Susan Nedza MD, MBA, FACEP Named Vice President, Strategic Clinical Solutions of HealthyCircles

Susan Nedza MD, MBA, FACEP Named Vice President, Strategic Clinical Solutions of HealthyCircles

HealthyCircles announced today that Dr. Susan Nedza has accepted the position of Vice President, Strategic Clinical Solutions at the company.

Tacoma, WA (PRWEB) May 3, 2010

Dr. Nedza (http://mytelehealthsolutions. com/executive-bios. html), a nationally recognized leader in healthcare policy, had served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety since 2008. Prior to her work at the AMA, she served as a Medical Officer in the Special Program Office for Value-Based Purchasing and as Chief Medical Officer of Region V at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Nedza to our executive team.”, said James Mault, M. D., FACS, Chairman and CEO of HealthyCircles (https://www. healthycircles. com/Public/Consumer/Home. aspx). “Dr. Nedza has pioneered innovative new solutions for physicians at the American Medical Association and with governmental agencies. Susan’s years of experience and extraordinary vision will help maintain our leadership in the connected health space and will ensure HealthyCircles continues to develop industry leading solutions that drive better care, to more patients, at a fraction of the cost.”

As the Vice President of Strategic Clinical Solutions Dr. Nedza will be responsible for working with professional organizations, government agencies and spearheading global programmatic clinical initiatives.

Dr. Nedza is a board-certified emergency physician and holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Nedza is a graduate of the Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University and received her MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University.

The HealthyCircles™ Connected Health Platform is an integrated suite of online Professional and Consumer Portals that seamlessly connect healthcare professionals, patients, families, and caregivers.

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AFOP's SAFE AmeriCorps Collecting Clothes for Our Country's Farmworkers

AFOP's SAFE AmeriCorps Collecting Clothes for Our Country's Farmworkers

Members Are Holding a Long-Sleeved Shirts and Pants Drive in Honor of AmeriCorps Week

Salisbury, MD (Vocus) May 13, 2010

This week the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (http://www. afoprograms. org/)]' (AFOP) SAFE AmeriCorps Program is celebrating the fourth annual AmeriCorps Week. Members are leading activities across the country to encourage others to make a commitment to serve and raise awareness concerning community needs. Ben Brokaw, a SAFE AmeriCorps member located in Salisbury, Maryland, is holding a "Long-Sleeved Shirt Drive" beginning this Friday May 14th through Monday, May 24th.

"Every year thousands of seasonal and migrant agricultural workers go into pesticide treated fields without long-sleeved shirts and long pants,” said SAFE AmeriCorps member Ben Brokaw. "This clothing is their first line of defense against pesticide exposure that can lead to cancer, birth defects, blindness, serious damage to vital organs and death.”

Ben is asking community members to bring their gently used long-sleeved shirts and pants to Telamon Corporation (http://www. telamon. org/) located at 917 Mount Hermon Road in Salisbury, which will then distribute the clothing to farmworkers. They are particularly in need of men's clothing sized small and medium. Items can also be dropped off at The Salisbury Chamber of Commerce, Hebron Savings Bank, or Wicomico Public Library.

"AmeriCorps week is a great opportunity for our SAFE AmeriCorps members to showcase national service, educate, and motivate members in their communities,” said Levy Schroeder, Program Director of AFOP's Health and Safety program. "Our SAFE AmeriCorps members provide a vital service that protects the farmworkers who harvest our country's food.”

SAFE, which stands for Serving America's Farmworkers Everywhere, is an AmeriCorps National Direct project currently deploying 28 volunteers from Maine to California. The members provide pesticide safety education to seasonal and migrant farmworkers. 70% of the farmworkers they train have worked many years in the fields without ever receiving training on pesticide exposure and the risks associated with it. Members also provide a variety of other farmworker health and safety training, including heat stress prevention, take-home pesticide exposure prevention, healthy homes training, and maternal health awareness.

For more information about the clothing drive please contact Benjamin Brokaw at (410) 546-4604 ext 119.

The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (http://www. afoprograms. org/) is the national federation of nonprofit and public agencies that provide training and employment services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. For additional comment or interview, please contact Ayrianne Parks at (202) 828-6006 x140 or Parks(at)AFOP(dot)org.

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White Horse Launches Mountain Hardwear Back-to-School Online Giveaway

White Horse Launches Mountain Hardwear Back-to-School Online Giveaway

White Horse online promotion for Mountain Hardwear, Pack A Day Giveaway, facilitates consumer engagement with an instant-win contest to promote Mountain Hardwear's new line of urban backpacks and build brand awareness. As of August 18, the contest has received 51,000 entries.

Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) August 4, 2008

White Horse, a full-service digital agency specializing in Web 2.0 media convergence, announced it has launched an online instant-win contest for Mountain Hardwear, a leading outdoor consumer goods company, to promote its new line of urban backpacks and build brand awareness.

