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E-book Expose: Release of ‘Sarcophagus’ by Jean-Pierre Chevalier
June 21, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 21, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — “Sarcophagus” by Jean-Pierre Chevalier (ISBN 13: 978-0-595-67678-1; ebook: ISBN 13: 978-0-595-83618-5) is now available in Kindle Edition at Amazon.com. This underground classic is a compelling literary phenomenon, read by patient advocates and would-be whistle-blowers.
In this stunning work of contemporary fiction, Chevalier has succeeded in illuminating one of the unspeakable tragedies of our age: the exploitation of illness. Rendering the depravity and misfeasance of our modern-day temples of medicine with scholarly aplomb, the gripping narrative in “Sarcophagus” chronicles the journey of an inspired physician and an intrepid biophysicist as they strive together against all odds to develop the world’s first effective targeted, injectable gene delivery system-the coveted holy grail of genetic medicine.
It is a time in history when terminal cancer patients languish on the chain of failed expectations while medical institutions, academic research centers, and giant pharmaceutical companies struggle in unison against the emerging tide of genetic medicine in a misguided effort to maintain the authority and applications of their loathsome poisonous treatments.
Written with the passion of a patient advocate and the omniscience of an astute insider, and set against the bleak and timely backdrop of true clinical pathos, “Sarcophagus” is a compelling journey of discovery and a descent into the netherworld of modern medicine as it stands poised at the threshold of history.
About the Author:
Jean-Pierre Chevalier, a leading authority on genetic medicine, is the consummate “insider,” capable of rendering the tragedies of modern medicine with scholarly aplomb. An accomplished scientist, whose pioneering work on cellular growth control led to the discovery of important cancer genes, effective modes of gene delivery, and new designer medicines, Jean-Pierre Chevalier stands alone as a transpicuous voice crying out in the wilderness, a stalwart social critic, and a patient advocate par excellence. As his life’s work ushers in the medicines of the future, his stories gleam as a treasure for the ages. The author can be contacted “indirectly” through Konrad Ventana: www.konradventana.com.
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Cell Phone Apps Revolutionize Caregiving
June 19, 2012
TORRANCE, Calif., June 19, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Smart phones have changed the way most of us do many things. Now they can aid those who provide in-home care for seniors or the disabled, according to Anna Chu Lin of Friends Beyond Borders.
Golden Days Senior Care Services, in Torrance, California, has released a list of some of the best apps for the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android operating systems.
Some allow caregivers to track a patient’s drug intake, diet, medical visits, and other pertinent data. Some provide a checklist of symptoms to use in case of a medical emergency.
One app, My Geo for the Android OS, provides GPS tracking for seniors with a tendency to wander where they shouldn’t.
Another, Koi Pond, though not specifically created for this market, has been shown to aid in the treatment of Alzheimer’s patients.
Care Planner provides a medical records section, allows for notes during doctor visits, and contains a Message Board for contacting other caregivers.
Pain Care provides a way for patients who don’t communicate well verbally to register their level of discomfort using a series of visual images.
The new list is at http://cellphoneappsforcaregivers.net/ .
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Dr. Mary Davidian to Appear on American Health Front Program on NBC
June 18, 2012
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y., June 18, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mary Davidian, M.D., of Highland Ophthalmology Associates, a leading eye surgeon in the Hudson Valley, announced today that she has been invited by “AMERICAN HEALTH FRONT!” to present the latest developments in corneal eye wound treatment. Dr. Davidian will be discussing her experiences using a unique alternative to surgery for corneal wound repair and healing called ProKera®.
This segment of “AMERICAN HEALTH FRONT!”, a medical news television program designed to educate viewers about important advances in medical techniques and technologies, will air on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. eastern time on NBC TV.
Considered a leading expert in cataract and corneal transplant surgery, Dr. Davidian will explain the functions of ProKera®, a medical device that can provide wound repair and healing to patients afflicted with a damaged cornea that does not require surgery. In a recent interview Dr. Davidian summed up the advantages of ProKera® as an exceptional alternative to surgery since it provides patients with a faster and less painful recovery from most corneal wounds.
Dr. Mary Davidian, founder and Medical Director of Highland Ophthalmology Associates, LLC, has been living in and serving the greater Hudson Valley community for the past fifteen years. Dr. Davidian is a fellowship trained corneal specialist. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), the New York Keratorefractive Surgery Society, the New York Intraocular Lens Implant (NYIOL) Society, and the New York State Ophthalmological Society (NYSOS) in which she has served on the Board of Directors.
Dr. Davidian is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and serves as an Associate Adjunct Professor at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and the New York Medical College.
For further information please contact Highland Ophthalmology Associates at (845) 562-0138 or visit www.highlandophthalmology.com.
For more information about Bio-Tissue ProKera® visit www.biotissue.com.
Media Contact:
Nancy Ingersoll
+1 845-562-0138
nancy@highlandophthalmology.com.
