Leading dentist in Highland, Dr. Marlin Schwartz, has recently added a new feature to his practice's educational website. Patients can now visit the website for Dr. Schwartz to access his patient education library. The patient education library was created to further engage and inform patients on various dental procedures and treatments. Serving patients in the New Paltz area, Dr. Schwartz and his qualified staff believe that educated patients are better prepared to make important decisions regarding their oral health. Patients can now rely on Dr. Schwartz's site for ...

Experienced dentist in Mooresville, Lake Norman Cosmetic Dentistry, has recently launched a practice blog. The blog was created for patients to gain valuable knowledge of various dental health care topics by reading informal, and educational articles written by Dr. Patel. Patients can visit Dr. Patel's blog at http://www.lkndds.com/blog.html for more information. Updated on a regular basis, Dr. Patel's Mini Dental Implants Blog allows the patient to search previous archives for helpful dental information. This dentist in Mooresville, NC is using his blog to educate patients ...

Premier dentist in Ft Myers, FL and Cape Coral, Dr. Mauricio Martinez, is dedicated to providing patients with quality information about dental health through the creation of an educational blog. The informative blog was created to enhance patient knowledge and encourage proper dental health care. With the introduction of the practice's blog, patients can now access more personalized information on valuable dental health care topics created by Dr. Martinez at Gulf Coast Smiles. The blog is updated regularly by Dr. Martinez, a dentist in Ft. Myers, who actively contributes ...

ADC Licensing, a venture capital firm, specializing in the financing of original animation content, has announced plans to launch the twenty-four hour kids' online network, Toon Goggles. This unique online channel which is scheduled to launch towards the beginning of June will introduce millions of kids to professionally produced original cartoons, animated trailers, clips and pilots. Toon Goggles strictly pre-screens all animated content to be parent friendly and age appropriate. In the day and age of the digital world taking precedence over traditional media, Toon ...

Castellan provides professional IT services in Hollywood, whether you need a computer consultant in Hollywood or bookkeeping services in Los Angeles. The following are just a few troubleshooting tips for do-it-yourselfers with at-home computer wireless routers. The signal strength of your wireless router or base station (wireless access point) is the factor that most affects the performance of your Wi-Fi home computer network. Some of the issues which adversely affect a wireless connection are related to distance, obstructions, or interference. If a wireless device ...

Halfpricesoft.com released an updated version of its popular small business payroll software ezPaycheck to address customers' custom reporting needs. The update is available online at http://www.halfpricesoft.com/index.asp. "This latest update provides more flexibility for a wider range of customers," said Halfpricesoft.com founder Dr. Ge. "Our customers like ezPaycheck's capabilities and affordability, but a few said they needed more options for reporting - so we gave it to them." ezPaycheck software automates paycheck processes to reduce time ...

Some of the greatest concerns for women undergoing breast augmentation are the risks and complications associated with the anesthesia used. Hopefully after an initial consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon, you will feel at ease regarding anesthesia use so you may move forward with the procedure. Types of Anesthesia Available for Breast Augmentation There is a variety of anesthesia available to breast augmentation patients to complement their preferences and concerns. The following is a list of types of anesthesia board-certified plastic surgeons can ...

Women who are considering breast augmentation surgery generally want their new shape to be ready for summer. Understandably, they look forward to taking full advantage of all the clothing and fashion they've been unable (or hesitant) to enjoy in the past. In order to allow for plenty of healing time, breast augmentation candidates should plan to have their procedure completed in the winter or early spring months, such as February or March. With people's busy holiday schedules behind them, and colder weather keeping everyone indoors, these months are an ideal time to ...

Furthering Safety: Banning Hand-Held Cell Phones in Semis Solely based on their size, semitrucks pose a risk to all other vehicles on the road. Therefore, it is important for truckers to keep their attention focused on the road, minimizing distractions. To help truckers minimize distraction, the government has banned interstate truckers from texting while driving and has proposed a ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while trucks are in operation. Distracted Driving Statistics The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that approximately ...

Who Is Caring for Grandma? Chances are They've Served Time A recent Inspector General report reveals some disturbing news about America's nursing homes. It found that over 90% of all nursing homes employ at least one convicted criminal. In June of 2009, government investigators ran background checks on over 250 nursing homes that are typical examples of the 728 Medicare-certified facilities across the country. 92% of the nursing homes in the study employ at least one convict. Most convicts employed by nursing homes have committed non-violent, property crimes like ...

Minnesota's Failed Civil Commitment Program For Sex Offenders A report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor released in March of 2011 points to massive problems with the civil commitment program, which was designed to rehabilitate sex offenders. Some of the findings of the report: -The number of civilly committed sex offenders in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) nearly quadrupled during the last decade and is expected to nearly double over the next ten years. -Minnesota is one of 20 states with civil commitment programs for sex offenders and, in ...

Alimony Waivers and Premarital Agreement Options The discussion below is neither a complete analysis nor complete review of alimony or Premarital Agreements, but rather a very general discussion, and it is not intended as legal advice for any particular person. Premarital Agreements are gaining popularity among a wide range of couples. Couples planning to marry have the right to waive alimony in premarital agreements, and if the waiver is clear and unambiguous, the waiver will be enforceable at the time of dissolution of marriage. The only exception being if the waiver ...