To grow market share in the increasingly competitive backpack space, Mountain Hardwear is introducing a line of rugged urban packs that appeals to tech-savvy college students and young professionals. To launch the effort, White Horse designed an online promotion to create product buzz. Each day visitors to the Pack A Day microsite (Http://packaday. mountainhardwear. com ) can enter to instantly win one of Mountain Hardwear's new sleek and rugged urban backpacks. Daily prizes include exclusive pre-released packs from the 2009 spring backpack collection.

Building on its series of social media marketing for consumer retail clients, White Horse designed the contest with social media tactics such as a viral "e-mail a friend" feature as well as the option to opt in to the Mountain Hardwear e-newsletter. Calls to action also appear on the Mountain Hardwear Web site (www. mountainhardwear. com), blog (www. hardwearsessions. com), e-newsletter, and social networking sites. Retailers, friends, and partners have been encouraged to place announcements on their Web sites and MySpace or Facebook pages.

White Horse also created a digital advertising campaign for the contest which will appear on Yahoo!

The 31-day contest runs during the month of August. As of August 18, the contest had received 51,000 entries.

About White Horse
Founded in 1980, White Horse is a privately held digital agency with headquarters in Portland, Ore. Forrester Research recently identified the agency as one of the top five Web design agencies in the nation that uses personas to inform Web marketing and Web design. White Horse's client roster includes global, national, and regional clients, including Wells Fargo, Celestial Seasonings, Columbia Sportswear, KinderCare, and Nike. The agency specializes in B2B and B2C Web marketing for retail and consumer brands, healthcare, and B2B companies. Its services include Web strategy, social media marketing, Web advertising and media buying, Web promotions, e-mail marketing, Web site design, Web development, and usability.

For more information, visit www. whitehorse. com or call 1-877-471-4200.

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IAMC Issues Parenting Guide on Children & Illness -- Topics Determined by Mothers

IAMC Issues Parenting Guide on Children & Illness -- Topics Determined by Mothers

Caring for a sick child goes beyond just wiping noses and taking temperatures, in fact, there are many tips and guildlines that need to be taken into consideration when giving children medications and ensuring their full recovery. The International Association of Medicinal Compliance (IAMC), keeping in line with its message to promote compliance as a health necessity, has issued a parenting guide with the help of input from mothers that provides practical and valuable information on children and illnesses.

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) December 14, 2006

The International Association of Medicinal Compliance (IAMC) has completed its parenting guide entitled 'Caring for Your Sick Child.' The initial idea began in September following discussions with one of its member companies, FLAVORx, which specializes in making medicine 'a lot less yucky' for patients, especially children. Realizing that medicinal compliance is of particular concern with pediatric patients, the IAMC & FLAVORx aimed to develop an educational guide for parents that would stress the importance of adhering to drug regimens and taking medications properly. In order to provide a comprehensive educational resource for parents, the IAMC conducted a focus group of mothers to determine the information they would find most beneficial. The guide is available online (www. flavorx. com/human/guide. asp (http://www. flavorx. com/human/guide. asp)); however the IAMC and FLAVORx have made plans to reach out to hospitals, parenting centers, pharmacies and even businesses that find the guide to be useful to its patients and employees.

The focus group consisted of mothers with children aged 9 months to 12 years old. Almost all mothers indicated that they find parenting guides particularly useful, and often look for them on visits to their pediatricians and pharmacists. Mothers indicated that they would like information on the worst tasting medications, food/drug interactions as well as tips for common childhood illnesses and tips on dealing with colds and the flu. As such, the IAMC has crafted the guide to include the 'Yucky 21' (a list of the worst offenders in liquid medicines), issues concerned with food/drug interactions, common childhood illnesses and symptoms as well as best practices for administering medicine and solutions to improve compliance and treatment outcomes for children.

Many mothers were unaware of the ramifications of non-compliance, and all noted that they had mixed medications with food and/or drink without checking for negative food/drug interactions. "I think many of the mothers were shocked when they realized that they could actually be interfering with their children's treatment programs simply by mixing medications with food and drink," said Marvin Miller, President of the IAMC.

He adds, "That's when we realized that a guide would be extremely useful for parents. This was information that they didn't know, but realized that they needed to have."

Hospitals, pediatricians' offices and pharmacies often house informational brochures perfect for mothers and first-time parents. Beyond this, the IAMC & FLAVORx will reach out to companies such as Avon Products, Kraft Foods and Microsoft that have landed spots on Working Mother magazine's 100 best companies for working mothers. These companies may see value in providing extra information for their employees who are preparing for maternity leave. "By talking with mothers, we were able to determine the information that they wanted to see in a guide of this nature. By doing so, we aren't including any extra 'fluff'- just facts and solutions on the information that parents want to see," said Miller.