Photo Caption: Mary Davidian, M.D., of Highland Ophthalmology Associates, a leading eye surgeon in the Hudson Valley, announced today that she has been invited by “AMERICAN HEALTH FRONT!” to present the latest developments in corneal eye wound treatment.
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PCM Hosted Employee Health and Lifestyle Expo
May 25, 2012
LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 25, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM) treated 200 employees to a different type of lunch hour with a Health and Lifestyle Expo on Wednesday, May 23 at the company’s corporate headquarters.
“Businesses do not just run on employee productivity,” said Donny Disbro, chief executive officer of PCM. “They are fueled by passionate and enthusiastic people. I believe that when we do all we can to take care of our PCM family with a breadth of educational opportunities and resources, we not only benefit our clients, but the greater community as well.”
The Expo, organized by PCM’s Human Resources Generalist Teresa Figueroa and Health Connexxtions, offered exhibits, screenings and services including mini massages, skin care demonstrations, fitness and weight loss, vision consultation, spinal screening, door prizes and giveaways. 24 Hour Restoration provided lunch. Exhibitors included LegalShield, Aetna, VSP® Vision Care, Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., Culligan, Union Bank, N.A., Aflac, DIRECTV, Herbalife Ltd., PetCare Insurance and Shakeology®.
About Professional Community Management of California, Inc.:
Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM), an Associa company, specializes in the management of Common Interest Developments of homeowner associations for family oriented master-planned developments, resort-style master-planned communities, active-adult master-planned communities, condominium associations and boutique communities throughout Southern California and Southern Nevada.
With headquarters in Lake Forest, Calif., PCM and its companies employ a staff of more than 1,500 people. PCM has offices in serving all of Southern California and Southern Nevada and is recognized by the Multi Housing Council as one of the county’s largest managers of common interest developments. Management services by PCM are backed by state-of-the art Internet technology and comprehensive financial and management systems. For additional information, please contact PCM at 800.369.7260 or at http://www.pcminternet.com.
About Associa:
Building successful communities for more than 30 years, Associa is North America’s largest community association management firm and serves its clients with local knowledge, national resources and comprehensive expertise. Based in Dallas, Associa and its 8,000 employees operate more than 150 branch offices in the United States, Mexico and Canada. To learn more about Associa and its charitable organization, Associa Cares, go to www.associaonline.com and www.associacares.com. Find us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/associa), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/associa), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/company/33264) and Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/associa/), and watch us on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/associamarketing).
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Anna’s Pocket Bee Venom Vitality Cream Mask Rated The #1 Hot New Beauty Release on Amazon USA April 2012
May 9, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y., May 8, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Anna’s Pocket Bee Venom, from Kalon Skincare, has already broken into the Top 100 bestseller list in its category on Amazon.com, and is rated the #1 Hottest New Beauty Product Release. These rankings have been achieved in Amazon’s Beauty department. This department includes over 300,000 products including almost every major cosmetics brand. To achieve any kind of ranking in amongst this competition in a product’s first year, let alone its first month, is an achievement.
Please see snapshot on the Press page at http://www.kalonskincare.com/ .
Kalon Skincare is a company with a difference. Ecologically clean face products made with luxurious NZ bee venom. Philanthropy is a driving force behind the company as is its ecologically clean philosophy. It is also a new brand launching out of Christchurch, New Zealand, a city recently devastated by large quakes.
Kalon Skincare is a brand new natural beauty product, using the hottest ingredient in skin care, pure NZ bee venom, for those who wish to keep their skin looking fresh, vital and new.Non greasy, Anna’s Pocket Bee Venom Vitality Cream Mask contains the best of nature’s ingredients.
The founder of Kalon Skincare – award winning actress, director and producer Anna Wilding – said that she wanted to create a product that was natural with high quality active ingredients, such as apitherapy products, but also that had a long shelf life. She wanted a product that was of benefit to the skin, no matter which climate or city she was in worldwide. “My company also uses ecologically clean natural ingredients where possible, such as bee venom from New Zealand, which is the best in the world,” says Wilding.
Kalon Skincare believes healthy skin comes as much from the inside as out. Kalon Skincare promotes healthy eating and links to recipes and health tips on it’s website. “Kalon” means beauty – a beauty that is not just skin deep, but a beautiful beauty within as well as just physical.”Look: my weight ever fluctuates, who cares. What’s important is how healthy you are and how good you feel in inside.”
Kalon Skincare’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kalon-Skincare/356087311077929 has up-to-date information and promotions. Bee venom is the “secret weapon” used by many celebrities worldwide, including Kate Middleton who apparently used New Zealand bee venom for her pre-wedding celebrations.
