Office Relocation in Store for Digital Design Works

Office Relocation in Store for Digital Design Works

Digital Design Works, an award-winning provider of progressive Interactive Solutions, announced today that it will relocate its offices to the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, PA effective April 2004.

(PRWEB) March 24, 2004

“While we love the pastoral setting of our Gladwyne address, we are very excited to be in a city environment” stated Digital Design Works President, Mark A. Patten. “The Manayunk section has tremendous energy with a vibrant culture, while the office space is interesting and eclectic. We are really excited about the move.” Patten further explained.

The new address will be as follows:

116 Shurs Lane, Two East

Philadelphia, PA 19127

(P) 215-508-1800

About Digital Design Works

Headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, PA, Digital Design Works is a premier provider of interactive solutions dedicated to providing organizations with a positive return on their interactive investments. DDW provides expertise in web, rich media and digital marketing. DDWÂ’s success can be attributed to exceptional creative, client partnership and our unique Interactive FormulaSM. Since 1995 DDW has been providing award-winning solutions to clients such as Albert Einstein Healthcare, Aventis, BF Goodrich, Celanese, CIGNA, Hospital at University of Pennsylvania, Johnson & Johnson, Main Line Health, SEI Investments, Solvay and Tyco.

Picateers and eScrip Offer Unique Fundraising Alternatives for Back-to-School 2008 : New Partnership Will Introduce Picateers to Thousands of Schools Nationwide

Picateers and eScrip Offer Unique Fundraising Alternatives for Back-to-School 2008 : New Partnership Will Introduce Picateers to Thousands of Schools Nationwide

Back-to-school means “back-to-fundraising” for parents across the country, who spend more than $2 billion each year supporting school fundraising efforts. This year Picateers and eScrip, two innovative school fundraising companies, are joining together to remind schools, PTAs and parents alike that there are better choices for fundraising than silent auctions and bake sales.

SAN MATEO, Calif. (PRWEB) September 9, 2008

-- Picateers is an online portrait company that helps schools run their own picture days and turn them into effective fundraisers. Participating schools find a volunteer photographer to take the pictures, typically trusted parents or faculty members. Picateers takes care of the rest, from providing guidance, online ordering, and step-by-step instructions to delivering the photos.

  With Picateers, schools receive 50 percent of all portrait package sales, which typically translates into thousands of dollars.   -- Electronic Scrip Inc. (eScrip), works with retailers nationwide to help parents contribute a percentage of grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school, group or organization of choice.   Since its inception, eScrip has helped schools raise more than $180 million. "Picateers and eScrip both leverage parents' existing purchases to raise money for schools. When parents buy school pictures, clothes or even groceries, they're fundraising," said Susan Doherty, co-founder and vice-president of marketing at Picateers. "Our combined efforts will go a long way to help save valuable programs in schools across the country."

As part of the partnership, eScrip will introduce Picateers to more than 45,000 schools across America through its national symposiums and other communications with participating schools.

"Picateers and eScrip help schools raise money easily in a positive and healthy way," said Richard Sutch, Executive Vice President, Marketing of eScrip. "It's important that anyone involved in school fundraising realize that they have options that are safe, easy and it doesn't hurt that they are sugar-free."

For more information about Picateers and eScrip fundraisers please visit www. escrip. picateers. com.

ABOUT PICATEERS

Picateers is an innovative online portrait company that enables schools to turn school picture day into a successful fundraiser. With a single Picateers picture day, a typical elementary school can raise about $5,000 – almost half of the average fundraising goal for a year. Funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Storm Ventures and angel investors, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. Visit www. picateers. com for more information.

ABOUT ESCRIP

Electronic Scrip Inc. (eScrip) is dedicated to establishing relationships between commerce and community to provide resources to organizations that support children. eScrip's board and officers include individuals with diverse backgrounds that include computer technology, banking systems, marketing, accounting, fundraising, and the non-profit sector. Escrip is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

ALL Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Dangerous

ALL Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Dangerous

It is a very narrow view to simply focus on the recalled cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol, when all the drugs in that class ('statins') have the potential to do the same thing, since they all act through the same biochemical process.