The IAMC sees great value in working in conjunction with its member companies, such as FLAVORx, that provide solutions to improve compliance in children. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 90.8% of pediatricians reported 'unpleasant taste of medication' as a barrier to compliance. The IAMC fully endorses the use of medicinal flavoring, as a safe solution to combat unpalatable medications that can impede treatment programs. Studies show that the addition of flavoring improves compliance in children from 53% to over 90%.

To view the guide, go to: www. flavorx. com/human/guide. asp (http://www. flavorx. com/human/guide. asp). For more information, please visit www. takeyourmedicine. org or contact Marvin Miller at 240.223.0949.

About the IAMC

The IAMC is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a healthier world by increasing medicinal compliance. As a resource for information regarding the universal problem of medicinal compliance, the IAMC promotes and disseminates solutions to non-compliance and also provides examples of effective companies that are addressing this issue. Medicinal non-compliance is the failure to take drugs on time in the dosages prescribed, and failure to do so can lead to high health costs, lower productivity and can be as dangerous and costly as many illnesses.

IAMC members are companies that understand the issue of non-compliance. They represent a talent pool willing and ready to share their expertise and solutions with colleagues in higher education, policymakers, media professionals and the public at large.

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Ruthless Trucking – When You Need It Yesterday

Ruthless Trucking – When You Need It Yesterday

Told your load will take 22 hours to ship? Ruthless Trucking will get it there in 6 hours. They don’t stop for any breaks. Bathroom stops, fuel stops, no dice. Their trucks are equipped with jet engines that cause the trucks to be air born at times. They claim to get your load to its destination when it has no business getting there that fast. Oh, one more thing. These guys don’t actually ship anything.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) August 27, 2010

Ruthless Trucking will be exhibiting at the Great American Trucking Show at the Dallas Convention Center August 26th – 28th.

Told your load will take 22 hours to ship? Ruthless Trucking will get it there in 6 hours. They don’t stop for any breaks. Bathroom stops, fuel stops, no dice. Their trucks are equipped with jet engines that cause the trucks to be air born at times. They claim to get your load to its destination when it has no business getting there that fast. Oh, one more thing. These guys don’t actually ship anything.

Ruthless Trucking has no trucks and does transport anything. Rather, they are a trucking community that strives to be the Harley Davidson of trucking. With a healthy dose of fun and humor, Allan Fischler and Greg Lamkin who are the co-founders of Ruthless Trucking offer truckers, trucking enthusiasts and anyone else with a sense of humor Ruthless Trucking branded tee shirts, hats, stickers and accessories.

Fischler and Lamkin conceived this concept when working their day job last year. When their trade show booth didn’t arrive in time for the show they were exhibiting at, they joked that there should be an underground trucking company that cuts corners by speeding, not stopping for fuel and a lot of other over the top qualities. After brain storming with friends Ruthless Trucking was founded.

Shortly after, the RuthlessTrucking. com online store was created and a Facebook page that has close to 700 fans strictly from word of mouth.

According to Fischler “We did our first trucking show in March of this year in Louisville, KY, simply to see of our little idea had genuine interest or if we were wasting our time. Within the first hour of the show floor opening, we knew we had something on our hands.” Aside from getting huge laughs from truckers who thought Ruthless Trucking was a hoot, they sold hundreds of shirts over the three day show. Many truckers wanted to know if the company was an actual trucking show. Some asked if they were hiring drivers.

By exhibiting at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, the founders are hoping to not only sell shirts, hats and other gear, but are looking for truck stops and retailers to carry their Ruthless Trucking products to offer to their customers.

You can visit Ruthless Trucking at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, TX, August 26th – 28th at booth # 18041.

Contact:
Allan Fischler
Allan(at)ruthlesstrucking(dot)com
Www. ruthlesstrucking. com
214.732.1612

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Massage Chairs

Massage Chairs

New award winning PHP2022 Premier Shiatsu Massage Chair delivers the most realistic massage from a robot. The PHP2022 massage chair feels like the hands of a trained masseuse.

(PRWEB) December 9, 2004

The award winning design of the Premier PHP2022 massage chair adjusts in three dimensions. Zero Gravity, Upright, and Inversion Therapy. Just like your backbone-spine does. This Shiatsu massage chair has been in development for over several years by a team of over 50 engineers, designers, and doctors. As a zero gravity massage chair and orthopedic device, the Premier Health PHP2022 massage chairs helps to ease pain and improves your posture, actually teaching your spine to relax while seated in the zero gravity position. See http://www. discountmassagechairs. com (http://www. discountmassagechairs. com) & http://www. working-well. com (http://www. working-well. com) & http://www. premiermassagechairs. org (http://www. premiermassagechairs. org)