Kalon Skincare’s Vitality Cream Mask is an exclusive luxury blend that hydrates deeply and over time smoothes out wrinkles and fine lines. For refreshingly natural healthy looking skin it can be used as a mask three times a week or daily. No bees are harmed in the collecting of bee venom. In fact, it is less harmful to the bees than collecting honey. Kalon Skincare is bringing advanced skin care and some of natures best sourced active ingredients to women and men on the move worldwide. The Kalon Skincare system enhances both your inner and outer beauty.
Learn more at: http://www.kalonskincare.com/ .
No celebrity endorsement claimed or implied.
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Narconon Trois-Rivieres Drug Rehab True Result
April 10, 2012
TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, April 10, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — “The Narconon drug rehabilitation program is a voluntary, drug-free, social-education model,” says Andre Ahern, director of legal affairs at Narconon Trois-Rivieres. “‘Voluntary’ and ‘drug-free’ are key words,” he adds, “for the thousands of students accepted into the Narconon program around the world.”
Last December, Mrs. Yvonne Keller sent her son to enroll in the Narconon program (http://www.narconon.ca). Unfortunately, according to Ahern, he very soon manifested violent and irrational behavior demonstrating that he was not qualified to do the Narconon drug-free, educational model. In addition, he expressed heatedly that he himself had no desire to do the program. After six days of refusal to receive services, Narconon Trois-Rivieres, says Ahern, had no choice but to let him leave the facility. He was happy that he could leave, as was appropriate since he did not wish to be there of his own choice, and he was put on a bus home.
“We totally agree with the comments made by Mrs. Keller to CBC News,” said Ahern, regarding her dismay that she could find no public treatment available for her son and that lack of treatment beds has been a huge obstacle for years. “We sincerely hope that Mrs. Keller will find a suitable program that will be able to help her son,” says Ahern.
Narconon centers deliver a drug free program model that has saved tens of thousands of lives from people worldwide. Narconon drug rehab is licensed to use and delivers a secular program model, based on years of research by author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard. Also known as the founder of Scientology, Mr. Hubbard had spent years looking into the effects of drugs on the mind and body when he responded in the late 1960s to a request for help from heroin addict William Benitez, who had just founded the Narconon program in Arizona State Prison, based on his own reading of Mr. Hubbard’s works.
“From the beginning,” says Ahern, “Bill Benitez said that this model of drug rehabilitation would be based on Hubbard’s concept of raising life skills and personal ability.” From this beginning, the secular Narconon program has expanded to be used by centers around the world (www.narconon.org).
“We have so many letters of thanks from parents or others about the recovery of a loved one,” says Ahern.
Quoting from just one letter sent to a Toronto newspaper just last week:
“My daughter lost her way while attending university in Toronto. She is beautiful, intelligent and very talented. A new love introduced her to cocaine and a nightmare was born.
“I was desperate to rescue my daughter and my Internet search led me to Narconon…
“For 4 months, I had support from the Narconon [Trois-Rivieres] staff and I was given as much information as I needed to calm my fears. I visited the center as often as I wanted…I knew she was getting tools for her to apply to her life and they would always stay with her…She was progressing, changing, and recovering.
“…I will always remain grateful to Narconon and their belief in aiding people to conquer their addiction. What a challenge! Today my daughter is clean and much better equipped to solve the ups and downs that life brings to us.
“Did Narconon save my daughter’s life? Of this, I have no doubt.”
– L.S., Kingston, Ontario.
David Love, who made numerous negative comments in the CBC interview with Mrs. Keller, was also a student at Narconon Trois-Rivieres for 5 months. Love has said publicly that he had been a drug addict for 35 years. While he was in the program, he wrote voluntarily a number of remarkable success stories about his wins and gains.
“It strikes me most strange,” says Ahern, “that Love is now attacking the very group that per his earlier statements saved his life. He changed his mind, apparently, after he began receiving payments from members of the Anonymous criminal network, dozens of whom have been arrested around the world recently. But what did David Love say when he was actually here, doing the program? Here is just one sample in Love’s own writing from 8 March, 2009.”
“Wow! This was a ‘Big One.’ Over the past 4 decades, I have been to several detox and rehab centers across Canada. I thought I was OK and ‘good to go’ but soon after leaving the centers, I was addicted again and in worse condition. I was lost, afraid, and expressed a lot of anger because of the pain. I felt that too much time has passed and perhaps I was ‘unfixable.’ In fact, half way through [this Narconon course], I discussed this with a Narconon staff member. I was assured that if I just followed the program and ‘let it happen’ that I was ‘fixable.’ This assurance helped a lot. Although I still had some reservations, I began to focus on where I was and what I was doing. You can only understand it once you do it… and it is amazing and incredible! This book has helped to change my life. Now I have a life. I am here and I am alive. I was fixable.”
**Original handwritten copy (PDF): http://www.narconon.ca/DavidLoveaboutNarcononTroisRivieres2009.pdf .
That, says Ahern, is the true product of Narconon – “Now I have a life. I am here and I am alive. I was fixable.”
More information: http://www.narconon.ca/ .