(PRWEB) August 24, 2001

SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS - While the media has been abuzz lately with news of the recall of the cholesterol-lowering medication Baycol (cerivastatin), they are really missing the bigger picture, says a group of leading physicians and health experts.

It is a very narrow view to simply focus on just one of these drugs, when they all have the potential to do the same thing, they maintain.

"All of the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs commonly known as 'statins', can cause the same adverse effects as Baycol," says Dr. Joseph Mercola, Medical Director of the Optimal Wellness Center in Schaumburg, Illinois, "since they all act through the same biochemical process."

Baycol was voluntarily recalled earlier this month by its manufacturer, Bayer AG, after it was discovered that many people were being stricken with a condition known as rhabdomyolysis. It has since been ascertained that at least 52 people have died as a result, according to the Associated Press.

The European Medicines Evaluation Agency has announced that it is currently conducting a safety review of other "Statins", in light of the findings on Baycol. The head of the agency's drug evaluation unit, Noel Wathion, states "There is a need to look at the whole class of these products to see if there is a need for further action,'' according to a report from Reuters.

"The potential adverse effects of the entire class of these widely used drugs are particularly worrying considering that the new guidelines for treating high cholesterol, recently published by the US National Cholesterol Education Program, recommend treatment with cholesterol lowering drugs for a considerable portion of mankind," states Uffe Ravnskov, MD, author of The Cholesterol Myths (New Trends, 2000).

However, there is currently no indication that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be following Europe's lead and look into the safety of the entire Statin class, despite the fact that they have been petitioned to do so by the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen, among others.

"It may be that these drugs are causing muscle damage by interfering with the body's production and metabolism of Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone)," says Stephen Byrnes, PhD, author of Diet & Heart Disease : It's NOT What You Think (Whitman, 2001). "This substance is crucial for the proper functioning of muscle tissue, which includes the heart."

Other than Baycol, the statins that are currently available in the US are Lipitor (atorvastatin), Zocor (simvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin), and Lescol (fluvastatin).

"This Baycol recall is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as a vast majority of cases will go undiagnosed. In many cases, the symptoms may be mild or may resemble another condition," states Mercola. "Even in cases where the condition is properly diagnosed, the association with the drugs may not have been made previously."

For more information on this topic see http://www. mercola. com/article/statins. htm (http://www. mercola. com/article/statins. htm) or contact:

Joseph Mercola, DO

Optimal Wellness Center

Schaumburg, Illinois

Tel: 847-985-1777

Email: dr@mercola. com

Http://www. mercola. com (http://www. mercola. com)

Uffe Ravnskov, MD

Lund, Sweden

Tel: +46 46 145022

Email: uffe. ravnskov@swipnet. se

Http://www. ravnskov. nu/cholesterol. htm (http://www. ravnskov. nu/cholesterol. htm)

Stephen Byrnes, PhD

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 739-1415

Email: drbyrnes@hotmail. com

Http://www. powerhealth. net (http://www. powerhealth. net)

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Diabetech® Extends its Lead as the Premiere Real-time Diabetes Intervention Service Provider

Diabetech® Extends its Lead as the Premiere Real-time Diabetes Intervention Service Provider

Turn-key programs, technology and capabilities support multiple diabetes trials.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) November 3, 2006

Diabetech is pleased to announce the implementation of its first regional diabetes care network. In addition to this large-scale rollout, Diabetech is also announcing several new research partnerships that are successfully using our diabetes intervention technology and service provider programs for developing new models of diabetes care. All of this exciting news is further evidence from the field that endocrinologists, certified diabetes educators and islet cell transplant teams recognize Diabetech as the leader in real-time remote patient monitoring technology and diabetic patient intervention programs.

We are known by many for our patent pending GlucoMON® device, which has recently been granted registered trademark status from the United States Patent & Trademark Office. The GlucoMON brand is synonymous with real-time glucose alerts and the easiest way in the world to remotely connect people with diabetes to their care team. "People who don't know us too well have often suggested that we should do something with all that blood glucose data besides just real-time alerts," says Eric Link, Diabetech's co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. "Little did they realize that our GlucoDYNAMIX™ diabetes intervention platform has been supporting clinical trials since 2002 allowing us to gain more experience developing more protocols with more patients working in collaboration with more providers than any other organization in the field of real-time diabetes patient management and social networking."

