What Weight Loss Programs Don't Tell You

What Weight Loss Programs Don't Tell You

95% of people who start a diet will fail within the first three weeks! New research shows us the facts.

(PRWEB) July 27, 2002

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Melbourne, Australia - July 27, 2002 -- research has discovered startling new results based on the failures of most commercial diet programs.

Unfortunately, virtually all commercial weight loss programs are shock diets - feast and famine. One day you're eating bacon and eggs, sunny-side up. The next, it's lettuce and mung beans. Say hello to your new diet! The only problem is the culture shock that diets cause makes them unsustainable, even over the short term, and the diet is quickly abandoned, often as early as within the first few days.

Researches have shown that this style of dieting is doomed to failure, and is the leading cause of people gaining weight, after repeated cycles of “yo-yo” dieting.

According to Tarquin James of Weight Loss International, the only type of diet that is successful over the long-term is a change in eating patterns incorporated into a proper lifestyle change. Any changes in diet should be made gradually over a period of time.

Serious medical problems have been reported when the number of calories consumed by otherwise healthy people is drastically slashed. Blood sugar levels plummet, and people can feel nauseous, dizzy, and in extreme cases, even death has been recorded.

According to Weight Loss International,

"We can only recommend diets which are responsible and based on a common-sense approach to sensible eating. Fad diets are out! Quick fixes unfortunately lead to quick failures. People need to understand that they're planning a whole way of life, and not settle for a band-aide solution."

Tarquin recommends that following a properly balanced program - such as Weight Loss International's "Slim for Life" program - is the only way that weight loss can successfully be reached and maintained over the long-term.

"It's time we woke up to reality, and realized that long-term results need a sensible, long-term approach".

Elemé Medical™ named as finalist in 5th annual "Stevie® Awards for Women in Business" : Stevie Award winners to be announced in New York City on November 14th

Elemé Medical™ named as finalist in 5th annual "Stevie® Awards for Women in Business" : Stevie Award winners to be announced in New York City on November 14th

Elemé Medical Inc., a private venture-backed aesthetics company building a franchise in the body shaping market with an initial focus on treatment of cellulite with its FDA-cleared SmoothShapes® System, announced today that it has been named as a Finalist in the “Best New Company of the Year” category in the 5th annual “Stevie Awards for Women in Business”.

MERRIMACK, N. H. (PRWEB) October 22, 2008

Nicknamed "the Stevies" for the Greek word "crowned", the Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run. Winners will be announced during a gala event at the New York Marriott Marquis hotel on Friday, November 14th, 2008. More than 1,200 companies were considered among 50 award-categories, including "Best Executive", "Best Entrepreneur, and "Best Community Involvement Program".

Elemé Medical's first product to launch, SmoothShapes, uses a proprietary technology called Photomology® that features a unique mechanism of action combining dynamic laser and light energy with mechanical massage and vacuum. This process affects the tissue responsible for the appearance of cellulite—enlarged fat cells and inflexible collagen. SmoothShapes stimulates restoration of healthy cell activity by focusing on both the physical manifestations of cellulite and its underlying causes. Treatments provide improved appearance of cellulite with longer-lasting results that patients can see and feel.

"Elemé Medical is honored to be a finalist for 'Best New Company of the Year'. This award validates our dedication to providing women with market-leading, effective technologies for body shaping that can help alleviate concerns about their appearance and increase self-esteem. We have a team of exceptionally talented and dedicated employees who are committed to developing pioneering aesthetic devices," said Nancy M. Briefs, President and CEO.

About Elemé Medical™

Elemé Medical Inc., headquartered in Merrimack, N. H., is dedicated to providing market-leading technology in all areas of body shaping. SmoothShapes® System with pioneering Photomology® technology is a medical device with FDA clearance and CE Mark approval to market. The Company's name, when spoken phonetically, suggests "lasers, medicine and aesthetics." For more information, visit www. elememedical. com.

Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation Selects Verified Credentials as its Exclusively Endorsed Provider of Background Screening Services

Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation Selects Verified Credentials as its Exclusively Endorsed Provider of Background Screening Services

Verified Credentials announced today that it was chosen as the exclusively endorsed provider of background screening solutions by Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation (VHHA Services) for Virginia hospitals and health systems.

