ContentScanÂ’s Popular Dome Information Services Now Available to OCLC Western Service Center Members

ContentScanÂ’s Popular Dome Information Services Now Available to OCLC Western Service Center Members

OCLC Western Service Center will distribute ContentScan's ComDisDome, NeuroDome, and CancerDome discipline-specific online information services to its members.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 12, 2004 -

– ContentScan, Inc., publisher of the popular Dome family of allied health and medical online information services announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with OCLC Western Service Center. OCLC Western Service Center will offer consortial pricing for the Dome services to its members.

Each discipline-specific Dome service enables library patrons to increase their research productivity by identifying pertinent and relevant sources of information with greater confidence, convenience, and speed. The Dome service allows a user to search and retrieve information from multiple content categories within a focused profession, including relevant journal articles, books, grants, authors, web resources, and institutions, from one convenient location.

The Dome delivers more of what patrons need quickly and easily:

• Content is vetted by experts in a discipline so users receive focused, high-quality relevant information

• Broader exposure to the content and community of the discipline provides exponential increase in information gathering

• Continual updates keep users connected with the latest information

• Save & Share feature lets patrons save, annotate, and export research results to personal web pages for sharing

Resources included in each Dome are refereed and selected based on their relevance to their fields. Each item within the Dome is linked to related items, providing researchers with the most richly networked and easily navigable representation of their disciplineÂ’s content and community available today.

“We are pleased to have OCLC Western offer the Dome services to its members,” stated Samir Singh, President of ContentScan. “We look forward to working with this leading consortium to bring the benefits of Dome information services to a broader library audience,” he added.

Amy Crawford, Electronic Resource Manager, stated, “We are excited about offering the popular Dome information services to our valued members. Our members are constantly searching for focused research and information services that combine the community of the discipline with its content. Library patrons ultimately receive the maximum benefit, making our members key providers of relevant and timely content.”

About OCLC Western Service Center

OCLC Western, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. utilizes the negotiating power of over 1,900 member libraries to make reference databases available at discounted rates to member and non-member libraries. Consortia discounts on non-OCLC electronic resources like these are part of the growing collection of benefits from OCLC Western Service Center. Serving the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington since 1976, OCLC Western Service Center provides continuing training, support and sales for comprehensive library services to its members. For more information, please visit www. oclc. org/western (http://www. oclc. org/western).

About ContentScan

ContentScan, Inc. is a leading provider of online discipline-specific medical and allied health information services to libraries and clinicians. The Company’s flagship Dome™ product line employs advanced automated search and selection processes, strong content partnerships, and discipline-specific expert editorial input to provide a focused, productive, and unparalleled search experience for both expert and beginning users. Founded in 2001, ContentScan is a privately-held company based in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www. contentscan. com.

Dome, Save & Share, and ContentScan are trademarks of ContentScan, Inc.

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The Magic Bullet for Weight Loss is Finally Here, by Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc

The Magic Bullet for Weight Loss is Finally Here, by Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc.

Possibly the safest, most effective and powerful appetite suppressant in history with no side effects or stimulants and no fillers or additives.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) June 28, 2004

UPDATE - Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc. introduced the North American market to Hoodia Gordonii in February 2004, the all-nature appetite suppressing cacti/succulent from South Africa with no known side effects and no stimulants.

Hoodia Gordonii is taking the multi-billion dollar diet industry by storm after it was introduced by MHSCI, who is reporting strong sales for not only the capsules but for industry raw material as well. But be aware, there are a lot of bad hoodia products available on the net and in retail stores. If you are purchasing Hoodia Gordonii capsules for under $30.00/bottle USD it is unlikely to be pure hoodia. Right now the raw material price for Pure Hoodia Gordonii is $350.00/kg USD depending on quantity. You might be safe if you ask for a purity certificate to be provided with the initial order.

Hoodia Gordonii grows in the high deserts of the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa and although there are other species of Hoodia, the Gordonii is the only one that contains the all-natural appetite suppressant. MHSCI hoodia is guaranteed 100% pure South African material with no fillers or additives.

Hoodia works by mimicking the effect glucose has on the nerve cells in the brain fooling the body into believing it is full, even when it is not. Results of human clinical trials in Britain suggest that hoodia could reduce the appetite by up to 2,000 calories per day.