Our regional diabetes care network is a turn-key education & intervention program covering patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes living in rural South Texas. Funding for this program has been secured through a $455,208 USDA Distance Learning & Telemedicine grant awarded to Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. This program will deliver the world's most advanced diabetes care to hundreds of children throughout South Texas using all of Diabetech's capabilities and technology (i. e. - GlucoDYNAMIX, GlucoMON®, GlucoMESSENGER™) along with our next generation devices including GlucoBLUE™, GlucoSTATION™ and GlucoMON®2 currently in development. These remote control medical device connectivity and management devices will initially include support for LifeScan®'s Ultra® and Ultra®2 meters. Support for additional glucose meters and other diagnostic devices are considered on a case-by-case basis.

In fact, there's not much that Diabetech doesn't do for its clients when it comes to managing patients in clinical research. As the only healthcare focused wireless data service provider offering a turn-key medical device and patient management service, Diabetech handles all of the following functions, including but not limited to: protocol design and system development, patient recruitment and patient records management, device design & manufacturing, device management (network activation, provisioning, wholesale nationwide wireless airtime, network management, technical support, etc…), real-time data collection, analysis including feedback, and completely automated patient interactions that stop short of crossing the medical advice line. We work closely with Principal Investigators and Institutional Review Boards as appropriate to ensure patient safety while pushing the limits of clinical informatics in the delivery of real-world diabetes care.

As Diabetech's most recent strategic research partner, the Baylor Health Care System is working with Diabetech to screen and monitor patients in its pancreatic islet cell transplant program. In addition to monitoring patients who have already begun their islet cell transplant therapy; the collaboration includes an agreement to co-develop Intensive Management Protocols that increase efficiencies and accuracy.

Other programs contributing to Diabetech's leadership include insulin pump start trials with Thomas Jefferson University and a previously conducted feasibility study for Animas Corporation. Our work with Texas Children's Hospital is in support of their pharma-sponsored trials. This involves automated remote monitoring of children with diabetes. Diabetech improves efficiencies, accuracy and timeliness of remote blood glucose monitoring following changes to the patient's prescribed regimen. Additional research partnerships include LifeScan, Flint Hills Scientific, Zyvex, the Care Products Institute (an affiliate of Kaiser Permanente) and a growing type 1 diabetes research community including patients and their families within our RightNow! Study. Results from several of our clinical trials will be released before the end of this year.

Diabetech's technology leadership also extends into the world of consumer-oriented service provider processes, IT infrastructure, wireless and broadband networks and includes the characterization and integration of devices manufactured by Cisco, Qorvus, Ambient Devices, and multiple cell phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Sony/Ericsson and others. Diabetech is an Adopter Member of the Bluetooth® Special Interest Group and developing the Wi-Med™ specification for enabling secure, transient medical device and data connectivity over pervasive wireless broadband networks.

This service offering is compliant with applicable federal and state regulations including HIPAA, which govern the privacy and security of human subjects research. For more information please call 877.My. Gluco or send email.

About Diabetech

Diabetech leads the world with more interventions served than any other diabetes program provider. A Dallas, Texas-based manufacturer of wireless medical devices and service provider infrastructure, we push the limits of clinical informatics in the delivery of real-world diabetes care. For more information on the company and to participate in our version of proactive care, please visit www. diabetech. net

Diabetech and GlucoMON are registered trademarks of Diabetech, LP. All other trademarks are the property of their registered owners.

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A Daily Dose of Humor Pills Cures What Ails You

A Daily Dose of Humor Pills Cures What Ails You

Fun, friendly, and highly informative. "Ask Your Pharmacist - A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Common Health Questions" covers 250+ health and wellness topics.

(PRWEB) July 26, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A Dose of HUMOR PILLS to Tackle the Top 250 Health Concerns

The feisty, funny Drug Lady answers the most frequently asked health questions (as well as those we’re often too embarrassed to ask in public) in Ask Your Pharmacist – A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions (St. Martins Press, NY). From print and Internet media, pharmacist Lisa Chavis’s friendly and humorous style of tackling our everyday health questions has reached millions. With real life problem solving advice for callers and the inside scoop on prescription, over-the-counter, and natural medicine for over 250 unique symptoms, this is an indispensable reference for every home and the author makes an engaging guest.

