DJARSO

The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt Introduces Ruxton House

Posted on May 19, 2012 by footdash

The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt Introduces Ruxton House

Baltimore, Maryland (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

The Retreat, a premiere, self-funded psychiatric setting operated by the nationally renowned Sheppard Pratt Health System, announces the inauguration of Ruxton House, a licensed group home that will administer continual patient treatment in a transitional setting.

The Ruxton House was designed as a transitional care option for individuals who no longer require the structure inherent in The Retreat’s residential program, but wish to continue receiving ongoing care and treatment. The Ruxton House allows former Retreat patients to receive ongoing therapy in a group home setting, with the aid of an on-site 24-hour support staff.

The Ruxton House is a short commute from the Sheppard Pratt grounds, situated in a small neighborhood setting convenient to shops, churches, and a gourmet grocery store. The Ruxton House program includes two daily therapy sessions Monday-Friday, as well as provides community resources for all residents.

Residents at Ruxton House are encouraged to take an active role in self-care, and are responsible for planning daily meals, taking medications autonomously, and participating in chores that guide residents towards independent living.

The Ruxton House places a strong focus on rehabilitation, and strives to guide former Retreat residents towards healthy, independent community living. The Ruxton House offers accommodations at varying price points, allowing all residents to take advantage of the therapeutic settings. Through transitional programming, the Ruxton House hopes to accommodate needs of patients requiring additional support and care as they progress towards returning independently to the community.

About Sheppard Pratt:

Sheppard Pratt Health System is a nationally renowned mental health and special education system for treatment, professional training and research. It is consistently ranked among the top mental health hospitals in America by U.S. News & World Report. Sheppard Pratt Health System is one of the first sites in the country offering Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to treat depression.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged House, Introduces, Pratt, Retreat, Ruxton, Sheppard | Leave a comment

Northern VA Hair Salon, Salon Antoine Declares The Whole Month Of May, Mother?s Month.

Posted on May 19, 2012 by footdash

Northern VA Hair Salon, Salon Antoine Declares The Whole Month Of May, Mother’s Month.

Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

Northern Virginia’s top Hair Salon & Spa, Salon Antoine, has just announced a Mother’s Day special that runs throughout the entire month of May. Salon Antoine has selected four preferred Mother’s Day services to pamper you or your Mom.

Salon Antoine owner, Tony Chahine, stated “ mom is a special person, mom always takes care of everyone and she does everything on a daily basis that we all take for granted. Mother’s Day is her day, it’s her week, and it’s her month at Salon Antoine. We want to indulge her, we want to spoil her, and we want her to feel really good”.

Salon Antoine’s Mother’s Month promotion allows a client to choose from any two of Salon Antoine’s services such as, Hair, Make-up, Manicure, and Pedicure, and receive a 20% discount from their total bill. Or a client can select, three services and receive a 25% discount or all four pampering services and receive a total of 30% discount off on their final bill. This special also includes retail products and tools.

Salon Antoine is committed to providing the highest level of quality and professionalism exceeded only by the warm and relaxing atmosphere created at Salon Antoine. A visit to Salon Antoine integrates beauty, health and wellness into daily living, helping you look and feel better than ever before. This coincides with Salon Antoine’s tagline of “Have A Beautiful You Today”.

About Salon Antoine

Fairfax, VA based Salon Antoine is dedicated to providing exceptional haircuts and colors customized to each client based on their bone structure, skin tone, and their hair texture, using advanced and innovative techniques to achieve classic and contemporary styles based on the idea of beauty as a lifestyle. Salon Antoine also offers full skin care services. For more information, please visit us at http://www.salonantoine.com or book your appointment at 703-691-8878.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged amp, amp spa, Antoine, appointment, atmosphere, basis, Beautiful, beauty, beauty health, bill, bone, bone structure, care, client, Copyright, daily basis, Day, Declares, Discount, everyone, everything, Fairfax, hair, hair salon, hair texture, haircuts, health, health and wellness, Holdings, idea, Inc, information, Level, lifestyle, living, LLC, Make-up, Manicure, manicure and pedicure, May, mom, month, mother, Mothers, Northern, northern virginia, owner, pamper, Pedicure, person, professionalism, Promotion, PRW, PRWEB, Publicity, quality, retail products, Salon, salon salon, skin, skin tone, spa, spa salon, Special, special person, structure, tagline, texture, today, tone, top hair, Total, visit, Vocus, week, whole, Wire | Leave a comment

Recent Studies Show MRI Utilization Can Lead to Better Clinical Outcome

Posted on May 18, 2012 by footdash

Recent Studies Show MRI Utilization Can Lead to Better Clinical Outcome

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

Healthcare cost increases have led providers and payers to scrutinize the use of certain clinical services. As a result, a lot of focus is being placed on proper utilization of diagnostic imaging. Many cite inappropriate ordering, self referral and defensive medicine as contributors to these cost increases. However, the clinician treating and seeing patients often finds it a necessity to seek additional insight in order to provide top level care through diagnostic testing that some have deemed to be excessive. We at Foundation Radiology Group actively monitor utilization of services, but ultimately defer to what is going to provide the best patient outcome.