While many people feel the appetite suppressant kicking in sometimes within 20 minutes of ingestion, it is felt that the general population responds to hoodia within 1 – 2 weeks of starting the program. Some morbidly obese people (more than double their normal weight), who describe themselves as eating machines since childhood, say that although they felt the appetite suppressant kicking in after 2 – 3 weeks, it took a few weeks before they realized their interest in food was significantly decreasing, thereby helping to change life long eating habits.

In an interview with ABCNEWS, a spokesman for the San people who live in the Kalahari Desert, Andries Steenkamp says, "I learned how to eat it from my forefathers. It is my food, my water and also a medicine for me. Hoodia stops hunger and also treats sickness," Steenkamp told ABCNEWS. "We San use the plant during hunting to fight off the pain of hunger and thirst."

According to the WHO, more than 1 billion people around the world are overweight with 300 million of them clinically or morbidly obese. Reports say that over the next 5 years, deaths related to obesity will increase by 20% in keeping with a reported 20% increase in plus-sized coffins sales since 1999 in the USA.

Hoodia Gordonii is now available in 400mg capsules, 60 per bottle by mail order or in bulk for the wholesale/manufacturing market.

Contact: Jen Cully

Email: sales@hoodiahoodia. com

Phone: 1-905-623-9239/1-800-416-3147

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Healthcare Advocate Launches Website Targeting the Patient Community

Healthcare Advocate Launches Website Targeting the Patient Community

The Barking Zebra envisions becoming the go-to site for the patient community as a source of information on how to become an empowered and educated patient while providing links to authentic medical research sites, and an opportunity to shop for custom awareness and medical ID jewelry.

Reading, PA (PRWEB) September 17, 2010

For patient advocate Suzi Garber, a Philadelphia native, two cancer diagnoses and heart disease changed her retirement dream of having a boutique shopping site. Her recently launched site, The Barking Zebra, www. barkingzebra. net, instead sells medical IDs, awareness and inspirational jewelry, gifts for the patient and publishes a newsletter called The Practical Patient which is targeted towards educating and empowering patients to become equal partners in their healthcare. The website donates a portion of its Zebra Room sales to cancer research with an emphasis on neuroendocrine tumors (a rare cancer). Garber describes the site as a place you can "shop for knowledge while buying a gift."

The site’s name, The Barking Zebra, www. barkingzebra. net, was conceived after Garber heard a recording of a herd of zebras - they actually do bark. Although the site’s name is whimsical, its inventory is geared to those who live with a chronic disease, their advocates, and other patients who have special needs. Its message is for everyone: Educate and enable yourself to become an equal partner in your own healthcare which is the basic premise of the e-Patient movement.

The Barking Zebra showcases a curated collection of many jewelry items beyond the traditional styles of awareness and medical ID pieces, but Garber felt she wanted to do more for the community. As a support group founder and leader, patient advocate and liaison, and former nonprofit marketing executive, Garber, a chronically ill patient herself, realizes the importance of awareness and grass roots advocacy, so she writes a monthly newsletter “The Practical Patient”, www. barkingzebra. net/practicalpatient. asp (http://www. barkingzebra. net/practicalpatient. asp), whose goal is to provide resources to educate, equip, engage, and enable patients to navigate the healthcare system alongside their physicians as equal partners.

Garber also realized that a number of nonprofits have missions that preclude selling their own awareness items, or don’t have adequate staff resources to allocate beyond mission-related tasks. As a result she has designed a marketing program exclusively for nonprofits. Each nonprofit will have its own “branded” subdomain on the Barking Zebra site with a few select awareness items for sale. Barking Zebra handles the marketing and online sales. Its first partnership will be with the Patients’ Project, a patient advocacy and educational nonprofit. By turning its focus to the patient community, the Barking Zebra’s goal is to become an innovative go-to site for informational resources, services, and shopping for the patient community.

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Microsys Computing, Inc. Announces Six New Clients

Microsys Computing, Inc. Announces Six New Clients

Physician Groups Choose MicroMD® for Excellence in Practice Management

Boardman, Ohio (PRWEB) January 18, 2006 - January 18, 2006 -

Microsys Computing, Inc. announced six new clients for its award-winning MicroMD® practice management software. MicroMD is the top-rated client-server practice management system in the “Top 20: Best in KLAS” rankings for 2005, in the Ambulatory Billing & Scheduling category (for groups of 6-25 physicians).

