Attorney General Pam Bondi has been keeping close tabs on the widespread prescription-drug addiction problem that has taken hold of Southern and Central Florida. As the Attorney General stated, "We are the epicenter for the country in prescription drug abuse." The dispensation and consumption of painkillers such as Oxycontin cause seven people to die in Florida each day, according to Bondi. While prescription-drug abusers still face criminal penalties, Bondi is taking aim at the pain clinics and physicians serving as enablers for those addicted to pharmaceutical medication. ...

Atlanta shredding company Shred-Green is partnering with the Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment for a community recycling drive. The recycling event is a continuation of an ongoing partnership between D.A.T.E and Shred-Green. In response to the success of previous recycling events, D.A.T.E is hosting its 2011 Recycling Challenge on Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Shred-Green will be on-site with its mobile Atlanta paper shredding truck, shredding secure and personal documents for free. All shreds from the event will then be recycled. In addition ...

Atlanta moving company Coast 2 Coast Moving & Storage offers tips to homeowners who want to make the most of their moving experience. Whether it is across the city or across the country, Coast 2 Coast Moving & Storage has the industry experience to know how to make a move go off without a hitch. The first step to a hassle-free move is organization. Planning ahead will help ensure that the move goes smoothly, reducing the stress and worry that can mount in the last days before Atlanta moving trucks arrive. "The importance of staying organized and planning ahead cannot ...

Atlanta fireplace company Craft Stove and Fireplace Center is supplying homeowners with the preventative measures to take in order to avoid a smoky fireplace smell in living areas. As winter comes to a close, the smell of a frequently used fireplace may remain. Taking action quickly can help homeowners prevent the experience of a smoky smell in the coming months. The fireplace is a major point of airflow into a home. As a fire burns, an updraft is created that pushes the smoke and fire out through the chimney. When no fire is burning, however, there is no updraft or ...

Atlanta SEO company Cardinal Web Solutions will launch a restructured version of its website on Friday, March 11, 2011. The update focuses on presenting a more thorough depiction of Cardinal Web Solutions' services. Cardinal Web Solutions is an Atlanta SEO company, providing search engine optimization and Internet marketing to local and national clients. The revamped website will include information on Cardinal Web Solutions' primary service offerings: search engine optimization, pay per click management, social media marketing and web design. Furthermore, Cardinal Web ...

Atlanta countertops manufacturer Craftmark Solid Surfaces advises homeowners to seal their granite and solid surface countertops. Sealing will enhance the strength and protection that such surfaces already provide as kitchen and bath countertops. All stones have a level of natural absorbency, meaning that water, chemicals and other damaging substances can seep into and through the countertop. If unchecked, this will cause staining and discoloration. In most instances, Atlanta granite countertops that have been bought and delivered will have been sealed; however, it ...

Thistle Haydock's Chef de Partie, Martin Gregory is celebrating becoming 'Chef of the Year' at the St. Helens Tourism and Leisure Awards, which recognise the achievements of those who contribute to the borough's growing tourism industry. Martin's win came after an adjudicated 'cook-off' where he beat off stiff competition, including his colleague Jonny Barr, who finished overall runner-up in the competition. Martin's menu came out on top, as the judges were particularly impressed by his starter of 'Devil on Horseback' and main of poached duck breast with duck crackling. With ...

Bupa has announced the launch of the first part of its new health section online at bupa-intl.com, featuring more interactive content and 50 medical factsheets for an international audience. The new factsheets have been organised into theme pages that address some of Bupa users' key concerns regarding issues such as travel and healthy living choices. The factsheets and health themes have been prioritised by Bupa International's managing director, Dr Sneh in collaboration with the eComms team. Bupa will also be looking into how it can further optimise the online health ...

Confused.com research has shown that whilst Government changes enforcing a positive order of repayments on credit cards are now saving consumers an estimated GBP500 (Source: Guardian.co.uk, The Observer, 14th March 2010) a year, UK consumers are still collectively wasting GBP150 million per year on unnecessary late credit card payment charges. The comparison website found that 57.5% of credit card customers don't have a direct debit set up to make the minimum repayment on their credit card each month, making them liable for a 'late payment' charge from their provider ...

Guoman Hotels has announced the launch of a limited edition afternoon tea menu at London's AA Hotel of the Year, The Royal Horseguards this April. The special menu is being created in celebration of the impending marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The grand five-star hotel presides over the River Thames and is located literally moments away from where the Royal Procession will take place. It's an ideal spot to relax and indulge in a beautifully crafted, limited edition afternoon tea in a London hotel. The hotel's inventive Head Pastry Chef Joanne Todd ...

Prep Hockey Site Helps Young Hockey Players on their Path to Top Division I Prep Hockey Programs. PrepProspectHockey.com is committed to attracting, developing and exposing top level youth hockey players to the caliber of the Division I New England Prep School Hockey League (NEPSIHL). Centrally located out of the New England Sport Center in Marlboro, MA, Prep Prospect Hockey is not affiliated with any one prep school. Prep Prospect Hockey offers a very unique opportunity for hockey players, parents, and Division I coaches to meet and interact both on and off the ice ...

Park Resorts, the UK's second largest holiday park operator, has invested millions in its parks in advance of the new holiday season. The company's 39 award-winning parks located throughout the UK have seen massive investment before they open next month, ensuring that visitors in 2011 have the best experience possible. Major new developments include: an upgrading of the accommodation on all caravan parks; new venues, restaurants and bars; and swimming pool improvements. The company has also invested over GBP1/4 million in refurbishing and improving the touring amenity ...