In a recent presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons(AAOS) Annual Conference in March 2012, Dr. S. Patel announced some interesting findings regarding the effectiveness of ordering a knee MRI. The presentation titled “Value of Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Diagnosis and Management of Knee Disorders” disclosed that MRI frequently changes clinical diagnosis and patient management while improving diagnostic confidence, even when a clinical evaluation is performed by a highly specialized physician. This was most noticeable in the presence of lateral joint line pain and/or tenderness.

The purpose of this study was to determine how frequently the outcome of a MRI of the knee changes clinical diagnosis and management of a patient. The study also sought to prove whether certain characteristics of a patient or ordering physician can affect how knee MRI impacts diagnostic confidence and accuracy.

The study was conducted by three orthopedic surgeons and three sports medicine physicians from a single multispecialty practice who completed surveys on patients that received a knee MRI between June 2010 and January 2011. The pre-MRI survey recorded clinical history, symptoms, physical exam findings, diagnosis with confidence level and planned management. The post-MRI survey recorded diagnosis with confidence level and planned management.

Results showed that MRI changed the primary diagnosis in 29.3% of cases and patient management in 25.3% of cases. MRI changed management in 34.6% (18/52) of cases where a non-surgical management was planned, usually to either surgery or referral to an orthopedic surgeon in 94% of cases (17/18). MRI averted the need for surgery in 13.6% (three/22) of cases and changed the type of surgery in 12.5% (three/24) of cases.

To ensure the most accurate diagnosis for the patient, Foundation Radiology Group also relies on a proactive quality program for clinical assurance and issue review called SAFR (Strategically Aligned Foundation Radiology Quality Review). The program features benchmark imaging read accuracy rates over the national average – 99.6% vs. 96%. It is this type of diagnostic analysis that can help the physician community be confident that he/she ordered the right exam for the patient. Employing such an approach can actually prevent costly surgical procedures or more expensive treatment.

With outcomes based research we can better manage patient care to maximize exam utilization rather than being subject to system wide reimbursement cuts and excessive management of radiology benefits. This type of research approach along with an emphasis on sub-specialty reading, like we perform at Foundation Radiology Group, can help grow and maximize the care provided in orthopedics as well as other service lines. This ensures the highest standards for patient care.

About Derek R. Armfield, MD:

Derek R. Armfield, MD, is a co-founder of Foundation Radiology Group and the Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging. As co-founder he has played an integral role in the organization’s growth, direction and development since its inception.

Dr. Armfield holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University. He received an M.D. and completed his residency from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine. Post residency, Armfield completed a Musculoskeletal Fellowship through the University of Pittsburgh.

About Foundation Radiology Group:

Foundation Radiology Group, founded to revolutionize the practice of radiology in community healthcare settings, combines the subspecialty services of a renowned, highly-trained physician team with a state-of-the-art technology solution to provide hospitals, physicians and patients access to a high-quality, elegant diagnostic imaging solution, with industry-leading, final diagnosis clinically relevant turn-around times.

Foundation Radiology Group’s unique Elegant Radiology Model ensures comprehensive service line alignment by routing each patient study to the appropriate subspecialty radiologist. Foundation supports all hospital service lines including: Cardiovascular, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Oncology, Women’s Health, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics and Emergent/Ambulatory Care.

Foundation Radiology Group radiologists are all board certified, US-based providers. Our physicians and highly-skilled customer service team are available 24/7/365. For more information, visit http://www.foundationradiologygroup.com, call 412-223-2272 or follow on Twitter@FoundationRad.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged AAOS, Academy, access, accuracy, Aligned, American, american academy of orthopaedic surgeons, Analysis, Annual, approach, Assurance, average, benchmark, Better, care, chemical, chief, Clinical, clinical diagnosis, clinical evaluation, clinical outcome, clinician, co-founder, community, Conference, confidence, cost, defensive medicine, development, diagnosis, diagnostic confidence, diagnostic imaging, diagnostic testing, direction, Disorders, effectiveness, emphasis, Employing, Engineering, evaluation, exam, fellowship, focus, Foundation, group, growth, healthcare, history, imaging, inception, insight, issue, January, June, Knee, knee disorders, lateral, lead, Level, line, lot, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance imaging mri, management, March, May, medicine, MRI, mri of the knee, multispecialty, Musculoskeletal, necessity, need, order, organization, Orthopaedic, Outcome, pain, patient, patient management, patient outcome, physician, Post, practice, pre, presence, presentation, program, proper utilization, PRWEB, purpose, quality, radiology, radiology group, read, reading, Recent, Referral, reimbursement, research, residency, Resonance, resonance imaging mri, result, review, role, SAFR, school, self, self referral, service, show, solution, Stanford, Strategically, Studies, study, subspecialty, surgeon, Surgeons, Surgery, Survey, System, Team, technology, tenderness, testing, treatment, type, University, use, utilization, value | Leave a comment

Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta Dancers to Compete at Dancing Stars of Atlanta Fundraiser

Posted on May 18, 2012 by footdash

Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta Dancers to Compete at Dancing Stars of Atlanta Fundraiser

Artwork created by:
Emmy Dudley

Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

No stranger to dancing for a good cause, Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta’s talented crew of professional dancers and instructors are reprising their role in this year’s June 2nd Dancing Stars of Atlanta to help raise money for Alzheimer’s support and research. Partnering with the Metro Atlanta Region of the Alzheimer’s Association Georgia Chapter, Ballroom Dance Club’s instructors hope to bring awareness to a disease that affects over 5 million Americans and 200,000 Georgians.

The annual event features prominent members of Atlanta society along with professional ballroom dance instructors. Formatted similarly to the popular television hit, “Dancing with the Stars,” the fundraiser involves an instructor teaching a novice dancer for a short time before the competition. Ballroom Dance Clubs’ professional dancers—Sean Emad and Michelle Rigo from the Atlanta dance studio and Michelle Grady and Joshua Ingram from the Duluth, GA studio—are participating with their local celebrity partners.

A yearly participant in the Alzheimer’s fundraiser, last year Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta helped bring in almost 0,000, with their celebrity partners. The dance organization also dedicated their October 2011 Motown showcase to families whose lives were upheaved by tornadoes that ripped through the Southeast last year with all funds donated to the Salvation Army. Individually, the Ballroom Dance Clubs instructors also contribute to local arts organizations and charities in their spare time.

Participants of the Dancing Stars of Atlanta are judged by a panel including Emmy-award winning journalist Kimberly Kennedy and Channel 2 news anchor John Bachman. Held at the Loews Hotel in downtown Metro Atlanta, community supporters can donate and purchase a ticket to vote for their favorite dancer in the June 2nd, 2012 event by visiting the Dancing Stars of Atlanta website.

About Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta:

Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta has been teaching Atlanta to dance since 1985 under the direction of award-winning directors, Kristine Knipp and Chris Woodin. With locations in Metro Atlanta , Duluth, and East Tennessee Ballroom Dance Clubs’ instructors are extensively trained in ballroom dance styles ranging from the traditional (Waltz, Foxtrot, etc.) to popular social dances (Swing) and even sultry Latin styles (Salsa and Cha Cha). Coaching all levels of students—novice to competitive dancers—Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta offers group and private lessons as well as open house and practice parties. Ballroom Dance Clubs won top mid-sized studio at Heritage Classic 2011 and top studio at NYC Empire State Dancesport Championship 2011. For additional information about Ballroom Dance Clubs of Atlanta visit myballroomdanceclub.com.

Alzheimer’s Association

The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer’s. For more information, visit http://www.alz.org.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Find More Health Press Releases

Posted in Health | Tagged advancement, Alzheimer, anchor, Army, arts organizations, Artwork, Association, Atlanta, awareness, Ballroom, ballroom dance club, ballroom dance clubs, brain, care, cause, celebrity, Cha, Championship, Channel, chapter, Classic, Club, Clubs, coaching, com, community, Compete, Competition, Copyright, crew, Dance, dance instructors, dance organization, dance studio, dancer, Dancers, Dancesport, dancing, dancing stars, dancing with the stars, dementia, direction, disease, downtown, duluth ga, emad, Emmy, Emmy-award, Empire, event, Formatted, Foxtrot, fundraiser, georgia chapter, Georgians, group, health, Held, Heritage, Holdings, Hotel, House, Inc, Individually, information, Instructor, journalist, June, Knipp, Kristine, Latin, LLC, local arts, Loews, May, Metro, metro atlanta region, mission, money, Motown, myballroomdanceclub, news, novice, NYC, October, organization, panel, participant, Partnering, practice, Press, professional dancers, Promotion, PRW, PRWEB, Publicity, region, Releases, research, rigo, risk, role, Salsa, Salvation, salvation army, Showcase, Society, Southeast, Stars, state, stranger, studio, sultry, support, Swing, talented crew, television, ticket, time, vision, visit, Vocus, Waltz, website, Wire, world, Year | Leave a comment

Nationally-recognized Surgeon Nilesh A. Patel, MD of Texas Bariatric Specialists Opens Laredo Office

Posted on May 18, 2012 by footdash

Nationally-recognized Surgeon Nilesh A. Patel, MD of Texas Bariatric Specialists Opens Laredo Office

Dr. Nilesh Patel of Texas Bariatric Specialists Board Certified Bariatric Surgeon

Laredo, TX (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

Dr. Nilesh A. Patel, FACS, of Texas Bariatric Specialists is pleased to announce the opening of his newest office in Laredo, Texas. The new Laredo clinic is the tenth location of Dr. Patel’s highly successful medical weight loss practice, and will dramatically improve access for Laredo patients to high quality weight loss surgery and bariatric care.

