FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO March 8, 2011 TORONTO, ON – Communication technologies that help people stay connected to the workplace are often seen as solutions to balancing work and family life. A new study, however, suggests there may be a "dark side" to the use of these technologies for workers' health – and these effects seem to differ for women and men. Using data from a national survey of American workers, University of Toronto researchers asked study participants how often they were contacted outside the workplace by phone, email or text ...

Bethesda, Md. (Mar. 8, 2011) -- What do you have when you line up a martial artist, acrobatic gymnast, police officer, firefighter, NASCAR driver, and NFL running back? "Watson," the IBM super-computer that recently routed humanity's best on Jeopardy might have guessed the answer was "the Village People," to which host Alex Trebek could have replied, "Sorry. The answer we were looking for is 'Batman'." At least that is the correct answer for physiologist E. Paul Zehr. In a new article, Zehr, a professor at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, describes ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Passive news reporting that doesn't attempt to resolve factual disputes in politics may have detrimental effects on readers, new research suggests. The study found that people are more likely to doubt their own ability to determine the truth in politics after reading an article that simply lists competing claims without offering any idea of which side is right. "There are consequences to journalism that just reports what each side says with no fact checking," said Raymond Pingree, author of the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Patients with epilepsy worry more than their physicians do about the patients' potential memory loss accompanying their seizure disorder, according to a recent study. In a survey, patients with epilepsy as a group ranked memory loss as their second-most important concern on a list of 20 potential medical or social concerns. Memory loss as a concern came in 12th in the frequency of responses among concerns recorded by physicians and nurse practitioners who completed the same survey. Patients and practitioners agreed overall on three of the top five concerns: ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – March 8, 2011 – In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month during March, GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has put out a special issue for March on colonoscopy and colorectal cancer. In this issue is the first statement from a new initiative by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) called the Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations (PIVI). The first PIVI document examines real-time endoscopic assessment of the histology of diminutive (≤ 5 mm in size) colorectal polyps and is one in a ...

Implanting electrodes into a pea-sized part of the brain can dramatically improve life for people with severe cervical dystonia – a rare but extremely debilitating condition that causes painful, twisting neck muscle spasms – according to the results of a pilot study led by Jill Ostrem, MD and Philip Starr, MD PhD at the University of California, San Francisco. Today, people with cervical dystonia can be treated with medications or injections of botulinum toxin (e.g., Botox®), which interrupt signals from the brain that cause these spasms. However, those treatments do ...

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) may possess the secret to baking perfect buns every time. Its researchers have developed a production-line system that automatically inspects the quality of sandwich buns exiting the oven and adjusts oven temperatures if it detects unacceptable buns. "We have closed the loop between the quality inspection of buns and the oven controls to meet the specifications required by food service and fast food customers," said GTRI senior research engineer Douglas Britton. "By creating a more accurate, uniform and faster assessment process, ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered a "cross-talk" between two major biological pathways that involve pain—research that may pave the way to new approaches to understanding and controlling chronic pain. And they did it with something old, new, practical and basic. The newly published research reveals that analgesia mediated by inhibitors of the enzyme, soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), is dependent on a pain-mediating second messenger known as cyclic adenosinemonophosphate or cAMP. "The interaction of many complex biological pathways is ...

Why should we care about butterflies and moths? Thanks to butterflies, bees, birds, and other animal pollinators, the world's flowering plants are able to reproduce and bear fruit. That very basic capability is at the root of many of the foods we eat. And, not least, pollination adds to the beauty we see around us. Yet today, there is evidence of alarming pollinator population declines worldwide. Fortunately, science investigators of this crucial issue can use data collected and organized in the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) database to monitor the ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – It took nearly a decade before University of Maryland researchers were allowed to talk about their work identifying the anthrax strain used in the 2001 deadly letter attacks. But now, they and the other key members of the high-powered science team have published the first account of the pioneering work, which launched the new field of "microbial forensics" and gave bioterrorism investigators a way to "fingerprint" bacteria. The current online Early Edition of the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) details the multi-institutional research ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A study from the microbiology lab at Rhode Island Hospital has found that a new test may be more accurate in identifying a common sexually transmitted infection (STI), Trichamonos vaginalis (TV). The researchers also noted a high prevalence of TV in women in the 36- to 45- year-old age group -- a group not normally included in the recommended STI screening criteria. The study is now published online in advance of print in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. TV is a STI that can affect both men and women, and its symptoms can be associated with many ...

AURORA, Colo. (March 8, 2011) – In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the progression of the degenerative illness in mice and is now being tested in humans. "Drugs currently used to treat Parkinson's disease just treat symptoms; they do not stop the disease from getting worse," said senior author Curt Freed, MD, who heads the division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the CU School of Medicine. "We've now discovered that we can prevent ...

In the thick of whale season, researchers from Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shed new light on the wintering grounds of the humpback whale. The primary breeding ground for the North Pacific was always thought to be the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). However, a new study has shown that these grounds extend all the way throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago and into the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), also known as Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM). Humpback whales, an ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2011 — Children in classrooms with inadequate material resources and children whose teachers feel they are not respected by colleagues exhibit more mental health problems than students in classrooms without these issues, finds a new study in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. "Sociologists and other researchers spend a lot of time looking at work environments and how they are linked to the mental health of adults, but we pay less attention to the relationship between kids' well-being and their 'work' environments—namely ...