The six new clients:

Calais Regional Hospital, Calais, Maine, for its eight-provider medical group and Rural Health Clinic;

Fallen Timbers Family Physicians, Inc., a group practice with 13 physicians in Maumee, Ohio;

Gulf Coast Cardiothoracic Surgeons, PL, a 13-provider group practice in Fort Myers, Fla.;

Island Eye Care, Inc., a solo ophthalmology practice in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii;

North Coast Mental Health, a 17-provider behavioral health group in Beachwood, Ohio; and

The Children’s Medical Group, PLLC, a 21-physician pediatric group practice in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

About Microsys Computing, Inc.

Physicians and their practice administrators must have a robust, reliable and affordable practice management system from a dependable partner they can trust. Who can they count on? Microsys Computing, Inc. Since 1982, Microsys has pursued one mission: perfecting practice management software. Its award-winning MicroMD system is a powerful, versatile and full-featured solution that streamlines and automates medical office operations. Developed with Sybase® SQL Anywhere®, and leveraging the networking power of Microsoft® Windows®, with its client-server design, MicroMD scales to support growing medical practices. And the MicroMD Xpres Suite brings the freedom, convenience and productivity of mobile computing to physicians and their patients. More than 1,800 physician practices, spanning 40 different medical and surgical specialties, rely on MicroMD. For more information, call 800-624-8832 or visit www. micromd. net.

NOTE TO EDITORS - HIMSS 2006: Microsys will demonstrate MicroMD and MicroMD Xpres Suite mobile computing at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, February 12-16, 2006, San Diego Convention Center (booth #1946). Editorial appointments are available. To schedule an appointment, please contact David Aquilina, 612.922.5551.

MEDIA CONTACT: David Aquilina, 612.922.5551

MEDIA CONTACT AT HIMSS: William C. Davidson, 330.881.0333 (cell)

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Advanced Defense Systems Selects ControlGuard's Endpoint Security Solution

Advanced Defense Systems Selects ControlGuard's Endpoint Security Solution

ControlGuard expands its customer base as more firms move to protect sensitive data from the risk of internal fraud, malware, information leakage and data theft.

Herzeliya, Israel (PRWEB) January 28, 2008

ControlGuard, a leading provider of endpoint security solutions, today announced that Advanced Defense Systems LTD (formerly RAFAEL), a leading designer, developer, manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of high-tech defense systems for air, land, sea and space applications, has selected and implemented its flagship endpoint security product, Endpoint Access Manager™ (EAM). Advanced Defense Systems has chose ControlGuard's solution as a proactive strategy to manage the secure use of removable media and portable devices and protect against the risk of malware, information leakage and data theft.

Like most of the Industrial firms, Advanced Defense Systems commonly uses removable media and portable devices, such as thumb drives, CDs and cell phones. With data theft scandals on the rise, the company needed a way to mitigate potential security risks.

"We chose ControlGuard's Endpoint Access Manager, because it allows easily prevent unauthorized use of removable media and portable devices through policy enforcement and real-time monitoring capabilities," said Jacob Katz, Advanced Defense Systems CIO. "It enables Advanced Defense Systems to centrally control, monitor and record how data is uploaded and downloaded from removable media and portable devices to desktop and laptop computers. Unauthorized transactions are blocked, monitored and communicated in real-time to the management console. The solution shields networks from malware copied to endpoints and it secures networks from exposure to the outside world through wireless modems, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other interfaces."

"Advanced Defense Systems as one of the leaders in Hi-Tech defense systems in the world is one of the first to acknowledge the need to manage the secure use of portable devices and removable media," said Israel Levy, CEO of ControlGuard. "Advanced Defense Systems proactive approach to endpoint security will help manage and protect its proprietary information and provide an extra layer of security to meet business, national security and compliance requirements."

About Advanced Defense Systems
Advanced Defense Systems, Armament Development Authority Ltd, designs, develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of high-tech defense systems for air, land, sea and space applications. Advanced Defense Systems know-how is embedded in many of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) systems in operation today.

