increase ...

Long Island Exchange Columnist Cognac Wellerlane attended the January 16th performance of "Destiny Rising" at The Joyce Theater in New York City. The event was put together by The New York City Dancers Alliance's choreographers and alumni. The highlight of the evening was the attention given to the foundation's scholarship fund, set to benefit future dancers across the nation. The scholarship organization surpassed its goal of raising a million dollars in 2011. Instead, the fund raised $3 million and benefited fifty different young recipients who have plans ...

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. Disseminated medulloblastoma is particularly lethal and requires extensive radiation therapy to the brain, which can cause brain damage. An oncolytic measles virus has shown effectiveness in a new model of disseminated human medulloblastoma. COLUMBUS, Ohio – A strain of measles virus engineered to kill cancer cells prolongs survival in a model of medulloblastoma that is disseminated in the fluid around the brain, according to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer ...

Computer engineers may have just provided the medical community a new way of figuring out exactly how one of the three building blocks of life forms and functions. University of Central Florida Engineering Assistant Professor Shaojie Zhang used a complex computer program to analyze RNA motifs – the subunits that make up RNA (ribonucleic acid). RNA is one of three building blocks of life along with DNA and proteins. Knowing how all three building blocks work together and how they go awry will go a long way to understanding what causes diseases and how to treat them. While ...

Not since Henry Flagler's Railroad has it been possible to step off a New York train into The Florida Keys. But that's exactly what commuters in The Big Apple will experience for the month of February.  In addition to national and local television, print and on-line marketing for The Florida Keys & Key West, Tinsley Advertising will employ a "Station Domination" program in Penn Station. As Amtrak, Long Island Railroad and New Jersey Transit commuters make their way into Manhattan, they will be met with beautiful, soothing images of The Florida Keys. A multi-image ...

Quick Cash Auto, Long Island's best cash-for-car service, expanded its website www.quickcashauto.com. After much work and inquiry into customer satisfaction, the team at Quick Cash Auto has equipped the easy-to-use website with a business directory. Online users can now browse and search cash for car services in all fifty states, in addition to locating dealerships around the country. The new business directory is up and running and can be accessed directly through the website. The interactive directory allows online users to submit auto-dealer listings by way of the ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have made a surprising discovery about the origin of diabetes. Their research suggests that problems controlling blood sugar — the hallmark of diabetes — may begin in the intestines. The new study, in mice, may upend long-held theories about the causes of the disease. Because insulin is produced in the pancreas and sugar is stored in the liver, many scientists have looked to those organs for the underlying causes of diabetes. The findings are reported Feb. 16 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. In ...

UNIQLO ONE PIECE UT collection - Spring / Summer 2012 In the golden age of pirates fighting over One Piece, the legendary treasure of the King of Pirates Gold Roger, a boy named Luffy sets out to become king of the pirates. The adventure story covers how Luffy becomes mixed up in a variety of incidents, discovering friendship and forming bonds along the way. In 2009,One Piece marked its 10th year of broadcast in Japan, and it is still loved by a wide range of viewers from children to adults. The men's UNIQLO One Piece collection is available in stores now priced ...

New Rochelle, NY, February 15, 2012—Therapeutic cancer vaccines, which stimulate the body's immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, are being used in combination with conventional chemotherapy with growing success, as described in several illuminating articles in Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (http://www.liebertpub.com). These articles are available free online at http://www.liebertpub.com/cbr The U.S. FDA recently approved the first cancer therapeutic vaccine for treatment of metastatic prostate ...

How will the Jones Act impact the U.S. market for ocean energy? "Ocean Energy Service Vessel Requirements and the Jones Act" will be the topic of the next WorkBoat.com webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. (eastern). "As the East Coast of the U.S. increases its activities in offshore energy, offshore service vessels will be extremely important," said David Krapf, editor in chief of WorkBoat magazine and WorkBoat.com. "This webinar will illustrate the projected U.S. market for ocean energy service and supply vessels, and how the Jones Act may ...

With expanded industrial-scale production of nanomaterials fast approaching, scientists are reporting indications that dust generated during processing of nanomaterials may explode more easily than dust from wheat flour, cornstarch and most other common dust explosion hazards. Their article in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research indicates that nanomaterial dust could explode due to a spark with only 1/30th the energy needed to ignite sugar dust — the cause of the 2008 Portwentworth, Georgia, explosion that killed 13 people, injured 42 people and destroyed ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Hospitalization for underage drinking is common in the United States, and it comes with a price tag -- the estimated total cost for these hospitalizations is about $755 million per year, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Researchers also found geographic and demographic differences in the incidence of alcohol-related hospital admissions. The findings were published online today in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Of the roughly 40,000 youth ages 15 to 20 hospitalized in 2008, the most recent data available, 79 percent were drunk when they arrived at ...

Cadiz, thought to be one of the oldest cities in Spain, is home to the third largest carnival in the world - Cadiz Carnival. So important is the carnival in Cadiz that many parts of this ancient walled city are closed for up to a month in preparation for the celebration. In anticipation of the festival, the local carnival association sponsors a musical contest. Informal groups - chirigotas, cuartetos, corors, comparsas and romanceros - show off their musical talents with satirical compositions and comedic acts poking fun at local, national and international politics, and ...