Lakeville, MN (PRWEB) May 13, 2010

Verified Credentials, Inc., the leader in background screening for more than 25 years, announced today that it was chosen as the exclusively endorsed provider of background screening solutions by Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation (VHHA Services) for Virginia hospitals and health systems. Serving over 700 health care organizations and 900 health science education programs nationwide, Verified Credentials' experience and knowledge of the challenges in health care staffing will offer Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) members with time-saving, robust background screening solutions that can be tailored to meet the unique needs of each organization. Verified Credentials is also exclusively endorsed by the Tennessee Hospital Association, and has served its members since 2001.

"VHHA Services is committed to providing cost effective resources to VHHA members that best meet the rigorous demands of today's hospital and health care environments," said David Jenkins, Vice President of VHHA Services. "Verified Credentials clearly demonstrated that they understand the background screening issues facing health care providers and are deeply committed to delivering quality services. We look forward to working with Verified Credentials to promote background screening solutions to enhance patient and workforce safety, and to enable our member's organizations to operate more effectively and efficiently."

"Verified Credentials is honored to be exclusively endorsed by VHHA Services. This valued and respected endorsement further underscores our ongoing commitment to meeting and exceeding the unique background screening needs of health care organizations", said Chad Ross, President of Verified Credentials, Inc. "We look forward to providing VHHA members access to our comprehensive background screening services to assist them in building and maintaining dependable and safe environments. "

About Verified Credentials
Trusted for more than 25 years by thousands of leading companies and organizations nationwide, Verified Credentials is the recognized leader in background screening. Verified Credentials delivers background screening services with industry leading speed and accuracy, combined with unparalleled customer service to assist organizations in building and maintaining a dependable and safe workforce. Verified Credentials' experience and knowledge of the challenges in staffing provides organizations with time-saving, robust background screening solutions that can be tailored to meet the unique needs of each organization. For more information, visit www. verifiedcredentials. com or call 800.473.4934.

About Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation (VHHA Services)
Virginia Hospital Shared Services Corporation (VHHA Services) was founded by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association to deliver an array of products and resources to help Virginia hospitals and health systems strengthen their clinical, financial and operational performance. For more information, visit www. vhhaservices. com.

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The 65-and-Older Population is Rapidly Growing and is a Disproportionately Large User of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs

The 65-and-Older Population is Rapidly Growing and is a Disproportionately Large User of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs

Dublin (PRWEB) March 31, 2006

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c32295 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c32295)) has announced the addition of Opportunities and Challenges in Emerging U. S. Geriatric Drug Markets to their offering.

On January 1, 2006, millions of senior citizens in the United States will become eligible for Medicare Part D drug benefits under the provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (Medicare Modernization Act [MMA]). This enormous redirection of funds into the health care system has the potential to disrupt the status quo within the pharmaceutical industry, creating new winners and losers. Success in the geriatric drug arena will require a detailed mastery of the new rules, a nimble approach to partnering, and the ability to respond rapidly to inevitable changes in the regulations.

This Decision Resources report focuses on the geriatric population and its prescription drug use, outlines several emerging geriatric disorders, and discusses current and emerging therapies for their treatment either through development of new molecules or through application of life-extension strategies to existing products. Finally, we discuss some of the challenges associated with developing and marketing a therapy to this population segment.

Business Implications

The 65-and-older population is rapidly growing and is a disproportionately large user of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. By 2020, the population aged 65 or older in the United States is projected to reach 55 million (16.3% of the overall U. S. population). Several indications are well established as primarily geriatric diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Emerging geriatric indications range from less well-understood geriatric anemia syndromes and cachexia to mild cognitive impairment and the rapidly growing age-related macular degeneration market. These emerging indications represent underserved markets in geriatric care. Although a patient’s age may itself alter the basic pharmacology of a molecule, patient age-related changes in drug profiles are more often the effect of comorbidities (particularly those that affect metabolic pathways such as liver and heart failure), drug-drug interactions, or changes in protein binding. Even what appear to be straightforward patient age-related changes in pharmacology often prove far more complex on careful analysis. An important consideration in marketing to geriatric segments is identifying the key influencers. Although patients and families still play important roles in determining diagnosis and treatment, additional stakeholders wield considerable influence over specific drug use in geriatric patients. These stakeholders include physicians and, within the nursing home setting, include Medicare, the nurse, and the consultant pharmacist.