Advanced Defense Systems has formed partnerships with commercial corporations as well as with leading aerospace and defense companies around the world to develop commercial applications based on its proprietary technology. Advanced Defense Systems highly skilled and dedicated workforce tackles complex projects, from initial development, through to production. It provides customer service and support, upgrading existing systems and offering turnkey projects involving the transfer of basic technologies or complete production facilities. For more details about Advanced Defense Systems activities please go to www. rafael. co. il.

About ControlGuard
ControlGuard is a leading provider of enterprise-grade security solutions that protect, manage and secure enterprises from endpoint vulnerabilities like information leakage and data theft. The company's flagship product, Endpoint Access Manager, manages the secure use of removable media and portable devices. ControlGuard serves market leaders in the financial services, legal, healthcare and government sectors. For more information please visit the company website at www. controlguard. com.

Company Contact:
David Raanan
ControlGuard
1 908-203-4683
Sales (AT) controlguard. com

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200 Influential Journalists 'Unplugged' During 4-Day NewsBios PR Event

200 Influential Journalists 'Unplugged' During 4-Day NewsBios PR Event

NewsBios has been providing major global corporations and public relations agencies with journalism dossiers since 1987. The company maintains profiles on more than 7,000 active journalists, a complete list of whom can be found at http://www. newsbios. com. NewsBios also offers to rapidly build custom profiles on any journalists not already in the company’s extensive media library.

Denver (Vocus) February 16, 2010

The unvarnished dossiers of more than 200 of the country’s most influential business and financial journalists will be available this week on demand to public relations and media relations executives.

This special 4-day-only event is being conducted as a means of introducing corporate and agency communications executives to the NewsBios-on-Demand 24/7/365 journalism biographies and media research services, according to NewsBios’ executive editor Dean Rotbart.

Unlike official biographies or those profiles available for free on the Internet, NewsBios are professionally reported and compiled to paint a full, no-holds-barred personal and professional portrait of journalists whose output influences both consumer and investor decisions.

Each NewsBio delves into the journalists’ professional and educational experiences and detects personal details that may have impacted the journalists’ approach to their jobs. Examples include health care reporters whose family members have faced major illnesses; Wall Street reporters whose family members work for major investment houses; and numerous business and financial reporters whose spouses or siblings work in the industries they cover.

NewsBios has been providing major global corporations and public relations agencies with journalism dossiers since 1987. The company maintains profiles on more than 7,000 active journalists, a complete list of whom can be found at http://www. newsbios. com. (NewsBios also offers to rapidly build custom profiles on any journalists not already in the company’s extensive media library.)

While many NewsBios clients have come to rely on the personal touch offered by its service agents during regular business hours, NewsBios is rapidly expanding the number of profiles that are available 24/7/365 from its NewsBios-on-Demand. com service. The NewsBios-on-Demand. com website allows anyone using a major credit card to order and immediately download the bios of select “in-demand” journalist on nights, weekends and holidays.

From Tuesday, February 16th through Friday, February 19th, all profiles at NewsBios-on-Demand will be available for the reduced price of only $9.95 each. To obtain this special discount, users will have to register with the site and enter the special coupon code “PresidentsDay” at checkout. NewsBios ordered through the normal customer service-supported site (http://www. newsbios. com) or by phone (1-866-NEWS-070) will remain priced at the standard $69.95 rate.

Among the 200-plus journalists’ whose recently updated bios are currently being offered at NewsBios-on-Demand. com are:
 Ellen Byron – The Wall Street Journal  Dagen McDowell – Fox Business Network  Peter Elstrom - BusinessWeek  Greg Farrell – The Financial Times  Susie Gharib – The Nightly Business Report  Jessi Hempel – Fortune  Stefanie Ilgenfritz – The Wall Street Journal  Linda A. Johnson – Associated Press  Steve Lohr – The New York Times  Donald G. McNeil Jr. – The New York Times  Scott Patterson – The Wall Street Journal  Michael Peltz – Institutional Investor  Chad Terhune – Bloomberg Business Week  Ali Velshi – CNN  Jessica Wohl - Reuters

“Many professionals, hoping to save a few dollars, think to themselves, ‘Why should I pay for a NewsBio when I can get an official bio for free on the Internet?’” observes NewsBios’ Rotbart, a one-time investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

“The difference between a professionally compiled NewsBio and a ‘giveaway bio’ is the difference between propaganda and investigative reporting,” Rotbart maintains. “When your company’s or client’s reputation is riding on the outcome of a news story, which resource do you want to rely upon?”

