Ford is shipping Focus Electric to dealers

Ford will start shipping its first electric passenger car to dealers this weekend, people familiar with the matter said. About 350 Focus Electric cars will be sent to 67 dealers in California, New Jersey and New York over the next couple weeks.

Why GM spurned the 2013 Super Bowl

Not long after announcing that it will stop advertising on Facebook, General Motors said Friday it would not be a sponsor in the Super Bowl in 2013 either. What's going on here?

Economy in U.S. buoyed with autos spurring glass-to-steel growth

Car sales that are running at the fastest pace in four years are poised to reverberate through the world's largest economy as a spillover into production, profits and jobs for Americans may be starting.

GM will skip Super Bowl TV ads next year

General Motors will not advertise in the upcoming Super Bowl, the company announced today in another sign that it's shaking up its marketing strategy just days after it said it would no longer pay for advertising on Facebook.

GM to Volt owners: To the moon!

For all of the time General Motors executives have spent hyping the Chevrolet Volt, there's apparently one industry-exclusive feature that the company kept secret until now. It can go to the moon.

U.S. regulators discuss safety of electric vehicles, batteries

Government and industry leaders today gathered in Washington, D.C. for a technical workshop hosted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to discuss a wide breadth of safety and regulatory issues pertaining to electrical vehicles.

Toyota, riding U.S. sales recovery, to expand V6 production

Toyota, continuing to flex its post-earthquake manufacturing muscle this year, plans to invest about $80 million to expand its Huntsville, Ala., engine plant to build more V-6 engines for the United States.

Brazil considers moves to revive auto lending

Brazil is considering measures to facilitate new car loans and bolster local automakers, newspapers reported today, after slowing vehicle sales pushed auto inventories to their highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.

GM ad move followed failed Facebook pitch

Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week.

Fisker Karma fire in Texas garage being probed by NHTSA

Federal safety regulators are investigating a Texas garage fire that destroyed a Fisker Karma, a $103,000 plug-in electric vehicle.

Princess Cruises “Inspired to Cruise” blog showcases more reasons to cruise

Princess Cruises’ blog, “Inspired to Cruise: A Year of Reasons to Get Away From the Everyday” has chronicled another five reasons to cruise, offering readers a new collection of touching passenger stories about the many things that can inspire travelers to vacation at sea.

Silversea’s Silver Explorer to call at Lyme Regis, Dorset

This Sunday will see Silversea’s luxury expedition ship, Silver Explorer, call in Lyme Regis, marking the first time a cruise ship has ever visited the West Dorset town. The scheduled call in Lyme Regis – the first port of call in an itinerary that began in Portsmouth and also incorporates Dartmouth; Tresco, Isles of Scilly; Waterford, Ireland; Glengarriff; Galway; Killybegs; Church Bay,Rathlin Island; Portrush; Staffa, Scotland; Iona, UK; Brodick, Isle of Arran; and Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

Regent Seven Seas Cruises reports 15.5 percent revenue growth

Revenue for the first quarter of 2012 was up 15.5 percent reaching a record amount for the first quarter of $119.9 million, compared to $103.8 million in the first quarter of 2011. Adjusted EBITDA was $17.7 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $16.9 million for the first quarter of 2011.

Royal Caribbean refocuses European cruise holiday offering

Summer 2013 will see Royal Caribbean International deploy nine ships in Europe, including three ships based from UK ports. With more than 40 per cent of British passengers choosing to begin their cruise from a UK port according to research from the Passenger Shipping Association, Royal Caribbean International is increasing its capacity for summer 2013 in line with this trend and providing even more opportunities for agents to sell. 

Oceania Cruises Christens ‘Riviera’ in Barcelona

Cat Cora, the restaurateur, humanitarian, author, and co-host of Bravo’s new ‘Around the World in 80 Plates,’ named the ship, joined by Deacon Ricardo Rodriguez-Martos of the Barcelona’s Apostleship of the Sea, who bestowed the traditional blessings.

P&O Cruises to broadcast Diamond Jubilee coverage

P&O Cruises has announced it will be showing live BBC World News coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations on July 5th. The television coverage which will commence at 09:00 GMT will be shown on board all seven ships in the P&O Cruises fleet.