Dr. Patel is a member of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), a faculty member of the American College of Surgeons and lectures for the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. He has performed over 2,500 successful bariatric procedures, resulting in patient weight loss exceeding national benchmarks for success. The author of over 25 peer-reviewed articles in surgical journals on bariatric surgery and other surgical procedures, Dr. Patel is a recognized national expert and regular lecturer on minimally invasive weight loss surgery.

Texas Bariatric Specialists (TBS) focuses on delivering long-term weight loss solutions, and is committed to providing quality, compassionate care with the most advanced, safest and medically effective weight loss options available for their patients. Services include Lap Band, Gastric Bypass and Gastric Sleeve surgeries, as well as the revision of failed weight loss surgery. In addition, TBS offers both pre- and post-operative counseling and support through a behavioral weight loss psychologist, nutritional counseling through a certified dietician/nutritionist, a nutritional resource store, insurance concierge services and affordable financing options. Medically successful non-surgical weight loss programs are also available.

A free seminar introducing Dr. Patel and detailing the multiple weight loss programs and services offered to the Laredo community will take place on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 (11:00am) at the new Texas Bariatric Specialists location, 6999 McPherson Avenue, Suite 108 in Laredo. Space is limited, so attendees are encouraged to register early online by visiting http://www.TexasBariatricSpecialists.com or http://www.LaredoWeightLoss.com.

About Texas Bariatric Specialists

Founded by Dr. Nilesh A. Patel FACS, a nationally recognized and fellowship-trained bariatric surgeon who has performed over 2,500 successful weight loss surgeries resulting in patient weight loss exceeding national benchmarks for success, Texas Bariatric Specialists (TBS) is a holistic weight loss practice focused on delivering long-term weight loss solutions for patients. Dr. Patel specializes in surgical weight loss procedures including Lap Band, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve and the revision of failed weight loss surgery. With a commitment to surgical expertise, compassionate care and exemplary preoperative and postsurgical consultative services, Dr. Patel and staff at Texas Bariatric Specialists ensure successful weight loss management for their patients through long-term relationships to support good health. Offices are located across major cities throughout Texas including San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, New Braunfels/Seguin, Boerne, Killeen, Temple, Del Rio and Laredo. For more information, or to book a free seminar, please visit http://www.TexasBariatricSpecialists.com or http://www.LaredoWeightLoss.com .

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged access, addition, American, amp, ASMBS, Author, Avenue, Band, Bariatric, Board, Boerne, Braunfels, bypass, care, Certified, Clinic, College, college of surgeons, commitment, community, compassionate, compassionate care, Concierge, Copyright, counseling, dietician, dr nilesh patel, effective weight loss, Endoscopic, expert, expertise, FACS, Faculty, financing, Gastric, gastrointestinal, health, Holdings, Inc, information, Insurance, Lap, lap band, Laredo, laredo office, laredo texas, laredo tx, lecturer, LLC, location, Loss, management, May, McPherson, medical weight loss, Medically, member, Metabolic, national benchmarks, national expert, Nationally-recognized, Nationallyrecognized, New, Nilesh, nutritionist, office, online, opening, Opens, Patel, patient, patient weight, place, practice, pre, PRW, PRWEB, psychologist, Publicity, quality, quality weight loss, resource, revision, Seguin, seminar, Sleeve, Society, society of american gastrointestinal endoscopic surgeons, Space, Specialists, staff, Store, Success, suite, support, surgeon, Surgeons, Surgery, surgical journals, TBS, Temple, tenth, Texas, Tuesday, visit, Vocus, weight, weight loss solutions, weight loss surgery, Wire | Leave a comment

fitsmi.com Offers School Nurses Tips on Helping Overweight Teen Girls

Posted on May 17, 2012 by footdash

fitsmi.com Offers School Nurses Tips on Helping Overweight Teen Girls

School Nurse News

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

The current May issue of School Nurse News features fitsmi.com’s top tips for reaching out to teen girls struggling with their weight. fitsmi.com, a web community that offers support, tools and inspiration specifically for girls ages 13-18, recognizes the importance of the school nurse and their unique role in guiding girls towards a healthy lifestyle.

“School Nurses play a pivotal role in the battle against adolescent obesity. They can offer guidance and provide tools to help kids get and stay on a healthy track that will have lifelong benefits,” said Linda Frankenbach, founder and CEO of fitsmi.com and fitsmiForMoms.com “We look forward to working in partnership with school nurses and are thrilled to be a resource for these valuable professionals.”