Rotbart notes that NewsBios aggregates and sifts information from more than 60 sources of public information and combines that research with its own analytics and proprietary databases. Among the core advantages of a NewsBio over self-conducted media research is that because NewsBios tracks so many journalists, the service is able to compare/contrast journalists with their peers and competitors.

“Trying to do it yourself will give you a glimpse of a single journalist,” Rotbart explains. “But we know not only our journalists in great detail, but also their bosses, colleagues and competitors. We tell our clients how typical or atypical each journalist is.”

Those wishing a free, no-obligation sample NewsBio can also order one by registering online and selecting the “print and call” option at checkout. Those who wish to pay and download any of the 200-plus NewsBios-on-Demand, should enter the “PayPal” option. Customers can use their credit card through PayPal without having to become a PayPal member.

For additional information, public relations and media relations executives may visit the NewsBios web sites (http://www. newsbios. com and http://www. newsbios-on-demand. com) or phone during regular business hours, 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 2.

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Big Brother's Steven Daigle to Ride Bulls at Gay Rodeo in San Francisco

Big Brother's Steven Daigle to Ride Bulls at Gay Rodeo in San Francisco

Steven Daigle, the immensely popular gay cowboy who appeared on this season of the hit show Big Brother on CBS, will be returning to the rodeo arena at the Best Buck in the Bay -- the San Francisco Bay Area's Gay Rodeo & Festival -- August 16-17, 2008.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 31, 2008

Steven Daigle, the immensely popular gay cowboy who appeared on this season of the hit show Big Brother on CBS, will be returning to the rodeo arena at the Best Buck in the Bay -- the San Francisco Bay Area's Gay Rodeo & Festival. The rodeo will take place at the Driscoll Ranches Event Center in La Honda, California the weekend of August 16-17, 2008. Contestants from throughout the United States and Canada will be heading to the Bay Area to compete for buckles and prize money in 13 different rodeo events over the two days. Celebrating 21 years of gay rodeo in the Bay Area, the Best Buck in the Bay is one of the many events comprising the IGRA Rodeo Series. 
  


A past bull riding and steer riding champion in the gay rodeo circuit, Steven Daigle has not been able to compete in over a year due to injuries he suffered while riding a bull in Denver, CO. This year's Best Buck in the Bay will serve as his big comeback on the circuit. Rodeo fans will have an opportunity to see him compete alongside many other great competitors in Bull Riding, Steer Riding, Chute Dogging, and the rodeo's "camp events" including the spectator favorite Wild Drag Race. All the rodeo events run both Saturday and Sunday of rodeo weekend. The competitors receiving the highest combine scores in each event will be awarded championship buckles, ribbons, and prize money at the Awards Ceremony which takes place Sunday evening at the rodeo grounds.

"I'm really excited to be back out competing again," says Steven. "The gay rodeo is very close to my heart and I can't wait to see all my fellow competitors and friends again."

Fans of the television show Big Brother on CBS will recognize Steven as the funny, fun-loving gay cowboy who was the second to be voted out of the house. Despite his early departure, he's found a huge following among the tens of thousands that follow the show both on television and through all the extended coverage online. The exposure provided by the show has significantly raised awareness of the gay rodeo and as a result, it's quite likely that this year's Best Buck in the Bay will see many new spectators and contestants attending the rodeo for the first time.

Nothing could please Steven more, "I'd love to create awareness and encourage everyone to experience gay rodeo. We're one big family and every rodeo is like coming home for Thanksgiving. I've really missed it."

For more information on the Best Buck in the Bay and all of the scheduled events on rodeo weekend, visit BestBuckInTheBay. com (http://www. bestbuckinthebay. com) or call 415-561-9228.



About The Best Buck in the Bay:
The Best Buck in the Bay is an IGRA Rodeo Series Event produced annually by the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association - Bay Area Chapter. GSGRA-BAC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization chartered with educating the LGBT community about the country/western lifestyle through rodeo, dance and royalty. The rodeo and festival will be held August 15 - 17 and provides numerous opportunities for the community to become involved. Proceeds from this year's event benefit GSGRA-BAC's designated beneficiary, Lyon-Martin Womens Health Services.


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