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aycan invited to participate in Face-Off at European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.
March 19, 2012
aycan”s OsiriX PRO workstation delivered excellent results for post-processing.
aycan OsiriX PRO at the Face-Off ? visualizing cadiac CT in 2D and 3D
Würzburg, March 19, 2012. aycan, a recognized worldwide leader in medical imaging, was invited this year to participate in the European Society of Radiology”s Post Processing Workstation Face-Off session during their annual conference held this year in March in Vienna, Austria.
Moderated by adj. Professor Dr. A. Graser from the Institute of clinical Radiology of the University of Munich this year”s Face-Off involved two complex viewing tasks involving cardiac CT with myocardial perfusion and oncologic follow-up in a multi modality approach. Using its OsiriX PRO (a cost effective, CE-labeled and FDA 510(k) cleared, 64-bit fast highly functional workstation for conventional, multi-slice and other image reading), aycan completed all the tasks successfully and in a timely manner, and in some instances outperforming the other workstations.
Along with aycan, the other companies that participated were GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, TeraRecon, and Vital Images. Among the participants, aycan OsiriX PRO performed very well, posting consistent mid-range results.
Over 20,000 participants were expected at this year”s International Conference, which took place March 1st through 5th in Vienna, Austria. The program called for clinically oriented expert lectures, refresher courses and Face-Off sessions. More on the conference may be found at www.myecr.org.
“aycan is proud to have been selected to join the industry”s leaders to participate in the Face-Off and to help the CT community to bring advanced radiological tools to market,” said Stephan Popp, CEO at aycan. “Our consistent mid-range results verify the performance of our solution and its position among the top solutions on the market.”
With a focus on vendor neutral integration and service, aycan is a worldwide provider of solutions for storing, viewing, and printing medical images and information that improve workflow efficiency and drive down costs. aycan works with other industry innovators such as Xerox, Apple, medQ, and EIZO whose quality products are part of their solutions. aycan supports customers worldwide with U.S. headquarters in Rochester, New York, and European headquarters in Wuerzburg Germany. The company is privately held. Learn more at www.aycan.com.
Kontakt:
aycan Medical Systems, LLC
Dennis van Keken
693 East Avenue
14607 Rochester, NY
dvankeken@aycan.com
585-473-1350
http://www.aycan.com
Get in on the Action! Camp Blue Skies’ Hoops for Camp Bracket Challenge
March 2, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 2, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Get in on the action and make your NCAA March Madness picks count this year! Camp Blue Skies Foundation (campblueskies.org) is a non-profit organization that offers weeklong residential camp experiences to individuals 21 and older with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Camp Blue Skies has just launched its latest and greatest fundraiser, NCAA March Madness “Hoops for Camp” Bracket Challenge.
With a $10 suggested donation, you will be registered to participate in the bracket challenge. All participants will receive an email on March 11 with instructions on how to fill out their NCAA bracket. The top 10 percent scorers will be entered into a random drawing to win $500 to the Apple Store. It’s fun, easy, and won’t break the budget. And most importantly, it goes towards a good cause! Donate today through the Camp Blue Skies website or Razoo “Hoops for Camp” site to participate.
Learn more about the “Hoops for Camp” Bracket Challenge here (PDF): http://www.campblueskies.org/pdf/hoops_info.pdf .
Camp Blue Skies focuses on the camper’s physical, mental and emotional well-being through continued development of a healthy lifestyle and positive social skills. Camp Blue Skies takes a three-pronged approach to camp, including recreation, socialization and education. This philosophy provides opportunities to be active outdoors, learn new things and make new friends.
“I realized that when these individuals age out of the school system, opportunities for recreation and socialization fall off greatly. My dream was to provide an overnight weeklong camp for this underserved population, where campers can enjoy true camp experiences like ropes courses, fishing and campfire fun while challenging and stretching themselves to grow,” says founder Dick Sesler.
In October 2010, Dick Sesler’s dream became a reality. To date, Camp Blue Skies has served over 150 campers and over 180 loyal volunteers have committed their time. Camps are currently being held in NC and GA. The organization’s goal is to continue to improve their programs and expand camps in the southeast region and hopefully beyond in the near future. Camp Blue Skies is a 501(c)(3) public charity. The organization’s mission is to enhance the lives of adults with developmental disabilities by providing opportunities for life skill education through recreation and socialization.
To learn more about Camp Blue Skies, visit the website at http://www.campblueskies.org or follow them on Facebook ( facebook.com/pages/Camp-Blue-Skies/166187940087080 ). To participate in “Hoops for Camp,” donate through the website or Razoo “Hoops for Camp” site: http://www.razoo.com/story/Hoops-For-Camp?1329428078 .