“The health challenges that students present to their school nurses are often complex. The nurse must find services and resources to provide the best possible care. As the clinical editor of School Nurse News, I am excited about connecting fitsmi.com with our subscribers. My school nurse experience guides me to search and find wellness partners and Linda Frankenbach greeted me with openness and care, ready to hand us the keys to fitsmi.com tools we can use right away,” added Deb Ilardi.

Tips for school nurses include, among others:

Speak to school administrators about offering healthy alternatives at lunch and for snacks.

Offer to speak to the Parent-Teacher organizations in your school about general health concerns, including adolescent obesity.

Create your very own fitsmi Stars group by using fitsmi’s Change Machine, a free online tool that helps girls make daily small sustainable changes that add up to big results. fitsmi2Go makes it possible for girls to access their fitsmi Change Machine on their mobile devices.

Make sure that plus-sized teens are featured positively on photos/images/posters in your office as well as classrooms.

Talk to physical education teachers about ways in which overweight teens can feel more comfortable and engaged in physical education class and after-school sports.

About fitmsi.com:

fitsmi.com is a web community where teen girls (ages 13-18) struggling with their weight can go to feel good about themselves, get reliable information, laugh, build friendships, find support, set goals and stay on track by using fitsmi.com’s Change Machine. fitsmi’s Change Machine, and the mobile version, fitsmi2Go, were designed to help girls make personal daily attainable goals that help create positive healthy and sustainable change, as well as to be a social network where girls can support each other. Follow fitsmi.com on Facebook and twitter (@fitsmi).

About fitsmiForMoms.com:

fitsmiForMoms.com, a web community for parents of children struggling with their weight, is a separate companion site to fitsmi.com. fitsmiForMoms.com offers support, information and guidance to help parents make healthy choices for their children and to help them through the challenges of having an overweight child. Follow fitsmiForMoms on Facebook and twitter (@fitsmiForMoms).

Attachments

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged adolescent obesity, best possible care, fitsmi.com, general health, Girls, girls ages, health challenges, health concerns, healthy alternatives, healthy lifestyle, Helping, lifelong benefits, nurse news, Nurses, Offers, overweight, parent teacher organizations, pivotal role, PRWEB, school, school administrators, school nurse, school nurses, support tools, Teen, teen girls, Tips, web community, wellness partners | Leave a comment

New Xulon Book Informs Audience That Miracles Are Possible

Posted on May 17, 2012 by footdash

New Xulon Book Informs Audience That Miracles Are Possible

Maitland, FL (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

Charles M. Wynn’s new book, Developing Faith For Miracles (.99, paperback, 978-1-61996-669-7; .99, hardcover, 978-1-61996-670-3; .49, e-book, 978-1-61996-671-0) gives readers understanding on the power of healing. This book provides the tools by which the reader’s faith can grow to receive a miracle according to God’s Word. The author encourages proactive faith, rather than passive, in order to receive the healing that God promises.

“If you do not know that healing is as much a part of the atonement paid for by Christ, you will only have faith to have your sins forgiven,” states the author. “When the believer puts into practice the principles of the Word of God they initiate a spiritual dynamic that the Word will not return void. The Word is eternal, inerrant, and unchanging, but our mortal flesh is temporal. When we speak the unchanging Word of God into our temporal condition, God by the power of His living Word brings life and health and well-being.”

Charles M. Wynn is a Christian and an attorney. He has practiced law since 1977. He possesses an all Christian staff in his law office and each appointment has the potential of being a ‘Divine appointment’. Wynn expresses “We lead an average of one person a week to Christ through the office as well as having the privilege of praying for needs varying from financial to physical.” The author has had many instances where his clients come in to the office not anticipating a Christian lawyer and he has been able to provide comfort and offer advice from a Biblical stand point.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world’s largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order Developing Faith For Miracles through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged advice, Amazon, appointment, Arbor, atonement, Attorney, audience, Author, average, believer, Biblical, Book, bookstore, charles m wynn, christian lawyer, christian staff, com, comfort, Communications, company, condition, Copyright, Date, divine, divine appointment, division, e book, faith, flesh, Hardcover, healing, health, Holdings, Inc, inerrant, Informs, Ingram, instances, law, Lawyer, Life, living word, LLC, maitland fl, May, miracle, Miracles, mortal, mortal flesh, New, offer, office, online, order, paperback, part, person, point, Possible, potential, power, practice, Press, privilege, PRW, PRWEB, Publicity, reader, Salem, salem communications, self publisher, spiritual, Spring, staff, stand, unchanging word, Vocus, void, week, well-being, Wire, word, word of god, world, Xulon | Leave a comment

U.S. Preventive Medicine

Posted on May 17, 2012 by footdash

U.S. Preventive Medicine® Health & Fitness App to Integrate with Withings WiFi Body Scale

Jacksonville, FL and Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc., the leader in preventive medicine, today announced that Macaw™ from The Prevention Plan™, its mobile health and fitness app, is now integrated with the Withings WiFi Body Scale. This convergence of technology will provide users with a revolutionary way to manage their health.

