‘Tis the season to discover your Om. For American fashion designer, Sigrid Olsen, Om resonates profoundly, imparting deeper focus, serenity, wisdom, and happiness. Sigrid offers her three favorite ways to refresh body, mind and spirit with this Creative Well-being Wish List for the Holidays:
Rejuvenate, relax and reinvent this New Year. Mix exhilarating cultural travel with art, yoga, and self-discovery. Reserve now for Sigrid’s upcoming Creative Well-being Retreat in Santorini next September. Entice a friend, a colleague, a sister, a daughter, or relish just going solo. Reserve by January 15, 2015 to receive a significant early bird savings.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7142231-sigrid-olsen-new-designs-for-living/
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), through its efforts during Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in September and throughout the year, is working to raise awareness of the increased prevalence of the disease and the associated risk of stroke in patients living with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Today, HRS releases a new public service announcement (PSA) as part of its ongoing work to educate Americans about AFib, the most common heart arrhythmia, and how it increases one’s risk of stroke fivefold. The PSA can be viewed by clicking here.
AFib affects more than three million Americans and it is estimated that 12 to 16 million Americans will have AFib by 2050. AFib occurs when the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) fibrillate, or “quiver,” which causes a rapid, irregular heart rhythm. The normal heart rate for an adult is between 60 and 100 beats every minute. When the heart is experiencing AFib, the atria can beat over 300 times every minute.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7312151-heart-rhythm-society-afib-stroke-psa/
Awesome sandwiches!
Master Chef and National Geographic Explorer Barton Seaver gives kid-friendly tips on how to build an awesome sandwich from his new book, packed with scrumptious seasonal recipes, fun food facts and challenges, tips on sustainability, and more. Find out more at NGKidsCookbook.com
Find other Cookbook segments at YouTube.com/natgeofan. Cooking, health, kids, non-fiction. self help
WebMD and Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) today announced a new investigative study designed to improve researchers’ and health care professionals’ understanding of what contributes to healthy pregnancies and positive pregnancy outcomes. The Healthy Pregnancy Study will use WebMD’s newly redesigned and enhanced Pregnancy app for iPhone. Incorporation of the Apple ResearchKit software framework will enable survey participants to eConsent, easily and anonymously answer questions, and share connected device data about their pregnancies with researchers for analysis.
“Pregnant women are one of the least studied populations in medical research,” said Dr. Eric Topol, director of STSI and editor-in-chief of Medscape. “The results of our Healthy Pregnancy Study -- on the foundation of an exceptionally popular smartphone app -- will ultimately provide expectant mothers, researchers, and health care professionals with new medical insights to avoid complications during pregnancy.”
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/7579757-webmd-stsi-healthy-pregnancy-study-app/
Ever since Donna and John met at work three decades ago, they've had the kind of smooth, comfortable relationship that comes when attraction is accompanied by compatible interests as well as strengths and weaknesses that balance each other. They pictured their senior years as an extension of what Donna Dean calls “this nice, easy life. We didn't see the calamity that was coming.”
Brookdale Senior Living, the nation's largest dementia care provider, has created new resources for care partners as part of National Alzheimer's Awareness Month in November. The candid discussion of many of the disease's most difficult challenges includes an up-close look at Donna's and John’s lives since he developed dementia.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7722131-brookdale-alzheimers-awareness/
To raise awareness about the importance of healthy, enhanced vision and its connection to enjoying the “sights” while traveling and in everyday life, Transitions® adaptive lenses™ and Food Network® host and celebrity chef Robert Irvine have teamed up to highlight ways to make the most of your travel and dining experiences, including wearing the right eyewear that allows you to see your best and enjoying flavorful eye healthy foods.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7095451-transitions-adaptive-lenses-wearer-robert-irvine-turns-dining-into-sightseeing/
As brain health becomes an ever greater concern for people of all ages, the nation’s largest senior living provider is now guiding its residents on developing and putting into practice personalized brain health plans. Brookdale devised the new resident program with the help of a neuropsychologist specializing in brain health. The company is putting it into place at its independent and assisted living communities across the country.