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Florida County-Level ER Dental Visit Data Available
February 28, 2012
LAKE WORTH, Fla., Feb. 28, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Pew Center on the States on Monday reported tremendous nationwide growth in emergency room visits for many easily prevented dental problems. In Florida, emergency room visits doubled between 2008 and 2010, totaling more than 115,000 visits and generating more than $88 million in medical charges. Pew obtained its Florida information from a Florida Public Health Institute (FPHI) study released in December 2011.
In addition to statewide data, FPHI also broke down the number of visits and charges for each of Florida’s 67 counties, including visits by hospital and by payor source.
Media interested in localizing this national issue may retrieve the Florida report and county-level information by visiting www.oralhealthflorida.com – or by contacting Martha Kurth Harbin at mharbin@policywisdom.com or (850) 251-2803.
About The Florida Public Health Institute:
The Florida Public Health Institute (FPHI), a free standing private non-profit organization, is currently funded by six regional and national foundations and/or organizations. The mission of the Institute is to “advance the knowledge and practice of public health to promote, protect and improve the health of all.”
FPHI accomplishes this by promoting improvements in health through health education, health policy, evaluating the health workforce, and applied research. Research on the ER data was supported through a grant from the DentaQuest Foundation.
More information: http://www.oralhealthflorida.com .
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Ask Your Employer About Long-Term Care Insurance – You May Qualify More Easily and Get a Special Rate
February 28, 2012
KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 28, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today one of America’s most experienced long-term care insurance agencies – LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP) – reveals a little-known secret for people in the market for LTC insurance. “Just ask your employer about it,” says Dan Cahn, LTCFP’s Senior Vice President of Business Development. “Doing so could save you time, paperwork, and money – even if your workplace has no group LTC benefit in force.”
How can this be? “There’s a relatively new form of long-term care insurance for the workplace that’s incredibly easy to set up,” says Cahn. “It’s called ‘multi-life.’ A multi-life plan can in place virtually overnight. All you need is three or more participants.” In most organizations, he points out, there are at least three people who could benefit from an LTC policy and would love the special rate and abbreviated application process. Participants need not all be rank-and-file employees; they may include family members as well as company owners and managers.
“The multi-life plan is the up-and-coming form that’s far different from the traditional group LTC plan, which typically takes weeks or months to set up,” says Cahn.
Multi-life long-term care insurance combines the flexibility and choice of individual coverage with the cost reduction and simplification of traditional group long-term care insurance. Employees and business owners get policies at a discount and with reduced underwriting; and they have greater latitude in selecting benefit features. Multi-life plans can be implemented as an employer-paid benefit, a voluntary benefit, or a combination of both; and are suitable for tiny organizations as well as larger ones.
Traditional group LTC insurance, in comparison, is usually a one-size-fits-all, employer-sponsored plan without individual underwriting. Suitable for organizations with hundreds to thousands of employees, this type is rarely found in smaller companies or non-profits.
“There’s a lot of internal decision making required to set up such plans in most cases,” says Cahn. “By contrast, setting up a multi-life plan can be almost as easy as setting up an individual plan for one person or couple.” Although multi-life plans are most popular in smaller organizations, “they also work well in medium-sized to large outfits; and they have the virtue that you can start small, with just a handful of participants, and then expand.”
“If your employer already has an LTC benefit in place, you’re home free,” says Cahn. “But most employers don’t, so you may want to do a little spadework before proceeding.”
He recommends this three-step process:
1. Find and confer with a long-term care specialist who knows how to set up multi-life plans as well as individual plans. “Get your ducks in a row and make this expert your partner in approaching your employer.”
2. Talk with your employer about your need for long-term care insurance; and explain the cost-saving and other benefits of involving other interested employees. “This should be enough to gain the support your need.”
3. Set up a meeting with your organization’s decision makers, your expert, and yourself. “The rest should be easy.”
Cahn’s company, LTCFP, has more than 500 LTC specialists serving individuals and organizations in all parts of nation. They may be located, by state, at http://www.ltcfp.com .
LTCFP is a co-founder and sponsor of the “3 in 4 Need More” campaign, which seeks to alert Americans to the long-term healthcare crisis, and to multiply the number protected by long-term care planning.
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More Than Skin Deep: Dr. Trevicia Williams Responds to Dallas Texas Being #1 During Women’s History Month
February 22, 2012
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 22, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Women’s History Month celebrates triumphant women and mothers who empowered themselves through education then nurtured their daughters and paved the way for them to have access as well. A local celebration will be held on Saturday, March 3: “Beauty Inside Out Fierce You” is an event for professional and entrepreneurial women to attend, be empowered, gain personal and business insight through educational seminars, have fun with fashion and build their business networks.
During an equally powerful after-event workshop on Saturday March 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dallas, author and former Texas child bride Dr. Trevicia Williams will extend education and empowerment to mothers and teen daughters while addressing the alarming statistic that Dallas Texas is #1 in the nation for repeat teen pregnancies.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies teen pregnancies in the U.S. is declining; however, Texas is still number 3 in the nation for teen births.