Crystal says ahoy! to seven new European ports this Summer

Louis XIV’s marital stomping grounds, puffins’ Icelandic party pad, a former Prussian capital, Napoleon’s birthplace, and the gateway to Norway’s most scenic vistas are among seven European ports-of-call Crystal Cruises will be visiting for the first time this year.

Celebrity Cruises completes ambitious $140 million ‘solsticizing’ initiative

One of the most ambitious fleet revitalisations initiatives in the history of the cruise industry has just been completed. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Millennium set sail on Saturday from the Port of Miami following an extensive enhanced refurbishment.

Celebrity Cruises completes fleet overhaul

One of the most ambitious fleet revitalisations initiatives in the history of the cruise industry has just been completed as Celebrity Millennium sets sail from the Port of Miami following an extensive enhanced refurbishment. Celebrity Millennium is the fourth and final ship to complete the cruise line’s $140-million investment programme, dubbed “Solsticizing”.

American Cruise Lines Introduces the Culinary Cruise Collection

American Cruise Lines announced today its Culinary Cruise Collection, a various selection of cruises that place special emphasis on the trademark cuisine of specific cruising regions, including Alaska, New England, the Chesapeake Bay, the Mississippi River and the Pacific Northwest

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You Can Create a Safe, Functional and Attractive Nursery

This collection of do-it-yourself affordable, life size furniture templates allow expecting parents to create their own safe, functional and attractive nursery with the accuracy of a professional interior designer and is the perfect first gift for the expecting couple, even before the baby shower.

Tips for Utilizing Trellises and Arbors in Your Garden

Garden design expert offers advice on planting trellises and arbors to help you make sure that the trellises, arbors and gazebos you buy now, not only fit your landscape design, but that they also fulfill the future needs of your plantings while also enhancing the style and value of your home.

Inspiration to Help Make Your Home Dreams Come True

Achieving the home of one's dreams might be easier than previously thought. Just peek inside a recent issue of Northern Home & Cottage. This inspirational magazine reveals stories and style advice with topics on 'moving', 'growing luxurious lilacs' and 'kicking up your home's curb appeal'.

Brushing Teeth - Which Way Is The Right Way?

Twenty five percent of teenagers in Sweden do not brush their teeth regularly and only 10% of Swedes know how to use toothpaste effectively, according to researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Even though the majority of people in Sweden brush their teeth, only 1 in 10 brush in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay...

Most People Brush Their Teeth The Wrong Way

Almost all Swedes brush their teeth, yet only one in ten does it in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay. Now researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, are eager to teach Swedes how to brush their teeth more effectively. Most Swedes regularly brush their teeth with fluoride toothpaste...

Studies Impact Dental Stem Cell Research For Therapeutic Purposes

Two studies appearing in a recent issue of Cell Transplantation (20:11-12), now freely available on-line*, evaluate stem cells derived from dental tissues for characteristics that may make them therapeutically useful and appropriate for transplantation purposes. 1...

Sports & Energy Drinks Damage Teeth

Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry...

Irreversible Damage To Teeth Caused By Sports And Energy Drinks

A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy drinks, especially among adolescents, is causing irreversible damage to teeth - specifically, the high acidity levels in the drinks erode tooth enamel, the glossy...

Childhood Dental Problems Linked To General Health Problems Later On? Australian Researchers Investigate

The University of Queensland Children's Nutrition Research Center at the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry are looking for volunteers aged two, six and ten years for a new study, which aims to establish whether children may be changing their diets to eat unhealthy food because of dental problems and therefore submitting themselves to a higher risk of obesity and...

In Ethiopia, Water Treatments Alone Are Not Enough To Combat Fluorosis

Increased intake of dietary calcium may be key to addressing widespread dental health problems faced by millions of rural residents in Ethiopia's remote, poverty-stricken Main Rift Valley, according to a new Duke University-led study...

Promising Handheld Diagnostic Device To Help Doctors, Dentists Detect Oral Cancer

A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer. The probe, which is around 20 cm long and 1 cm wide at its tip, could be used by doctors to diagnose oral cancer in real-time or as a surgical guidance tool; dentists could also use it to screen for early-stage cancer cells...

Periodontal Disease Could Be Treated With Fish Oil Supplements

Periodontitis, inflammation of the tissue surrounding the teeth, affects more than half of adults and is linked to an increased risk of stroke and other heart problems. To evaluate whether fish oil supplementation could be an adjunct therapy for periodontitis, Dr...