Socially-minded entrepreneur Davon Kelly, owner of NOVAD Management Consulting, is proud to be a co-sponsor of three upcoming charity events - the Leadership for New Generations, the Loudoun Triple Threat and Dare to Dream 2011. Kelly believes firmly that investing in organizations designed to help young people develop leadership skills is one of the best investments one can make in our future. Kelly is as committed to serving the community as he is to the field of management consulting. He speaks at area schools, mentors students through local high schools, the Boys Club, ...

Just 14 months since launching, Kasidie.com has grown to become the 3rd largest swingers website in the world. The rankings, per Alexa.com, which shows the global popularity of websites, are: Mainstream (for comparison): Google.com - 1 Facebook.com - 2 Adultfriendfinder.com - 244 (although this site caters to the sexually adventurous, the majority of people we know in the swinger community do not consider AFF to be a swingers website) Swinger Website Rankings: (site and global Alexa ranking) 1. Swinglifestyle.com - 8,947 2. Swingersdateclub (SDC.com) - 18,237 3. ...

Emergo Group, a leading medical device quality assurance and regulatory affairs consulting firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Data Pharma Co. Ltd. to provide full clinical trial management services in Japan. Data Pharma is the Clinical Research Organization (CRO) subsidiary of Tokyo-based NTT Data Group. Emergo Group's office in Tokyo, Emergo Japan K.K., will offer comprehensive clinical trial management services to assist medical device manufacturers. The move comes in response to a growing need for medical device manufacturers to demonstrate the efficacy ...

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., a leading global provider of advanced optical solutions, and Ixia, a major provider of converged IP network test solutions, will be conducting a joint 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) CFP demonstration in Sumitomo Electric's booth (1624) during the OFC/NFOEC 2011. The demonstration will showcase Sumitomo Electric's 40 GbE CFP optical transceiver for 40 km reach and Ixia's "K2" high-speed Ethernet interfaces. "This demonstration will prove the viability of extended 40 GbE links using 1310 nm sources," said Ichiro Kono, general manager of ...

The Viira Outlook Suite is the first and only GTD software application to bring together the power of Microsoft Outlook and a BlackBerry smartphone into a personal productivity solution that helps users stay organized and get things done from wherever they are. Based on David Allen's bestselling Getting Things Done, the Viira Outlook Suite applies the power and reliability of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to provide near-instant synchronization of to-dos, projects, priorities and commitments between Microsoft Outlook and a BlackBerry device. The Viira Outlook Suite ...

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, March 7, 2011 – Elderly drivers are half as likely to see pedestrians on the sidewalk due to a limited field of view, and compensate in part by driving more slowly, according to a study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. In the online edition of Accident Analysis and Prevention, the study compared reaction times and perception of pedestrians as hazards between experienced elderly and non-elderly drivers. The study was conducted in response to an increasing number of pedestrian-related accidents among elderly drivers. Age 65 ...

His design has earnt a spot on the first-round shortlist of one of the world's most prestigious design competitions - the Australian Design Award/James Dyson Award. Twenty-four-year-old Ching-Hao (Howard) Hsu, who graduated with a Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) at the end of 2010, designed the 'arthritis handle' after observing several sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis performing cooking tasks in their own kitchens. RA is a chronic disease affecting one percent of the population - about 500,000 Australians. It involves inflammation of the joints, which can lead ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 7, 2011) -- All our daily activities, from driving to work to solving a crossword puzzle, depend on signals carried along the body's vast network of neurons. Propagation of these signals is, in turn, dependent on myriad small molecules within nerve cells -- receptors, ion channels, and transmitters -- turning on and off in complex cascades. Until recently, the study of these molecules in real time has not been possible, but researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Munich have attached light-sensing modules to ...

Chinese people with a body mass index (BMI) of 24-25.9 had the lowest risk of death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj101303.pdf Obesity has increased significantly across the globe and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese by 2015. Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other chronic diseases. As white populations ...

Stroke patients who also suffer from an irregular heartbeat are at double the risk of developing dementia, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). Published tomorrow in the journal Neurology, the findings show that stroke survivors with an irregular heartbeat – or atrial fibrillation - are 2.4 times more likely to develop dementia than stroke survivors without the heart condition. The researchers analysed 15 studies with more than 45,000 participants and an average age of 72. They compared patients with and without atrial fibrillation, and ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Stroke survivors who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation may be at higher risk of developing dementia than stroke survivors who do not have the heart condition, according to research published in the March 8, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Atrial fibrillation affects more than two million Americans, and it is more common as people age. About 15 percent of strokes occur in people with atrial fibrillation. The heart's two upper chambers do not beat effectively in the condition, ...

The Mediterranean diet has proven beneficial effects not only regarding metabolic syndrome, but also on its individual components including waist circumference, HDL-cholesterol levels, triglycerides levels, blood pressure levels and glucose metabolism, according to a new study published in the March 15, 2011, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study is a meta-analysis, including results of 50 studies on the Mediterranean diet, with an overall studied population of about half a million subjects. "The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is ...

San Diego, CA, March 8, 2011 – In the 1960s, a group of U.S. states with high age-adjusted stroke mortality defined a "stroke belt." Until recently, geographic patterns of diabetes had not been specifically characterized in the same manner. In an article published in the April 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers were able to identify clustered high prevalence areas, or a "diabetes belt" of 644 counties in 15 mostly southeastern states using data compiled for the first time of estimates of the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes for every ...