In the spirit of prevention and healthy relationships, Dr. Trevicia Williams designed the free “Real Beauty Inside Out” workshop for mothers and teen daughters to communicate, connect, build, bond and grow as a result of the interactive intervention.
“Getting through the ‘I Love You But I Can’t Stand You Right Now’ time in the relationship can be tough,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. Mothers and teen daughters will learn tools for effective communication and the fundamentals of building healthy relationships.
The workshop will also empower mothers and teen daughters during the sometimes stressful and rebellious teen years, says Dr. Trevicia Williams. This limited seating free workshop draws participants from the Dallas, Highland Park and Frisco Independent School Districts.
“Communication is the lifeline of all relationships and this workshop helps mothers and daughters open up,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams.
Psychologist, talk show host and author of child bride memoir, “There Are Pearls In The Pain of Every Experience” (ISBN: 978-0974351988), Dr. Trevicia Williams ( http://www.treviciawilliams.com ), is on a mission to empower girls and women worldwide. From Texas child bride and teen mother to life strategist, Dr. Trevicia shares hard-earned wisdom and real-life strategies that inspire teens and motivate parents to unleash their power to communicate, realize their self-worth, build healthier relationships and realize their fullest potentials.
Dr. Trevicia Williams echoes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew in questioning the effectiveness of reality shows like Teen Mom and MTV’s 16 and Pregnant. The shows focus on the realities of teens during adolescent years and the pains of growing up while being pregnant, but, simultaneously, seem to glamourize teen pregnancy.
“Leah Messer and Chelsea Houska teen mom reality stories can be prevented: Teens should stay teen. We should encourage children to be children, girls to be girls and boys to be boys, while they are children,” says Williams.
To learn more about the Real Beauty Inside Out Mother-Teen Daughter Workshop and other upcoming events or to get registered visit: http://www.realbeautyinsideout.com or see an overview on Vimeo:
* Photo Caption: Author and Psychologist, Dr. Trevicia Williams.
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More Than Skin Deep: Dr. Trevicia Williams Responds to Dallas Texas Being #1 During Women’s History Month
February 22, 2012
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 22, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Women’s History Month celebrates triumphant women and mothers who empowered themselves through education then nurtured their daughters and paved the way for them to have access as well. A local celebration will be held on Saturday, March 3: “Beauty Inside Out Fierce You” is an event for professional and entrepreneurial women to attend, be empowered, gain personal and business insight through educational seminars, have fun with fashion and build their business networks.
During an equally powerful after-event workshop on Saturday March 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dallas, author and former Texas child bride Dr. Trevicia Williams will extend education and empowerment to mothers and teen daughters while addressing the alarming statistic that Dallas Texas is #1 in the nation for repeat teen pregnancies.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies teen pregnancies in the U.S. is declining; however, Texas is still number 3 in the nation for teen births.
In the spirit of prevention and healthy relationships, Dr. Trevicia Williams designed the free “Real Beauty Inside Out” workshop for mothers and teen daughters to communicate, connect, build, bond and grow as a result of the interactive intervention.
“Getting through the ‘I Love You But I Can’t Stand You Right Now’ time in the relationship can be tough,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. Mothers and teen daughters will learn tools for effective communication and the fundamentals of building healthy relationships.
The workshop will also empower mothers and teen daughters during the sometimes stressful and rebellious teen years, says Dr. Trevicia Williams. This limited seating free workshop draws participants from the Dallas, Highland Park and Frisco Independent School Districts.
“Communication is the lifeline of all relationships and this workshop helps mothers and daughters open up,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams.
Psychologist, talk show host and author of child bride memoir, “There Are Pearls In The Pain of Every Experience” (ISBN: 978-0974351988), Dr. Trevicia Williams ( http://www.treviciawilliams.com ), is on a mission to empower girls and women worldwide. From Texas child bride and teen mother to life strategist, Dr. Trevicia shares hard-earned wisdom and real-life strategies that inspire teens and motivate parents to unleash their power to communicate, realize their self-worth, build healthier relationships and realize their fullest potentials.
Dr. Trevicia Williams echoes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew in questioning the effectiveness of reality shows like Teen Mom and MTV’s 16 and Pregnant. The shows focus on the realities of teens during adolescent years and the pains of growing up while being pregnant, but, simultaneously, seem to glamourize teen pregnancy.
“Leah Messer and Chelsea Houska teen mom reality stories can be prevented: Teens should stay teen. We should encourage children to be children, girls to be girls and boys to be boys, while they are children,” says Williams.
To learn more about the Real Beauty Inside Out Mother-Teen Daughter Workshop and other upcoming events or to get registered visit: http://www.realbeautyinsideout.com or see an overview on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/36525141
* Photo Caption: Author and Psychologist, Dr. Trevicia Williams.
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aycan integrates PACS at East Carolina University bringing advanced radiology technology to dental medicine.