Macaw is a full-feature app that assesses an individual’s health risks and will serve as a hub to track health metrics and activity, as well as integrate information from other health and fitness apps, lab results and wireless devices. Using this wireless technology, the Withings scale will seamlessly integrate with the Macaw app.

The Withings WiFi Body Scale is the world’s first WiFi-connected personal weight scale, which automatically records the user’s body weight, lean and fat mass, and calculated body mass index (BMI) and automatically integrates that data with Macaw. Users of the mobile app will have a complete picture of their health, be able to track fluctuations in in the scale measurements over time, and track healthy activities and diet that correspond to those weight fluctuations.

For members of U.S. Preventive Medicine’s The Prevention Plan, Macaw will also integrate this data between the mobile app and the Plan’s online health management platform using technology and services provided by Qualcomm Life, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Macaw can be downloaded for free on the iPhone and Android devices.

“U.S. Preventive Medicine plans to integrate Macaw with dozens of health devices, monitors and mobile apps in the coming months,” said Christopher Fey, founder, CEO and chairman of U.S. Preventive Medicine. “By combining the paradigm shift of technology and the clinical discipline of preventive medicine, we hope to transform the way people think about, engage in and manage their health.”

“We developed our WiFi Scale knowing that monitoring your weight on a daily basis is the key to reaching and maintaining a healthy lifestyle,” said Withings Co-Founder Cedric Hutchings. “By partnering with U.S Preventive Medicine, our scale makes the tracking of weight for their users easy in an effort to support their global initiative in preventive health.”

About Macaw™

Unlike other available health and fitness apps, Macaw is based on the clinical science of preventive medicine and is universally designed for people who exercise regularly as well as those who are novices when it comes to physical activity. By leveraging Qualcomm Life’s expertise in wireless technology, Macaw has been able to transform a smartphone into the ultimate personal health monitor, connecting an individual’s health apps and wireless devices for tracking weight, fitness, overall activity and biometrics – including pedometers, glucose meters, activity armbands, scales, labs, sleep managers, mobile weight loss apps and blood pressure cuffs – into a single app for complete tracking. Macaw currently allows integration with the Fitlinxx Actiped+ all-day activity monitor, and WorkSmart Labs’ weight loss and fitness app Noom Weight Loss and Withings WiFi Body Scale. Macaw users are able to track their physical activity, nutrition, progress and health knowledge while engaging in games that unlock prizes.

Macaw is available for download on the iPhone App Store and Android Market. You can also stay up-to-date by following Macaw on Facebook (Facebook.com/ThePreventionPlan), Twitter (@MacawApp) and YouTube (YouTube.com/MacawApp). View the video at http://www.youtube.com/macawapp.

About U.S. Preventive Medicine®

U.S. Preventive Medicine (http://www.USPreventiveMedicine.com) is leading a global preventive health movement focused on saving lives and money by keeping people healthy and better managing chronic conditions before they progress. Innovative products—The Prevention Plan™ web-based health management platform and Macaw mobile health & fitness app—are based on the clinical science of preventive medicine: primary (wellness and health promotion to keep healthy people healthy), secondary (screening for earlier detection/diagnosis) and tertiary (early evidence-based treatment to reduce complications and disability). The company is accredited in wellness and health promotion by NCQA (the National Committee for Quality Assurance) and disease management by URAC. More information can be found on Facebook (Facebook.com/ThePreventionPlan), Twitter (@USPM) and YouTube (YouTube.com/thepreventionchannel).

About The Prevention Plan™

The Prevention Plan is a personalized, step-by-step health management program designed to help people take control of their health. Through a full health risk appraisal and comprehensive blood test panel, The Plan identifies an individual’s top health risks and designs a customized plan of action to reduce those risks. The Member is supported by health coaching, robust online tools, plan-wide challenges with rewards, and a dynamic Prevention Score℠ to help them stay motivated and on track to improving their health. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Population Health Management, “The Impact of The Prevention Plan on Employee Health Risk Reduction,” (October 2010) demonstrated that The Prevention Plan is effective in achieving measurable improvements in key health risk factors after just one year on the plan. Recent findings show that after two years on The Prevention Plan, members significantly reduced health risks in 14 of 15 key risk areas.

About Withings:

Withings designs, develops, and industrializes connected objects. Withings is a French start-up established by two executives from technology and telecom industry. With a focus on innovation and design for everyday products, Withings introduced in September 2009 its first-of-its-kind WiFi Bodyscale in the world. Withings is an actor of the Internet of Things and strives to increase the capacities of an object by adding network resources. The object’s interfaces are also ported to devices like mobile phones or computers, to benefit from their resources. Withings makes internet connected objects including the WiFi Body Scale, Smart Blood Pressure Monitor, the Smart Baby Monitor and coming soon the Smart Baby Scale.

