Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC), the global leader in home and long-term care medical products, today is launching “Real Life,” a new campaign dedicated to raising awareness of the everyday struggles and achievements of those living with disabilities, ailments or advancing age. For these individuals, even “ordinary” tasks like getting dressed, preparing for the day ahead, caring for children, driving a car or going to work can require extraordinary effort — yet few people are aware of these everyday struggles and achievements. Invacare has created this awareness campaign and platform so that people can share their ‘real life’ stories — or the story of someone who inspires them — for a chance to win cash prizes for themselves and the charity of their choice.
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On May 27, CVS/pharmacy launched a new in-store fundraising campaign named Advancing Medical Research, to support medical research and help improve the quality of life for those living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and cystic fibrosis (CF). Funds raised through the campaign will benefit the ALS Therapy Alliance (ATA), a leading organization dedicated to advancing ALS research, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. Supporters for the 2012 campaign can donate $1 or $3 dollars at the register in CVS/pharmacy locations and online at www.cvs.com/alscff through June 30.
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Rebellyus, the Palestinian-born rapper who spent his first seven years living in war-torn areas of the Middle East, goes deep for his and all people in his new track and video for
Abbott today announced the winners of the CFChef Challenge, a recipe contest to launch CFChef, an online resource developed to help meet the unique nutritional needs of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Four winners were selected from a pool of original recipes and traditional recipes adapted for a CF-focused diet.
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Living Proof, founded by bio-medical scientists with the sole mission to engineer solutions to the world’s toughest beauty problems, has created a breakthrough solution for dry, damaged hair – Restore. To prove that you can undo the damage and transform your hair in just 14 days with Restore, Living Proof is kicking off a campaign asking women to embark on a 14-Day “Restore the Love” Challenge on Facebook with a chance to win a Canyon Ranch Vacation.
To begin their campaign to restore as many women’s hair as possible, Living Proof brought a “Restore the Love” Bus to New York City this past weekend (May 18 – 20) to encourage women to get on board the Restore 14-Day Challenge. This one-of-a-kind experience featured hair consultations with celebrity hair stylist and Living Proof Creative Director Tim Rogers, founding hair stylist Mitch De Rosa, and Living Proof’s elite group of scientists. Throughout the weekend, women were encouraged to restore the love for their hair and prove that they can undo the damage and transform hair in just two weeks.
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In honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the holiday season, Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) is offering tips and support groups to help families as they care for the growing number of seniors with memory loss.
“The holidays can be a stressful time for any family and celebrating with a loved one with memory loss adds unique challenges,” said Rita Altman, vice president of Memory Care and Program Services at Sunrise. “The holidays are meant for celebrating together, so it is important to help those with memory loss feel that they are a part of your celebration. By following these simple tips, you can include your loved ones in more meaningful ways.”
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Suffering from foot pain? Living with plantar fasciitis that is making your feet really hurt? You don\'t have to live like that anymore. Good Feet Arch Supports have helped people in Manchester for 15 years. This video explains it all!
CGAP recently conducted a study of 426 Mexican households with income below $1,440 per month in an effort to better understand the financial habits, needs and wants of low-income customers. The nationally representative survey helped segment customers into six groups with common needs and behavior towards financial services. The study highlights in particular four lower-income groups – those living on US$4-10 per day (seasonal workers), US$10 per day (entrepreneurs), US$15 per day (informal salaried/wage workers) and US$12 per day (formal salaried workers) – and found that even across these income segments, households’ financial concerns and aspirations were similar.
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The winners of the Natural Light - International Design Competition have now been chosen from the 172 impressive Natural Light Lamp designs submitted from 65 countries around the world. The winners are two very talented Argentinian Industrial Design students, Ms. Mariana Arando and Mr. Luca Fondello, both from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The production phase of the winning design for the Natural Light Lamp will begin shortly, followed next year by shipment of the lamps to three African countries without access to electricity.
Last year, the VELUX Group and Little Sun joined forces to launch the Natural Light – International Design Competition, which challenged design students around the world to create a design for a solar lamp which would help to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to some of the 1.2 billion people worldwide living without electricity. Now the jury has voted and decided on the winning solar lamp design by two Industrial Design students from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
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Today, DailyBurn™, a leading health and fitness program, unveiled a revolutionary, personalized fitness platform that delivers daily custom-designed video workouts using DailyBurn’s IntelliBurn™ technology. The new DailyBurn brings fitness to members’ fingertips, anytime, anywhere by streaming HD-quality custom workouts, personal result metrics, and nutrition and healthy living tools to users’ smartphone, computer, tablet or television every day.
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Stiefel, a GSK company, announced today that Hats On For Skin Health, its global campaign with the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), has raised enough funds to produce 15,000 sun-protective hats for albinos living in East Africa and has already distributed more than 2,000 hats. The hats are being distributed from Tanzania, where estimates are that 98 percent of albino children will die before the age of 40 from cancers of the skin – a direct result of the sun’s damaging rays. Worldwide, albinism affects about one in 20,000 people. However the incidence of albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa is significantly higher than in the rest of the world, specifically in Tanzania where the incidence is one in 1,429.
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