February 16, 2012
East Carolina University pioneers use of DICOM technology in Dental Medicine, improving patient care and reducing costs.
DICOM VNA PACS aycan store and aycan OsiriX PRO in Dental Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina, USA, 13.2.2012 – East Carolina University School of Dental medicine (ECU SoDM), the largest institution of higher learning in eastern North Carolina, in conjunction with aycan, a recognized worldwide leader in medical imaging, announced today the installation of a fully integrated PACS in ECU SoDM”s main clinic and teaching facility, Ross Hall, and ten new remote dental clinics and student training facilities, Community Service-Learning Centers, in North Carolina.
Both the main and remote ECU SoDM clinics will provide dental services for the local community with state-of-the-art medical imaging technology based on the DICOM standard. Used for years in radiology, the DICOM standard enables the integration of scanners, servers, workstations, printers, and other network clients from multiple manufactures into a single picture archiving and communication system (PACS), allowing for improved communication and workflow efficiency.
“With the installation of a DICOM based PACS system, ECU SoDM is able to provide more efficient and cost effective dental services to our patients,” said Todd Watkins, DDS, and Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Informatics, ECU School of Dental Medicine. “We”re confident with aycan”s thorough workflow planning, integration, and training of our team, we”ll have a successful launch of our new Ross Hall facility in Greenville and Community Service Learning Centers throughout North Carolina.”
aycan integrated the ECU SoDM PACS, which is comprised of aycan store, a scalable, high performance DICOM archiving and distribution system; aycan OsiriX PRO, an FDA and CE certified, highly functional 64-bit workstation for conventional, multi-slice and other image reading; AxiUm patient record system; and Apteryx, software which converts dental film-scanner output into DICOM format.
“aycan is proud to help ECU SoDM in their pioneering work to bring advanced radiological tools to the dental market,” said Frank Burkhardt, aycan Director, American Operations. “Having planned and integrated PACS workflows and systems for over a decade in other medical environments, we”re confident ECU SoDM will achieve improved efficiency and lower costs.”
ECU SoDM”s Ross Hall is scheduled to open in August and the first Community Service-Learning Center is scheduled to open in Ahoskie, North Carolina, this spring. The Centers are being developed to bring dental care into rural and underserved areas of North Carolina.
About East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine (ECU SoDM)
ECU SoDM, located in Greenville, North Carolina, is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of all North Carolinians by creating leaders with a passion to care for the underserved and by leading the nation in community-based, service learning oral health education. Visit ” rel=”nofollow”>www.ecu.edu to learn more.
With a focus on vendor neutral integration and service, aycan is a worldwide provider of solutions for storing, viewing, and printing medical images and information that improve workflow efficiency and drive down costs. aycan works with other industry innovators such as Xerox, Apple, medQ, and EIZO whose quality products are part of their solutions. aycan supports customers worldwide with U.S. headquarters in Rochester, New York, and European headquarters in Wuerzburg Germany. The company is privately held. Learn more at http://www.aycan.com
Kontakt:
aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH
Stephan Popp
Innere Aumuehlstr. 5
97076 Wuerzburg
spopp@aycan.de
09312704090
http://www.aycan.com
aycan at the ECR 2012 in Vienna
February 14, 2012
aycan OsiriX PRO ? the highspeed workstation for post-processing and primary diagnosis
Like every year the European Congress of Radiology with accompanying exhibition is held in early March (1st – 5th March) in Vienna.
aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH will be on-site again and is providing 8 different OsiriX PRO Hands-on Workshops on 4 days, inter alia, basic courses as well as special workshops about Teleradiology, Mammography and Oncology, where participants experience the various possibilities of a fast, modern post-processing and diagnosis workstation. The Workshops start on Friday, 2nd March with two basic courses and end on Monday, 5th March with Vessel Analysis. The free registration and more information are available at ” rel=”nofollow”>www.osirix-pro-workshop.com.
In addition to that aycans OsiriX PRO will again compete with known workstation vendors at the 5. Postprocessing Face-Off Session on Friday, 2nd March 2012 at 12:15 until 13:30 o’clock in Room B. This will be the next big Face-Off for aycan, after the successful attendance in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January.
Constant improvements as well as required certificates as medical device in Europe and USA, are turning OsiriX PRO to the professional version of the award winning open source software OsiriX for the diagnosis of medical images. Turnkey PACS installations with OsiriX PRO and numerous training and support options for customers, guarantee a smooth and regulatory safe usage in hospitals and medical practices.
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More than 1,000 radiologists in hospitals and medical practices worldwide are using products and services from the company, including aycan xray-print, the original DICOM print solution for standard paper, aycan store, the scalable PACS archive, and aycan OsiriX PRO, the CE-labeled and FDA 510(k) cleared diagnostic and post-processing workstation.
aycan maintains close partnerships worldwide as Apple Authorized Reseller and Xerox Authorized Reseller as well as a supporter of the OsiriX project. The company stands out due to its quality management system with DIN EN ISO 9001 and 13485 certificates as well as Annex II, Council Directive 93/42/EEC, providing product safety and service to the customer.