Contents Include:

Introduction  The Geriatric Population  The Aging of the Population Prescription Drug Use by Seniors  Financial Constraints on the Elderly  Emerging Geriatric Disorders  Age-Related Macular Degeneration  Mild Cognitive Impairment  Geriatric Weight Loss Syndromes  Geriatric Anemia  Drug Development Issues in Geriatric Medicine  Influence of Age on Pharmacology  Regulatory Issues  Barriers to Clinical Trial Recruitment  Marketing to Long-Term Care  The Role of Physicians in Geriatric Care  Geriatric Care in the Nursing Home Setting  Outlook 

Companies Mentioned:

Astrazeneca, Generics Bristol-Myers Squibb Merck Pfizer TAP Pharmaceuticals & Abbott

For more information visit http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c32295 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c32295)
Decision Resources

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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29th Annual Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire, Booth Applications Are Now Available

29th Annual Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire, Booth Applications Are Now Available

The 29th Annual Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire is the largest holiday shopping event in the North Bay featuring over 250 booths in a wide variety of categories including Handmade Crafts, Global Marketplace, Unique Commercial Gifts, Ecology, Health & Beauty Products, Sonoma-made Products and Beer & Wine Tasting.

(PRWEB) August 15, 2005

Join us for the North Bay's Premier Holiday Shopping Event-The 29th Annual Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, in Santa Rosa. The Faire kicks off the holiday shopping season with the Grand Opening Weekend, November 25-27, and continues the following two weekends, Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 10-11. The Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire features fabulous holiday shopping in a festive Yuletide atmosphere, with elaborate decorations and ongoing family entertainment.

The Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire promotes a family-friendly environment with a wide variety of merchandise. One-stop-shopping in available in over 250 booths including Handmade Crafts, Global Marketplace, Unique Commercial Gifts, Ecology, Health & Beauty Products, Sonoma-made Products, Beer & Wine Tasting and much more. The Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire offers an enjoyable shopping experience and a great alternative to mall and big box department stores.

All booth applicants are juried to assure a top quality gift show with a wide variety of products. Booths will be decorated in a festive theme and cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Best Decorated Booth and Best Costume will be awarded each weekend. Judging will be based upon design, how they relate to the theme of the merchandise, creativity, originality, and holiday spirit.

Family entertainment will include popular musicians, local bands, choirs, wandering minstrels and dancers. The younger attendees will enjoy the Children's Entertainment, Holiday Characters and Santa's Workshop, where children can make special hand-crafted gifts.

The Spirit of the Holidays Gift Faire is produced by Association for the Creative Endeavor, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information and booth applications visit us on the web, www. spiritoftheholidays. com, email Exhibit Manager Mandy Tilles at mandy@spiritoftheholidays. com, or call 707-861-2035, ext. 313.

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Chiropractic Social Media Marketing Coach Launches New Total Immersion Day

Chiropractic Social Media Marketing Coach Launches New Total Immersion Day

Noted chiropractic internet marketing and prosperity mentor, Dr. Matthew Loop, has gone public with a one-of-a-kind "Total Immersion Marketing Day" for chiropractors and professionals. With a focus on using chiropractic social media marketing to develop mega-successful practices and create passive online income, Loop's new program is designed to provide the ultimate fast-track to big results. While open to any serious qualified professional, the focus of the program is on internet marketing, which Loop sees as essential information for healthcare professionals in 2010.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 18, 2010

Matthew Loop's strategies regarding chiropractic social media (http://DCincome. com) are related to real-life experience and online community building. Loop, who is a Doctor of Chiropractic, has transformed his and thousands of others lives by becoming a seasoned social media and internet marketing veteran. He's using his knowledge of social media and the worldwide web to actively teach innovative, proven web-based marketing methods to serious professionals.