Studies On Severe Early Childhood Caries

The International and American Associations for Dental Research have published two studies about dental caries in children. These articles, titled "Hypoplasia-Associated Severe Early Childhood Caries - A Proposed Definition" (lead author Page Caufield, New York University College of Dentistry) and "Deciduous Molar Hypomineralization and Molar Incisor Hypomineralization" (lead author M.E.C...

Review That Validates Association Between Oral Health And Heart Health: AADR Comments

The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) acknowledged the very comprehensive review of the literature undertaken by the American Heart Association (AHA) on the relationship between periodontal disease and heart disease...

Gum Disease Not Found To Cause Heart Disease Or Stroke

Despite popular belief, gum disease hasn't been proven to cause atherosclerotic heart disease or stroke, and treating gum disease hasn't been proven to prevent heart disease or stroke, according to a new scientific statement published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. Keeping teeth and gums healthy is important for your overall health...

Researchers Find Joint Failures Potentially Linked To Oral Bacteria

The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with gum disease and in need of a joint replacement...

Risk Of Blood-Vessel Constriction Linked To Gum Disease May Be Increased By Specific Protein

A protein involved in cellular inflammation may increase the risk of plaque containing blood vessels associated with inflammatory gum disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2012 Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The protein, CD36, is found in blood cells, as well as many other cell types...

Oral Cancer Detection Could Dramatically Increase With Saliva Test

A Michigan State University surgeon is teaming up with a Lansing-area dental benefits firm on a clinical trial to create a simple, cost-effective saliva test to detect oral cancer, a breakthrough that would drastically improve screening and result in fewer people dying of the world's sixth most common cancer...

Why Gums Suffer With Age

New research from Queen Mary, University of London in collaboration with research groups in the USA sheds light on why gum disease can become more common with old age. The study, published in Nature Immunology, reveals that the deterioration in gum health which often occurs with increasing age is associated with a drop in the level of a chemical called Del-1...

Dental X-Rays Linked To Most Common Brain Tumor

People who received frequent dental x-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing the most commonly diagnosed primary brain tumor in the United States. That is the finding of a study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society...

Brain Tumors Linked To Dental X-Rays

A common and potentially debilitating non-cancerous brain tumor has been linked to dental X-Rays. Research from the Yale School of Public Health published online in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, says that people who received frequent dental X-Rays before doses were lowered, were more than twice as likely to develop the tumors known as meningioma...

Dental X Rays Tied To Brain Tumors

The largest study of its kind finds that a history of frequent dental x-rays, particularly at a young age, is tied to an increased risk of developing meningioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor in the United States...

Screening For Alcohol Abuse At The Dentist's

In a report published in the April edition of the Royal College of Surgeon's Dental Journal, health experts warn that excessive alcohol consumption causes mouth cancer and dental disease. According to the experts, in order to tackle this as fast as possible, screening and treatment for alcohol abuse is critical...

Hospitalizations And Medical Care Costs In Diabetics Reduced By Periodontal Therapy

During the 41st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, an abstract titled "Periodontal Therapy Reduces Hospitalizations and Medical Care Costs in Diabetics" to determine if periodontal treatment was associated with the number of hospital...

Blood Clots May Be Triggered By Dental Plaque Bacteria

Oral bacteria that escape into the bloodstream are able to cause blood clots and trigger life-threatening endocarditis. Further research could lead to new drugs to tackle infective heart disease, say scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin...

The Oral Health Care Workforce: Multipronged Research On Dental Therapy

During the 41st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, a symposium titled "Building the Oral Health Care Workforce: Multipronged Research on Dental Therapy" took place to help attendees understand opportunities for effective utilization ...

The Importance Of Dental Hygiene For Congenital Heart Disease Patients

Poor dental hygiene behaviours in patients with congenital heart disease are increasing their risk of endocarditis. Teens with congenital heart disease floss, brush and visit the dentist less than their peers. But they have healthier behaviours when it comes to alcohol, cigarettes and illicit drugs...

'Shock Trauma' To Help Train University Of Maryland Dental Students, Residents

The University of Maryland's School of Dentistry has teamed up with the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for training future dentists to respond efficiently and effectively to life-threatening medical emergencies in a dental setting. Medical training is a growing trend in dental education in the United States since the early 1990s...