Health information expert and pharmacist, Lisa Chavis, gives readers the inside scoop on which products really work, which are a waste, the best home remedies for common problems, and answers to those embarrassing questions you’d rather not ask in person. From “Getting Older – Getting Better” to “Oh, Baby!” Chavis’s Ask Your Pharmacist covers them all!

  **Publishers Weekly calls Ask Your Pharmacist “The Best RX”! **

**Library Journal – “Highly Recommended For Consumer Health Collections”**

**LA Times – “This book covers all the bases.”

ASK YOUR PHARMACIST is organized in chapters for “Teens – Dude, Like What Do I Do About This? “Children’s Good Health – Oh, BABY! ,” or “Aches and Pains – Oh, My Aching Body” with snippets called HUMOR PILLS liberally dispensed. Interspersed through the text readers will also find plenty of entries under the heading “The Drug Lady Recommends,” these are small, valuable pieces of advice that cover everything from how to save money on the necessary medicines to how to control embarrassing gas. All categories are presented in an easy-to-understand format:

· Q: Does hay fever mean IÂ’m allergic to hay? I have this every year for a couple of months and it makes me miserable. What can I do?

Try: Stinging Nettle or bitter gentian root if you want to go the herbal route, if not Nasalcrom is a favorite over-the-counter remedyÂ

· Q: IÂ’m 11 and have started to smell a little. You know, body odor – BO – or whatever else it is called. I shower every day. What else can I do?

Try: The most effective way to wipe out body odor is to wipe out the bacteria that cause it. You donÂ’t smell bad right after a shower, right?Â…Teen Spirit, Shower To Shower, and Dial soapÂ

CONTACT: Jennifer Reeve, Publicist (212) 674-5151 ext. 704 Jennifer. reeve@stmartins. com

or Lisa Chavis, RPh, Author Lisa@webayp. com Available for Interview, Nation-wide by arrangement, Media Review Copies, Press Kit On Request.

Ask Your Pharmacist (St. Martins Press, $29.95) available in bookstores and on the companion web site www. webAYP. com

Houston Black Tie Dinner to Hold Gala Table Captain Event, September 7 at Guava Lamp

Houston Black Tie Dinner to Hold Gala Table Captain Event, September 7 at Guava Lamp

The Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc. Board of Directors invites you to attend our first Table Captain Party, Thursday, September 7 at Guava Lamp. Guest will have the opportunity to select tables for the Houston Black Tie Dinner Gala the evening of the Guava Lamp cocktail party.

Houston; TX (PRWEB) August 16, 2006

Houston Black Tie Dinner’s Gala never ceases to move the audience to laughter and joyful applause. You can be surrounded by your friends on this powerful and fun-filled evening. Buy at least one ticket and commit to recruiting nine others to sit at your table. Or become a Table Sponsor and treat all your friends to the best evening of their lives! Join us to hear more this extraordinary event and enjoy some great food. The Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc. Board of Directors invites you to attend our first Table Captain Party.

Thursday, September 7

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Guava Lamp, 570 Waugh @ Allen Parkway

Guests will have the opportunity to select tables for the Houston Black Tie Dinner Gala the evening of the Guava Lamp cocktail party. Houston Black Tie Dinner Gala Table Captains commit to do their best to sell seats at their chosen tables but are not required to purchase those that they do not sell. Remaining seats will be open to general public sale two weeks prior to the main event.

The Houston Black Tie Dinner Gala, celebrating Casablanca, with the theme “Here’s Looking at You.” will be held Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the InterContinental Hotel in the Galleria area. Headlining the evening is the hilarious Leslie Jordan, from Will & Grace and Sordid Lives.

Tables for the Houston Black Tie Dinner Gala range from $1750.00 - $3000.00 and can be purchased on-line at www. houstonblacktiedinner. org or by calling Box Office Tickets at 800 494 TIXS. Individual tickets range from $175.00 to $275.00 and are also available online.