Zero Gravity Position

This physician-recommended position, "Zero Gravity" or "Anti Gravity" was developed by NASA to support astronauts spines as they ascend into space. In the Zero Gravity position the lower legs are positioned above the heart, pressure on the spine is reduced, spinal muscle tension is relieved, and the spine is allowed to decompress. In the Zero Gravity position circulation is increased because the heart is on the same plane as the bulk of the bodyÂ’s mass and therefore has to do the least amount of work to pump blood throughout the system. This causes the cardiovascular system to go into zero stress mode. Read more here: http://www. working-well. com (http://www. working-well. com) & http://www. premiermassagechairs. org (http://www. premiermassagechairs. org)

The specific “ergonomic” curve of the massage chair exactly matches the position the body assumes when floating weightless in space allowing for the most relaxing massage position available. The zero gravity position also makes this chair ideal for watching TV in, while receiving a massage.

Inversion Therapy Massage Chair

The Greeks as early as 400B. C. have documented the effects of inversion therapy. By reclining the massage chair back further than 180 degrees to the 190 degree position you enter inversion therapy. Inversion therapy takes the weight off of your spine and helps elongate your spine increasing the space between the vertebrae, which relieves the pressure on discs, ligaments and nerve roots. Less pressure means less back pain.

About http://www. discountmassagechairs. com (http://www. discountmassagechairs. com). Discount Massage Chairs is a leading Internet retailer specializing in advanced ergonomic massage chair products for office and home use. Including the award winning PHP2022 zero gravity massage chair They have been awarded a Yahoo Store 5-star rating for excellent customer service. You receive discounted shipping from www. discountmassagechairs. com when the order is delivered to the 48 contiguous states and no sales tax is charged shipped outside of Colorado saving you 8.25% more.

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UN Chronicle E-Alert: Empowering Women Through Education

UN Chronicle E-Alert: Empowering Women Through Education

(PRWEB) January 21, 2004

Empowering women through education is one of the most crucial concerns of the Millennium Development Goal on gender equality. The United Nations and its agencies have long encouraged the world community to discourage gender stereotypes and to strengthen the status of women within the family and in society as a whole. One of the key ways of doing so is by supporting the education of women, and especially girls.

The UN Chronicle regularly features United Nations efforts in the advancement of women in a number of areas, such as education, health, housing, microcredit, media, refugees and trafficking.

The following articles, selected from past issues, give an idea of the range of efforts of the entire UN system in support of the advancement for women and eliminating gender disparity.

Issue 4, 2003

Bridging the Gender Gap

By Rita Mijumbi Epodoi

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p36.asp (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p36.asp)

Marginalization of Women in the Media

What the United Nations Should Do

By Sonia Gill

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p38.asp (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p38.asp)

Issue 3, 2003

FieldWatch

Helping Women Become Economically Independent

By Richenda Van Leeuwen

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue3/0303p77.asp (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue3/0303p77.asp)

Issue 2, 2003

Exploited, Not Educated

Trafficking of Women and Children in Southeast Asia

By Mikel Flamm

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue2/0203p34.html (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue2/0203p34.html)

Issue 2, 2002

WomenWatch

Transcending Difference: The United Nations Role

By Sherin Saadallah

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p48_transcending_difference. html (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p48_transcending_difference. html)

Voices that Deserve to Be Heard

By NGO Working Group on Women, International Peace and Security

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p31_voices_that_deserve_to_be_heard. html (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p31_voices_that_deserve_to_be_heard. html)

Breaking the Silence

By Cathy Shepherd

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p24_breaking_the_silence. html (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p24_breaking_the_silence. html)

Issue 1, 2001

Gender Equality

Addressing Women's Concerns

By Diana Lee-Smith

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue1/0101p50.html (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue1/0101p50.html)

Issue 2, 1999

Educating the Girl Child

By Mary Joy Pigozzi

Http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue2/0299p39.htm (http://www. un. org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue2/0299p39.htm)

Links of interest on issues relating to advancement of women

Women Watch -- The UN Internet Gateway to the Advancement and Empowerment of Women

Http://www. un. org/womenwatch/ (http://www. un. org/womenwatch/)

The State of the World's Children 2004: Girls, Education and Development

Http://www. unicef. org/sowc04/ (http://www. unicef. org/sowc04/)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Http://www. un. org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ (http://www. un. org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/)

Stop Violence Against Women

Http://www. stopvaw. org/ (http://www. stopvaw. org/)

The UN Chronicle is published by the Department of Public Information in English (http://www. un. org/chronicle/ (http://www. un. org/chronicle/)) and French (http://www. un. org/french/pubs/chronique/ (http://www. un. org/french/pubs/chronique/)), and co-published in Arabic, Chinese Russian and Spanish. It is not an official record;

Views expressed in individual articles do not necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Please pass this UN Chronicle E-Alert on to anyone whom you think it might interest.

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