Through the new initiative, Brookdale’s residents will be offered a four-session course that explains key factors in brain health through classroom learning and hands-on activities. Each participant will be guided on creating an individual brain health plan to use on a daily basis. The course was developed with the assistance of Dr. Paul Nussbaum, who is Board Certified in clinical and geropsychology with a specialty in neuropsychology. An adjunct professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, he is the author of “Save Your Brain.”
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7722157-brookdale-brain-health/
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cologuard, the company’s noninvasive, stool DNA colorectal cancer screening test. Cologuard is the first noninvasive screening test for colorectal cancer that analyzes both stool DNA and blood biomarkers and has been proven to find 92 percent of cancers and 69 percent of the most advanced precancerous polyps in average risk patients. Cologuard, which is available through healthcare providers, offers people 50 and older at average risk for colorectal cancer an easy–to–use screening test they can do in the privacy of their own home.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7092251-fda-approve-s-exact-sciences-cologuard-screening-test-colorectal-cancer/
A recent survey conducted by DSM Nutritional Products found that 83 percent of adults in the U.S. believe worsening eye health is inevitable with age. What many people don’t realize is that there’s a connection between healthy eyes and proper nutrition, and it goes beyond eating carrots.
According to Dr. Kimberly Reed, optometrist and Ocular Nutrition Society board member, “Incorporating certain nutrients into the diet can support a lifetime of healthy vision and help protect against serious conditions, including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The latter affects more than 2 million Americans and can lead to severe visual impairment.”
To view Multmedia News Release, go to: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7129751-dsm-nutritional-products-eye-health-survey/
Consumers seeking locally sourced products can easily find one in an everyday pantry staple – vegetable oil, which is primarily 100 percent soybean oil made from soybeans grown in the U.S. Sales of vegetable oil support more than 550,000 U.S. soybean farmers who strive to leave the land in better shape than they found it for America’s next generation of farmers. “I work hard to help produce an ingredient that I am proud to serve to my own family, as well as families across the U.S.,” said United Soybean Board (USB) Chairman Bob Haselwood. “Every time you purchase vegetable oil, or soybean oil, you’re supporting local farmers.” Haselwood produces soybeans on his farm in Berryton, Kansas. Many retailers sell soybean oil primarily produced with U.S.-grown soybeans. This past summer, USB partnered with a large Midwest grocery retail chain with 200+ stores to emphasize the importance of knowing where food comes from and educate about the benefits of soybean oil. During this promotion, unit sales of the store brand vegetable oil rose more than 27 percent over the same time last year, and shoppers commented that they were more likely to purchase soybean oil knowing it’s a U.S.-grown product. To view the multimedia release go to: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7689851-united-soybean-board-eat-local/
Global health service company Cigna today announced it is expanding access to its popular Coach by Cigna health and fitness mobile application to make it more broadly available to its clients and customers. Coach is now available on both Apple® iOS and Android™ mobile smart devices.
Currently a go-to health and fitness app for more than 350,000 users in 15 nations in nine languages, Coach by Cigna is now available at no charge in the App Store ℠ and Google Play™ stores for mobile devices that have either the Apple® iOS9 or the Android™ Lollipop operating system.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7448831-coach-by-cigna-fitness-app/
Today, Futures Without Violence, in partnership with the Department of Justice, announced the launch of the first national campaign that will raise awareness, teach skills, and inspire public action to address children’s exposure to violence and childhood trauma. The multi-year “Changing Minds” campaign will motivate teachers, coaches, counselors, health professionals, law enforcement officers, and others who regularly interact with children to take meaningful action in supporting children who may be affected.
“Violence is far too prominent in our children’s lives, but it does not have to define their futures,” said former Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. “We can curb the effects of trauma and restore our young people to wholeness and health, giving them the chance they all deserve to pursue their dreams.”
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7925451-ad-council-futures-without-violence/