Loop says, "I'm focusing my current personal consulting efforts on a new concept I call the Total Immersion Marketing Day. This is an elite full-day training experience in chiropractic social media (http://DCincome. com/blog) that's designed for a select group of chiropractors, including other professionals, who want to quickly grow their business by creating extremely profitable online systems that utilize social marketing." Loop notes, "This newer, effective form of promotion and branding is not just for chiropractors and is one of many exclusive methods I teach during my Total Immersion Marketing Day."

The Total Immersion Marketing Day involves Dr. Loop traveling to anywhere in North and Central America to meet one-on-one with chiropractors and other professionals. Clients are given insights, practical internet marketing techniques, leveraged-based resources and other premium information all designed to ensure their success substantially growing their businesses. Clients essentially get a first-hand "over-the-shoulder" look at how Dr. Loop has established a celebrity-like following, created a loyal customer fan-base, and charted staggering online and offline business income growth. This one-of-a-kind experience has been referred to by industry leaders as the ULTIMATE one-on-one internet marketing training.

"Those participating in the Total Immersion Marketing Day," states Loop, "are guaranteed the absolute fastest way to learn all of the critical concepts about market research, social media marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), website traffic generation, conversion optimization, outsourcing, and complete marketing funnel break-down. You won't have to waste thousands of dollars on mistakes that many people initially make when going full-throttle into internet marketing."

Previous business professionals who were accepted for this in-depth (formerly private) personal training are now the recipients of large amounts of referrals, massive website traffic, fast email-list growth, community trust, credibility, and strong rapport with their niche audience. This has translated into floods of new targeted leads, an avalanche of new business, and a significant increase in income.

The essentials and details needed to succeed by using chiropractic social media and online marketing techniques are revealed, refined, and customized via Dr. Loop's Total Immersion Marketing Day. To lean more about the Total Immersion Marketing Day and to see if you qualify, visit http://DCincome. com/blog/ (http://DCincome. com/blog/) right now and click on the "Consulting Services" link.

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Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

Next generation network marketing company.

(PRWEB) February 13, 2005

CyberWize. com was founded in 1998 headquartered in Sarasota Florida. The company's business model has been likened to the popular eBay who has 28 million people earning income by marketing $20 billion dollars of products in 2003. With CyberWize you have no inventory, no billing, no shipping and receiving, and there are thousands joining every month. Success breeds Success! Millionaire Magazine took interest in this company and wrote a 4 page article featuring top income earners Brad and Marcia Hager. In addition to this Millionaire Magazine committed to an additional 12 issues featuring upcoming top income earners. One of the fastest growing segments of internet sales is travel. the travel industry is growing 23% faster than the world economy. The travel industry is expected to double in the next 6.5 years. CyberWize offers a travel agent tutorial program featuring a personalized travel booking website, referring travel agent credentials, and huge discounts on hotels, car rentals, luxury cruises and vacation packages. Another exciting product line with CyberWize is its health and wellness sloutions. There is over $63 billion dollars spent on nutrition in the United States each year. CyberWize has an exciting troup of health products. One feature product that is changing lives is Vital Stress X. Vital Stress X was develoved with the input and study of 1200 scientists, 45 years of research. It assists in improved sleep, increased energy, and improved mental and physical performance, plus many other facinating benefits. One other amazing product line CyberWize offers is personal and business solutions in the product CyberTax. CyberTax is a product that teaches a person to turn their home office into a tax deduction, send their children to college tax-free, pay their children $4,700 in tax free income a year, write off travel and vacation expenses, and offers an audit protection service. This productwas developed by tax expert Sandy Botkin who has helped over 50 thousand taxpayers save over 300 million dollars. CyberWize has an incredible compensation plan, a car bouns program that will pay up to $1,200 per month on the motorized vehicle of your choice that is 2 years of age or newer. There is a national support system that provides local, area, and regional trainings, conference calls, and web meetings each week. One of the extrodinary things that CyberWize will also do is provide a full income disclosure to each and every person interested in obtaining one.

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