What is a 341 Meeting? Named for the section in which it's housed in the Bankruptcy code, a 341 meeting, also called the meeting of creditors, is an opportunity for the bankruptcy trustee to ask you about your bankruptcy filing as well as for any of your creditors to come forward and object to your request for relief. That may sound scary, but keep reading: it's not as bad as you think! The 341 meeting may be the only hearing that you will have related to your Arizona Chapter 7 bankruptcy. There is no need to worry or be anxious about this meeting; the bankruptcy trustee ...

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Kathryn Chu, from Médecins Sans Frontières in Cape Town, South Africa, and colleagues describe the experiences of MSF after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and discuss how to improve delivery of surgery in humanitarian disasters. To avoid the supply delays, lack of appropriately experienced surgeons, and duplication and fragmentation of services that characterized the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, they propose the formation of the Emergency Surgery Coalition (ESC), a group consisting of organizations with extensive experience in delivering ...

Researchers have been examining the diverse behaviours of caterpillars to find solutions for the new generation of search and rescue soft robots. Despite their extreme flexibility and adaptability, current soft-bodied robots are often limited by their slow speed, leading the researchers to turn to terrestrial soft-bodied animals for inspiration. Some caterpillars have the extraordinary ability to rapidly curl themselves into a wheel and propel themselves away from predators. This highly dynamic process, called ballistic rolling, is one of the fastest wheeling behaviours ...

In a large, traffic-congested city in China, severe heart attack patients received treatment faster and had better long-term results when interventional physicians were taken to them, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The REVERSE-STEMI study involved 334 patients who had suffered a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a severe form of heart attack. The patients were initially brought to one of five hospitals, all in Shanghai, China, that didn't have specialists who could perform primary ...

In contrast to previous preliminary data, use of vitamin E or the diabetes drug metformin was not superior to placebo on a measured outcome for treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents, according to a study in the April 27 issue of JAMA. "Coincident with the rise in prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity over the past few decades, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common cause of chronic liver disease in children in the United States," according to background information in the article. NAFLD encompasses ...

This Mother's Day, Fort Worth restaurant, Chef Point Cafe, is giving moms a real treat with a special menu devoted to this holiday. This day, dedicated to matriarchs, is for enjoying family and what better way to do that then with a fabulous meal in a fine dining restaurant renowned for world-class cuisine? Find out what Mother's Day means, then see how dining together over a special feast celebrates each doting mother who went above and beyond her maternal duties. The tradition of honoring mothers on a particular day is traced back to ancient Grecian times. Modern etiquette ...

An examination of medication adherence among children with newly diagnosed epilepsy found that nearly 60 percent showed persistent nonadherence during the first 6 months of therapy, and that lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher non-adherence, according to a study in the April 27 issue of JAMA. Epilepsy, a disorder of recurrent unprovoked seizures, affects 325,000 children younger than 15 years in the United States. "Because of epilepsy's common occurrence, the narrow therapeutic and safety margins of antiepileptic medications, and the recognized complications ...

An examination of health literacy (such as understanding basic health information) among managed care patients with heart failure, a condition that requires self-management, found that nearly one in five have low health literacy, which was associated with a higher all-cause risk of death, according to a study in the April 27 issue of JAMA. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions, as defined by the Institute of Medicine. According to background ...

In an analysis of data from a coronary care registry in Sweden, between 1996-2007 there was an increase in the prevalence of use of evidence-based invasive procedures and pharmacological therapies for treatment of a certain type of heart attack, and a decrease in the rate of death at 30 days and one year after a heart attack for these patients, according to a study in the April 27 issue of JAMA. Although recent population-based studies indicate a reduction in incidence, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; a certain pattern on an electrocardiogram following a heart ...

Among obese patients, activation of the protein biomarker CTNNB1 was associated with better colorectal cancer-specific survival and overall survival, whereas post-diagnosis physical activity was associated with better colorectal cancer-specific survival among patients negative for CTNNB1, according to a study in the April 27 issue of JAMA. Activation of the WNT signaling pathway (a network of proteins known for their roles in cancer) and cadherin-associated protein beta-1 (CTNNB1; [beta-catenin]) plays a critical role in colorectal carcinogenesis. Accumulating evidence ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Several genes have been linked to ALS, with one of the most recent called FUS. Two new studies in PLoS Biology, one from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the other from colleagues at Brandeis University, both examined FUS biology in yeast and found that defects in RNA biology may be central to how FUS contributes to ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. These findings point to new targets for developing drugs. Proteins aggregate to form insoluble clumps in the brain and spinal cord of ALS patients. In some instances of ALS, the clumping ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Teens are rarely described as stable, so when something about their rapidly changing brains remains placidly unaltered, neuroscientists take notice. Such is the case in a new study of electroencephalography (EEG) readings gathered from dozens of teens while they slept. Despite the major neural overhaul underway during adolescence, most individuals maintained a unique and consistent pattern of underlying brain oscillations. The work lends a new level of support to the idea, already observed in adults, that people produce a kind of brainwave ...

Hospitals and physician practices that form care-coordinating networks called "Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)," under provisions of the new health-care law could reap cost-savings and other benefits. However, experts at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania warn that such networks could potentially be designed to exclude minorities and widen disparities in health care. In a commentary appearing in the April 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins physician says that as a result of new provisions in the Patient Protection ...