SAN FRANCISCO (February 11, 2011) — In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that use of non alcohol antibacterial mouth-rinse containing cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) decreases the incidence of preterm birth (PTB). "This research demonstrated that reducing the severity of periodontal disease has a direct correlation with preterm birth," said Marjorie Jeffcoat, D.M.D., one of the study's authors. "Preterm birth is the major ...

This release is available in German. Halting page loading and postage stamp sized-videos jiggling all over the screen – those days are gone for good thanks to Smartphones, flat rates and fast data links. Last year, 100 million videos were seen on YouTube with cell phones all over the world. A survey of the high-tech association BITKOM found that 10 million people surf the Internet with their cell phones in Germany. And there's another hype that is unbroken: 3-D films. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, HHI in Berlin, ...

Sam Sesi, owner of NOW Property Preservation, utilizes his skills to stabilize neighborhoods nationwide. The area that Sam Sesi of NOW Property Preservation stabilizes neighborhoods in is the foreclosure home sales area nationwide. "Each property is the key to a new life and a new beginning. What family will move in next door to a home with code violations or just not maintained?", remarks Sam Sesi. By maintaining foreclosure/reo homes, Sam Sesi of NOW Property Preservation keeps neighborhoods stabilized. The services that NOW Property Preservation provides include ...

This release is available in German. Cloud Computing is a tempting development for IT managers: with cloud computing, companies and organizations no longer have to acquire servers and software solutions themselves and instead rent the capacities they need for data, computing power and applications from professional providers. You only pay for what you use. In Germany, primarily companies are turning to cloud computing, transferring their data, applications and networks to server farms at Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft or other IT service providers. In the space of just ...

While many had a white Christmas, it's a new year and time to brighten things up with colorful silicon rubber watches from Shopforbags.com. From celebs and fashionistas to soccer moms and teens, jelly sports watches are poised to be a top trend for spring. Leading retailers will prepare for spring shopping fever with Shopforbag.com's trendy watches including crosses, fleur de lis, peace signs, zebra print, flowers and even collegiate logos. The wholesale watches - embellished with Austrian crystal rhinestones around the face - are available in a variety of bright and ...

AUDIO: People searching for fulfilling and stable romantic relationships should look for a romantic partner who recovers from conflict well. Yes, it turns out that if your romantic partner recoups well... Click here for more information. People searching for fulfilling and stable romantic relationships should look for a romantic partner who recovers from conflict well. Yes, it turns out that if your romantic partner recoups well after the two of you have a spat, you reap the benefits, ...

University Hospitals (UH) Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center recently reported that it has increased the use of tPA or "clot busting therapy" for ischemic stroke by 13.5 times throughout UH system hospitals since implementing the System Stroke Program (SSP). Launched in 2008, SSP sought to increase access to the lifesaving treatment for acute (urgent) ischemic stroke patients in the 15 counties surrounding Cleveland. tPA is Tissue Plasminogen Activator, a drug that dissolves blood clots and must be administered intravenously within 4.5 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms ...

Astronomers have a neat trick they sometimes use to compensate for the turbulence of the atmosphere that blurs images made by ground-based telescopes. They create an artificial star called a guide star and use its twinkling to compensate for the atmospheric turbulence. Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has invented a guide star for biomedical rather than celestial imaging, a breakthrough that promises game-changing improvements in biomedical imaging and light therapy. Wang's ...

Gloria Larkin, President of Targetgov, will be among honorees at MEA Magazine's 50 Women of Influence and Power Awards Luncheon 2011. Gloria is being honored for her commitment to business growth, professional excellence and advocacy on behalf of government contracting businesses nationwide. MEA Magazine, a publication of the award-winning organization Minority Enterprise Executive Council, is hosting a prestigious luncheon recognizing 50 Women of Influence and Power on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. The luncheon theme is "Applauding Courage and Success" and it will be ...

Christopher Panebianco, vice president of marketing for Bankers Healthcare Group, will join Dominick Destefano, physicians relations at Broward General Medical Center, to co-chair the 2011 "Let's Move Together" Arthritis Walk Broward. "I am delighted to partner with the Arthritis Foundation because I fully support and believe in their mission to find a cure for arthritis with efforts towards prevention and improving the quality of life for arthritis patients," said Panebianco, who oversees traditional and interactive marketing, lead generation and management, customer ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 11, 2011) – An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of magnetic superhalogens – a class of atomic clusters able to exhibit unusual stability at a specific size and composition, which may be used to advance materials science by allowing scientists to create a new class of salts with magnetic and super-oxidizing properties not previously found. The discovery, which was published Feb. 10 in the Early View issue of the international chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, was based on theoretical work by researchers ...