For more information on “Here’s Looking At You…” Gala or the Guava Lamp Table Captain Event visit www. houstonblacktiedinner. org.

Proceeds will benefit these organizations: Bayou City Performing Arts, Center for AIDS, Houston GLBT Community Center, Lazarus House, Legacy Community Health Services, Lesbian Health Initiative, PFLAG/HATCH Youth Scholarship Foundation, People with AIDS, Pride Houston.

2006 Honorees: J. Hollyfield Political Service Award – The Honorable Mayor Bill White; Black Tie Humanitarian Award – Dr. Gordon Crofoot, MD, a leading physician with research and education of HIV/AIDS.

Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization to raise and distribute funds to both local charities and national organizations, and to honor worthy individuals for their contributions to the gay and lesbian community of Houston through their humanitarian or political work. Over the years, Houston Black Tie Dinner has seen a steady increase in attendance and support within the Houston Community, with total contributions to charities and national organizations totaling over $1.8 million dollars.

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Leisure Industry Titan Gary Henkin Partners With Steven Marx To Launch "Lifestyle Hospitality" ~ Merging Wellness With “Wow” Factor

Leisure Industry Titan Gary Henkin Partners With Steven Marx To Launch "Lifestyle Hospitality" ~ Merging Wellness With “Wow” Factor

Gary Henkin, president of WTS International, one of the most diverse international leisure firms in the world, has partnered with hotel industry innovator, Steven Marx to launch Lifestyle Hospitality. Henkin will utilize his vast spa industry experience to help introduce Lifestyle Hospitality’s unique hybrid of the 4-diamond "lifestyle" hotel product and the spa/wellness/fitness destination experience. Henkin will continue his role as President at WTS International while launching this newly formed management and development company.

Greenwich, CT (PRWEB) March 14, 2006

Gary Henkin, president of WTS International, one of the most diverse international leisure firms in the world, has partnered with hotel industry innovator, Steven Marx to launch Lifestyle Hospitality. Henkin will utilize his vast spa industry experience to help introduce Lifestyle Hospitality’s unique hybrid of the 4-diamond "lifestyle" hotel product and the spa/wellness/fitness destination experience. Henkin will continue his role as President at WTS International while launching this newly formed management and development company.

No stranger to the industry, Henkin has successfully anticipated various leisure trends over the last three decades, capitalizing on the tennis, fitness and, more recently, spa markets for his existing company WTS International. Henkin’s expertise in the planning, design and management of spas, fitness facilities and leisure complexes at hotels, resorts, golf and country clubs, and luxury residential properties worldwide, is paramount to this venture.

“We recognized that there is a hole in the marketplace, and we intend to fill that space,” states Henkin. “Our objective is to develop and manage hotels in secondary markets, where mind and body can relax without a disconnect from the first moment of entry continuing through to the experience in the guest rooms and spa facilities.”

Henkin has over 30 years of experience in the planning, design and management of health clubs, spas and athletic facilities of all types. He has also been responsible for coordinating feasibility and needs analysis studies for prospective spa and/or health club properties. His company, WTS International, has grown during the past three decades to become one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing leisure consulting and operating firms. At present, the firm has approximately 1,000 employees and provides its services to hotels, resorts, exclusive golf and country clubs and real estate properties throughout the United States and overseas.

In addition, Henkin has also participated in numerous speaking engagements including addresses to the attendees at B. O.M. A. (Building Owners and Managers Association), I. H.R. S.A. (International Hotel and Racquet Sports Association), Club Managers Association of America and Club Industry national conventions. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Maryland in 1966. Presently, Henkin resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and is active in a number of Washington, D. C. charitable foundations.

About Lifestyle Hospitality LLC

Lifestyle Hospitality is a new hospitality development, design, management, and consulting company, launched by the partnership of two industry veterans: Steve Marx and Gary Henkin. An innovative hospitality concept, Lifestyle Hospitality seamlessly merges a 4-diamond ‘lifestyle’ hotel product with a spa/wellness/fitness experience. The result is a refreshing fusion of several unique concepts; ultimately creating “tranquil chic” environment at a good value, for leisure guests and small company meetings and retreats. For more information, please call 203-698-2772 or Smarx @ lifestylehg. com.

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