DELLA BAILEY CHRISTIAN, 96, of South Point, Ohio, widow of Carl R. Christian, died Sunday in River's Bend Health Care. She was a homemaker. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Schneider-Griffin Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Ohio; burial follows at Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, Ohio. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. www.schneidergriffin.com.

PEGGY CRISP KEENE, 87, of Pikeville, Ky., died Sunday in Pikeville Medical Center.

Drug Treatment

Corticosteroids (commonly called steroids) are mainstay treatments for acute relapses patients with relapse-remitting MS. High-dose methylprednisolone given intravenously (IVMP) is typically administered for major relapse, often followed by oral prednisone for a few days. Steroids reduce inflammation in the central nervous system and may help suppress the immune system's attack on myelin and even improve electrical conduction.

Steroids, in general, do not improve the long-term course of the disease and can lose effectiveness if overused. They are not generally used for maintenance therapy. Some research, however, is reporting benefits from the use of pulsed administration of intravenous methylprednisolone. Such an approach typically administers the steroid daily for 5 days every 4 months for 3 years, then every 6 months for 2 years.

Doug Smith's Raptors blog

Tic-tac-toe. The Spalding moved creatively. Open shots were swished. And by the end of the night, the Raptors had scored 41 field goals, 31 of which came with assists. Toronto's best offensive weapon, duelling playmakers Jose Calderon and T.J. Ford, combined for 23 of those helpers against just three combined turnovers. And so despite some early nonchalance – and a 12-point first-half lead that was whittled to a four-point advantage at intermission – the Raptors, coming off a home loss to an L.A. Clippers squad they probably should have defeated, turned what should have been a blowout into a certifiable walkover, 105-82.

"You can't get much better out of your point guards," said Sam Mitchell, the Toronto coach. "We've just got to continue to do that. You can never pass enough.

Palomar To Debut New Technology At The American Academy Of Dermatology ...

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTI), a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced that it will unveil two new fractional handpieces at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Antonio, Texas from February 2nd to 4th.

Palomar's new Lux2940(TM) fractional ablative laser handpiece is a sophisticated, single-treatment skin resurfacing device which allows the practitioner to tailor the level of skin tightening based on the patient's needs. Three treatment modes are available: short pulse for pure ablation with the fastest treatment times and quickest recovery; long pulse for more coagulation around the ablation columns; and a dual mode for a short pulse / long pulse automatic sequence for deeper corrections.

5 More Unloved Growth Stocks

At first, I was tempted to go with teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for its reasonable valuation -- as expressed in a 0.98 PEG ratio -- and because peers such as Guess? (NYSE: GES) have been vastly oversold.

Isilon's product doesn't target the vital part of enterprises (ERP/database, etc.) where price is secondary. Instead, Isilon targets the high-capacity areas, which [are] price-sensitive -- and they target companies (media) which have huge capacity needs -- but [which are] never willing to pay a lot ...

Highlights from the SEW Blog: January 14-18, 2008

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SEO can take months or longer to get the results you're looking for. What's the alternative? PPC advertising. SEW Experts: Search Engine Marketing on the Efficient Frontier - Part 2
Mention the word "algorithm" and media buyers and online marketers flee for cover. But the list of SEM firms and technology providers that offer proprietary technology with sophisticated algorithms is growing. SEW Experts: How To Use Google Site Exclusion Tool to Increase ROI
All Google AdWords content campaigns have dead wood. Google Content Network sites that display your ads but deliver few clicks or conversions rob you of profits. Linking Issues & Social Media Searchable Social Media and Adding to the Global Conversation
Rising Voices, a citizen media outreach initiative of the Global Voices, has just released the first of a series of planned guides, An Introduction to Citizen Media.