# # #

Attachments

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged Android, body, body mass index, body mass index bmi, convergence of technology, fitness, health, health and fitness, health devices, health management, health risks, Integrate, iPhone, macaw, management platform, medicine, medicine health, medicine inc, mobile apps, mobile health, personal weight, prevention plan, Preventive, preventive medicine, scale, scale measurements, U.S., weight fluctuations, WiFi, Withings | Leave a comment

Tyco Thermal Controls Presented with Safety Recognition Award for Motiva Crude Expansion Project

Posted on May 16, 2012 by footdash

Tyco Thermal Controls Presented with Safety Recognition Award for Motiva Crude Expansion Project

Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

Tyco Thermal Controls’ Tracer Turnkey Solutions Team was recently presented with a Safety Recognition Award for its work on the Motiva Crude Expansion Project (CEP) in Port Arthur, Texas. Premier experts in the engineering design, construction, and maintenance of heat-tracing solutions, the team exceeded one million work hours without a recordable injury and two million hours without a lost time injury at the Port Arthur Texas Refinery – a stellar safety achievement.

Tyco’s focus on safety has been a vital factor in the success of the expansion project. With a peak workforce of approximately 100 staff members and more than 1,500 employees working to make Motiva’s Port Arthur Texas Refinery one of the world’s largest refining complexes, Tyco has exceeded performance and productivity expectations while adhering to rigorous safety standards.

“The safety of our employees and those involved with our projects is a top commitment for Tyco, so we are very proud to be presented with this important award,” said Dave Megna, president of Tracer division, Tyco Thermal Controls. “With a goal of achieving zero incidents worldwide through our Environmental, Health and Safety program, we expect to continue being an industry leader in preserving the safety of people, property and environment.”

In addition to significant emphasis on safety throughout the expansion project, Tyco has also adapted to provide optimized cost-saving strategies for the refinery’s heat management system. Tyco’s superior technology solutions have reduced the overall electrical load at the Motiva’s Port Arthur Texas Refinery by five megawatts – equivalent to the amount of energy needed to power a large neighborhood.

Tyco Thermal Controls began working on the Motiva CEP in 2006, when the Tracer Turnkey Solutions Team was awarded the contract for front end engineering and estimate development. The team later secured full engineering procurement and construction contracts for the project’s electric tracing and thermal insulation. As the project nears completion, the team continues to focus on safety of its employees engaged in the facility start up.

About Tyco Thermal Controls

Tyco Thermal Controls, a part of Tyco Flow Control, is a global company providing optimal solutions for various applications involving heat tracing, floor heating, snow melting & de-icing, temperature measurement, fire and performance wiring, and leak detection systems. With operations in 56 countries and experience in managing projects around the globe, Tyco Thermal Controls is the ideal partner for owners and constructors worldwide. Tyco Thermal Controls manufactures, supplies and distributes products and provides services under brand names such as Raychem, Pyrotenax, DigiTrace, Tracer, Alliance Integrated Systems, Isopad, Frostex,

HEW-THERM, TraceTek and WinterGard. More information on Tyco Thermal Controls can be found at http://www.tycothermal.com.

About Tyco Flow Control

Tyco Flow Control, a business segment of Tyco International Ltd., is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of valves and controls, water and environmental systems, and thermal control solutions to vital industries including energy, power, water, mining, chemical, food and beverage, and construction. Tyco Flow Control has more than 15,000 employees in more than 300 locations globally. For more information on Tyco Flow Control, visit http://www.tycoflowcontrol.com.

###

Attachments

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged achievement, addition, Alliance, amount, amp, Attachments, award, beverage, brand, Business, CEP, chemical, commitment, company, completion, construction, contract, control, Controls, Copyright, crude, Design, detection, development, DigiTrace, division, electrical load, emphasis, end, energy, Engineering, engineering design, environment, Environmental, estimate, expansion, expansion project, experience, facility, factor, fire, floor, flow, Food, Frostex, globe, goal, health, heat, heat management, heat tracing, heating, HEW-THERM, Holdings, Inc, industry, information, injury, insulation, Integrated, International, Isopad, leader, leak, LLC, load, ltd, maintenance, management, manufacturer, Marketer, May, measurement, megna, melting, mining, motiva, neighborhood, optimal, part, partner, Peak, performance, port arthur texas, power, premier, Presented, president, procurement, productivity, program, project, property, PRW, PRWEB, Publicity, Pyrotenax, Raychem, recognition, recognition award, recordable injury, Refinery, refining, rigorous safety, safety, safety achievement, safety program, safety recognition, segment, snow, solutions team, staff, Start, Success, superior technology, System, Team, technology, temperature, texas refinery, Thermal, time, time injury, Tracer, TraceTek, turnkey, turnkey solutions, Tyco, tyco thermal controls, visit, Vocus, water, WinterGard, Wire, wiring, work, workforce, world, worldwide | Leave a comment

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Exhibiting at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards 2012 Conference and Exhibition

Posted on May 16, 2012 by footdash

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Exhibiting at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards 2012 Conference and Exhibition

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will be among the exhibitors at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. The exhibit will be held May 21-23 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. Staff will be on hand in Booth 828 to explain the data that BLS produces and demonstrate how that data can be used by Human Resource professionals.