"We have measured the distance to the most distant mature cluster of galaxies ever found", says the lead author of the study in which the observations from ESO's VLT have been used, Raphael Gobat (CEA, Paris). "The surprising thing is that when we look closely at this galaxy cluster it doesn't look young -- many of the galaxies have settled down and don't resemble the usual star-forming galaxies seen in the early Universe." Clusters of galaxies are the largest structures in the Universe that are held together by gravity. Astronomers expect these clusters to grow through ...

Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and markers of disease than their English counterparts at all ages.. Why health status differs so dramatically in these two countries, which share much in terms of history and culture, is a mystery. The study uses data from two nationally representative surveys (see info below) to compare the health of residents of the United States and England from 0 to ...

Always trying to keep his collections fresh and up to date, Kris has added a selection of new work for 2011. And it's been another bust start to the year for Kris. Early in February saw kris exhibit at Spring Fair 2011 at the NEC for the first time. Spring Fair showcases the best of British and international design led products. It was a successful show for Kris both in terms of showing his artwork to different audiences and making new connections. "My first Spring Fair was a great experience giving me lots of inspiration and new contacts" Kris adds. Kris's canvas ...

Tens Medical Services Ltd can provide a wide range of professional quality Tens machines that could help to improve your quality of life. Why You Should Use a Tens Machine Anyone who suffers from long-term or acute pain can experience a reduction in their quality of life. Persistent and intense pain can be very unpleasant and over time can lead to feelings of depression. Dealing with pain is a challenge for both doctors and patients. Pain relief medication is an effective and fast acting option but has a number of disadvantages including: - Unpleasant and sometimes ...

LightManTools has announced LightMan Recorder version 1.2.0 LightMan Recorder is the ultimate recording-tool capable of grabbing sounds from any source including CDs, DVDs, tapes, live shows, TV, online radio, video games etc and converting them into audio files easy to be stored on your computer. Furthermore, the app offers text-to-speech conversion featuring natural voices allowing you to listen to your text documents whenever you like and virtually turn your books into audio-books. This may come useful especially as a learning technique or when wanting to make ...

On March 8th, 2011 the citizens of Los Angeles will have an opportunity to vote "Yes" on Measure 'L' and keep the city's revered cultural and educational institution open. By voting 'Yes' on Measure 'L', the citizens of Los Angeles will have the opportunity to significantly impact the financially handicapped Los Angeles Public Library System, which in recent years has received inadequate funding from the city's operating budget. The goal is clear: to reverse the already incomprehensible and highly detrimental damage done to one of the nation's finest cultural and learning ...

Windswept Destiny Publishing, an imprint of Twin Trinity Media, announced today that Folsom resident Jennifer Walker will sign her debut novel, BUBBA GOES NATIONAL, at The Market Place, 11395 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova, California, on Saturday, March 12th, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM. She will also offer Elements of the Soul, an anthology that contains two of her stories. BUBBA GOES NATIONAL is about thirteen-year-old Leslie Clark, who lives with her widowed father. She loves horses, but he can't afford to buy her one. She works for a horse trainer to earn lessons ...

Is your 70's bathroom with gold bath vanity lights making you blue? Have you had enough with your dingy kitchen lighting? Fall in love with your kitchen and bath again with new lighting fixtures from Capitol Lighting's Love your Kitchen & Bath Event going on now until March 31, 2010. Capitol Lighting, one of the nation's leading retailers of name-brand lighting fixtures with eight showrooms in New Jersey and Florida and worldwide at http://www.1-800lighting.com, is offering great savings of up to 70% off select Kitchen and Bath Lighting fixtures in its showrooms, as ...

The Board of Trustees of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (CCFA), Long Island Chapter, has announced that Hewlett Harbor resident, Howard S. Fensterman, Managing Partner of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato and Einiger, LLP (Abrams Fensterman) has been named the organization's 2011 Man of the Year Mr. Fensterman will accept the award at "Laugh 'till It Stops Hurting", the Chapter's annual Spring Comedy Dinner, featuring Joan Rivers. The event will take place Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Glen Oaks Country Club, Old Westbury. The Long Island ...

Ticket Center is changing the way that concertgoers and sports fans approach the ticket purchasing experience. Using the latest version of Seatics Interactive Venue Maps, this online ticket retailer allows purchasers to select cheap concerts tickets or cheap sports tickets from an intuitive virtual venue map. Simplifying a once complicated process, Ticket Center brings the power of educated selection to all event participants. By scrolling over unique locations on Ticket Center's in-depth venue maps, visitors are rewarded with details about the selected location, ticket ...

XMPro, specialists in enterprise Business Process Management software solutions, hosted a seminar in Sydney Australia teaching enterprises how to leverage Dynamic BPM to deliver the full benefits of their SharePoint Ecosystem. Pieter van Schalkwyk, Director of XMPro, presented the seminar and explains, "With the release of SharePoint 2010 we've seen a growing number of enterprises embrace SharePoint's expanding set of capabilities and make it central to their work environments. We are passionate about seeing these enterprises use their software appropriately and see ...