Targeting the neuroinflammatory causes of Parkinson's disease with a naturally present brain chemical signal could offer a better understanding of the clinical mechanisms of the disease and open a future therapeutic window, reports a team of researchers from the University of South Florida Department Neurosurgery and Brain Repair and the James A. Haley Veterans' Administration Hospital, Tampa. Their findings are published online in the Journal of Neuroinflammation (http://www.jneuroinflammation). Brain inflammation has been clearly shown in PD, and the brain's microglia ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – One year after having a stroke, 52% of people who participate in either a physical therapy program that includes a walking program using a body-weight supported treadmill or a home-based program focused on progressive strength and balance exercises experience improved functional walking ability, according to the results of the Locomotor Experience Applied Post-stroke (LEAPS) trial being presented today at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011 in Los Angeles, and tomorrow at the American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) ...

Buzz Brand Marketing, a top boutique marketing and pr firm, headquartered in New York, is starting off the New Year with some major plans and announcements. With the addition of new executives, new market launches across the United States and focusing their philanthropic efforts on the empowerment of women and girls, 2011 is sure to be a stellar year for this team of all-stars. Buzz is proud to announce the addition of Lexi Chow and Tonia Purnell-Respes to the executive team. Lexi Chow comes to Buzz as the Senior VP of Lifestyle & Entertainment, after having sat at the ...

VIDEO: Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote a fossil discovery from field to lab in the form of digital data on a laptop. But standard formats to ensure data... Click here for more information. Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote their latest fossil discovery from the field to the lab in the form of lightweight digital data stored on a laptop. But sharing that data as a 3D model with others requires standard formats that ...

The nations most trusted source of DNA paternity Test in India, started out in Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh as well as in Pakistan, Srilanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Now they have just announced their expansion on an International level. This means DNA Test India (OTS & Services) testing services will be available in every city within India. The demand for DNA testing and paternity testing has been on the rise. Consequently, DNA Centre India is taking advantage of the demand for their services. OTS & Services has an aggressive marketing team that ...

Alexandria, VA – Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a debilitating bone condition that affects the jaws and occurs as a result of reduced local blood supply to the bone. The literature in this area has been severely limited since most investigations cannot evaluate sufficient numbers of afflicted individuals to accurately determine the incidence of the disease and associated risk factors. Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research's Journal of Dental Research (JDR) released a research report that estimates the prevalence of the disease, and a ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown for the first time that damage to a particular area of the brain and a consequent reduction in noradrenaline are associated with multiple sclerosis. The study is available online in the journal Brain. The pathological processes in MS are not well understood, but an important contributor to its progression is the infiltration of white blood cells involved in immune defense through the blood-brain barrier. Douglas Feinstein, research professor in anesthesiology at the UIC College of Medicine, and his colleagues ...

Measuring the results of scientific research has seen little federal focus until now. A 2010 administrative memorandum calls on U.S. federal agencies and executive departments to develop tools to "better assess the impact of [...] science and technology investments." Translation: There is increasing pressure to document the results of [...] research investments in a scientific manner, writes Julia Lane, Science of Science and Innovation Policy program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and her co-author Stefano Bertuzzi, Office of Science Policy at the ...

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to a device (computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. Voice over Internet Protocol (Voice over IP, VoIP) is an internet technology, communication protocols, and transmission technology for delivery of voice communications and multimedia over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The test sets available are capable of Internet protocol and voice-over-IP (VoIP) performance trouble shooting and signal protocol technologies ...

Once again defying industry trends, Cowboys & Indians, The Premier Magazine of the West, has announced another circulation increase. According to the magazine's ABC Publisher's Statement, for the six months ending December 31, 2010, C&I posted an all-time-high average total circulation of 161,722.  When compared to the same period in 2009, this is a 4.4 percent increase in average total circulation. Using the formula of 5.2 readers per copy as determined by the Magazine Publishers of America, Cowboys & Indians now has an average of 840,954 readers for each issue. "As ...

DALLAS – Feb. 14, 2011 – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer's disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear. This preliminary technology, which uses synthetic molecules to seek out and identify disease-specific antibodies, also could be used eventually in the development of specific biomarkers for a range of other hard-to-diagnose diseases and conditions, including Parkinson's disease and immune system-related diseases like multiple sclerosis and lupus, the researchers predict. "One of the ...

JUPITER, FL, February 11, 2011 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first known compound to show significant effectiveness in protecting brain cells directly affected by Parkinson's disease, a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Although the findings were in animal models of the disease, the effectiveness of the compound, combined with its potential to be taken orally, offers the tantalizing possibility of a potentially useful future therapy for Parkinson's disease patients. The results were published ...

Tiny gold particles can help doctors detect tumor cells circulating in the blood of patients with head and neck cancer, researchers at Emory and Georgia Tech have found. The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is an emerging technique that can allow oncologists to monitor patients with cancer for metastasis or to evaluate the progress of their treatment. The gold particles, which are embedded with dyes allowing their detection by laser spectroscopy, could enhance this technique's specificity by reducing the number of false positives. The results are published ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – Home-based physical therapy to improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors works about as well to get them walking again as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to the results of a study presented today by a Duke researcher at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference. "We have been working for years in rehabilitation to develop the most effective interventions for walking recovery," said Pamela Woods Duncan, Ph.D., PT, professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Division at Duke University ...