Most of the data to be featured come from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) and the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. The NCS produces data on employment cost trends and the incidence, provisions, and cost of employer provided benefits. The OES provides data on employment and occupational wages. All BLS data are free of charge and available online.

As part of the exhibit, BLS staff will show users how to access data online from the BLS website. Survey respondents—those invaluable Human Resource professionals that provide the data for BLS surveys—are encouraged to stop by the booth to discuss the importance and process of reporting data to BLS. Karen Ransom, Regional Economist in BLS’s Southeast Regional Office, noted: “meeting data users from the Human Resources profession face-to-face is a great way for us to demonstrate the data we produce as well as learn from the experts what their data needs are.”

All visitors to the booth will receive a copy of “Zooming in on Compensation Data – A guide to BLS data for Human Resources Professionals”. Those not attending the conference can request a copy of this booklet by sending an email request to HRGuide {at} bls {dot} gov.

About the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are objective, timely, accurate, and relevant.

About the BLS Information Offices

BLS has eight regional information offices, located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. BLS staff from these offices are available to assist data users in finding and understanding the data they need. The Information Offices may be contacted via email, telephone, or in person.

About the National Compensation Survey

The National Compensation Survey is an on-going comprehensive employer-based survey of approximately 11,000 establishments conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. NCS is an umbrella program that produces data on several topics including benefits, wages, and compensation cost trends. One of its outputs—the Employment Cost Index (ECI) — is a principal federal economic indicator. The ECI measures the percent change in the cost of wages and benefits. Another output is the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC). The ECEC provides costs for wages and individual benefits on a cost per hour worked basis. In addition to the reports and websites mentioned in this release, the Compensation and Working Conditions Online Journal contains short articles on various compensation topics including health and retirement benefits.

About the Occupational Employment Statistics Program

The Occupational Employment Statistics program is an on-going, comprehensive employer-based survey of approximately 1.2 million establishments collected over a 3-year period. The OES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS provides the procedures and technical support, draws the sample, and produces the survey materials, while the SWAs collect the data. OES provides employment and wage estimates for over 800 occupations by State, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area, as well as by detailed industry and ownership (private industry, local government, state government, and federal government) at the National level.

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.

Posted in Health | Tagged 2012, Activity, addition, agency, area, basis, behalf, BLS, bls data, booklet, Booth, Bureau, bureau of labor, bureau of labor statistics, center, center staff, change, charge, company, compensation, compensation data, Conditions, Conference, Convention, copy, cost, Data, data users, decision-making, ECEC, ECI, economist, economy, email, email request, employee, employer, Employment, Exhibit, Exhibiting, Exhibition, Federal, gaylord palms resort, gaylord palms resort and convention center, gov, government, guide, hand, health, Hour, HRGuide, Human, human resource professionals, human resources profession, human resources professionals, importance, incidence, Index, indicator, industry, information, journal, Labor, Level, Market, Marketer, May, meeting, Metropolitan, mission, National, national compensation survey, NCS, Nonmetropolitan, objective, Occupational, occupational employment statistics, occupational wages, OES, office, online, output, Ownership, part, percent, period, person, Press, price, process, profession, profession face, program, PRWEB, public, Regional, regional economist, release, request, resort, resource, retirement, Rewards, sample, Southeast, southeast regional office, staff, state, Statistics, support, Survey, survey respondents, SWAs, telephone, Total, U.S., umbrella, user, wage, way, Web, website, workforce, Working, WorldatWork, WorldatWork's, Year, Zooming | Leave a comment

Health

The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt Introduces Ruxton House

Northern VA Hair Salon, Salon Antoine Declares The Whole Month Of May, Mother?s Month.

Nationally-recognized Surgeon Nilesh A. Patel, MD of Texas Bariatric Specialists Opens Laredo Office

fitsmi.com Offers School Nurses Tips on Helping Overweight Teen Girls

New Xulon Book Informs Audience That Miracles Are Possible

U.S. Preventive Medicine

Tyco Thermal Controls Presented with Safety Recognition Award for Motiva Crude Expansion Project

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Exhibiting at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards 2012 Conference and Exhibition

Live Stream

Link

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories