05th November 2009
Hearing aids are an excellent tool, providing those of us with hearing loss with a new lease on our ears. The increase they can bring to our quality of life is incredible, and can open horizons that we once thought were closed to us. To be able to again...
18th September 2009
Austin is famously livable. In a 2009 edition of Forbes magazine, Austin was rated the least stressful metro area to live in in the country. That same year, MSN rated it the "greenest" city in America, ranking it above other famously sustainable cities ...
02nd September 2009
Understanding intellectual property is notoriously difficult. There's even a dispute about whether the term should even be in existence, since some feel it's an unnatural shorthand for many different areas of law that shouldn't be lumped into one categor...
02nd September 2009
We've all heard about those 20-million-dollar lawsuits over spilled coffee and wondered, "How is that possible?" This is the extreme result of what is known as product liability law, a comparatively recent branch of the law designed to protect the rights...
02nd September 2009
Suffering a personal injury can be devastating. Medical bills and insurance issues can mount, and a whole ream of legalese is slung in your direction. If your injury is serious, you could be out of work for a while, which is another complication. And o...
02nd September 2009
The dangers of asbestos have long been known. Ancient Romans observed a correlation between slaves working with asbestos and lung complications. In modern times, as early as 1898, British health authorities stated that a connection between asbestos work...
20th August 2009
Acne's damaging impact against people who suffer it is beyond skin deep. In addition to causing discomfort and dampening self-confidence, it has been linked to more serious conditions, including depression and suicide. Taking proven acne treatments and ...
20th August 2009
Twenty-eight million Americans suffer from some form of hearing loss. That's nearly one in 10. While there are many people in that group who have age-related complications, over 50% of these sufferers are actually under 65 years old. What's more, even ...
19th August 2009
Cowboy boots are an indelible image of the American West. Along with horse riding, the open range, cattle drives, and gunfights at dawn, this sturdy leather footwear has been closely associated with the ranchers that, in our popular imagination, settled ...
19th August 2009
Your skin is the largest organ on your body. That's right—skin is considered an organ, and rightly so. It doesn't just sit there looking pretty; rather, it constantly fulfills dozens of functions without which we would be hard-pressed to survive. To ...