Kontakt:
aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH
Stephan Popp
Innere Aumuehlstr. 5
97076 Wuerzburg
spopp@aycan.de
+499312704090
http://www.aycan.com
Breakthrough Medical Laser Innovations: biolitec® presents ELVeS Radial slim? and ELVeS Radial 2ring? Fibres for Varicose Vein Treatment
February 7, 2012
Minimally-invasive varicose vein treatment further optimised through Radial® fibres by biolitec® – Excellent characteristics, perfect positioning and maximum efficiency of the laser beam – Treatment significantly more gentle – Hundreds of thousands of patients already treated with ELVeS®
Jena, February 7, 2012 – www.biolitec.de – With the development of the two novel fibres ELVeS Radial slim? and ELVeS Radial 2ring?, Jena-based biolitec® AG has set new standards in minimally-invasive laser therapy. The leader in this medical laser technology brings innovations to the market that will make the treatment of varicose veins even more precise, gentle and effective. Both fibre innovations open up a vast potential of specific new vein treatment optio
ns and thus make long-term treatments with all their side-effects and risks even less necessary than before.
The novel ELVeS Radial slim? fibre optimises the minimally-invasive intervention due to its extremely thin diameter. As a result, the fibre is extremely versatile and therefore suitable for more complicated anatomies, perforator veins and side branches. Recurrences after stripping treatments can be cured gently. The Radial 2ring? fibre splits the laser power into two phases by a distance of rings of 6mm. In this way energy density can be reduced at an unchanged power level which leads to a more homogeneous radiation within the vein. With their respective specific advantages, both fibre innovations contribute to fully realising the vast potential of endovenous vein laser treatments.
To physicians the new ELVeS Radial? fibres allow an even more precise mode of operation and a better control during the intervention. Dr. Wolfgang Neuberger, CEO of biolitec®, commented on the technological breakthrough: “We take the challenge to continually explore the boundaries of science and technology to deliver the next innovation in minimally-invasive procedures.” This strategy has already shaped the treatment options for varicose veins massively, and the new fibres will foster this process further: They emit laser energy 360°-radially and thereby provide for a homogeneous photothermic impact on the inner vein wall leading to even, effective and sustained closure of the vein. The radiation profile is optimal avoiding perforation of the sensitive surrounding tissue. In addition, the new design of the Radial 2ring? provides for an easier pullback technique.
The ELVeS Radial? intervention is conducted under local anaesthesia and the duration of the treatment is merely 30-45 minutes. Inpatient care is dispensable. The patient can get back to normal activities immediately and scarring is minimised.
Patients previously treated with the new ELVeS Radial? fibres reacted very positively to the treatment and report extraordinarily fast reconvalescence and good healing successes. The numerous advantages of the ELVeS® system already show in vast success in quantitative terms: Hundreds of thousands of patients already treated worldwide making ELVeS® the innovative treatment market leader in minimally-invasive solutions for varicose veins.
Dr. Neuberger, CEO of biolitec®: “We never stopped pioneering new endovenous laser treatments and never will.”
About biolitec®
biolitec® AG worldwide is one of the leading companies in the field of medical laser treatment and the only provider that possesses all the relevant core competencies – photosensitizers, laser devices and optical fibres – in the field of photodynamic therapy (PTD). Besides the laser treatment of cancer with Foscan®, biolitec® primarily researches on minimally-invasive and gentle laser treatments and markets them. ELVeS® (Endo Laser Vein System) is the laser system most often used worldwide for the treatment of varicose veins, the Evolve? laser has established as gentle treatment in urology. Gentle laser treatments in the fields of proctology, ENT, orthopaedics and ophtalmology as well as aesthetics also belong to the business field of biolitec®. biolitec® AG is listed in the Prime Standard and the German Entrepreneurial Index GEX® (ISIN DE0005213409). Further information at www.biolitec.de.
Kontakt:
biolitec AG
Jörn Gleisner
Otto-Schott-Straße 15
07745 Jena
+49 (0) 69/959083-20
http://www.biolitec.de
info@biolitec.de
Pressekontakt:
fr financial relations gmbh
Jörn Gleisner
Gutleutstraße 75
60329 Frankfurt
joern.gleisner@biolitec.com
+49 (0) 69 / 959083-20
http://www.biolitec.de
Determination of anti-ganglioside autoantibodies in chronic autoimmune neuropathies: the thin line between care dependency and independence
February 6, 2012
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The knowledge of autoimmune neuropathies has increased significantly over the past years. Regardless, clinical routine diagnosis of autoimmune neuropathies did not keep pace with research and has not changed substantially. As a result, chronic autoimmune neuropathies are regularly misdiagnosed and mistreated, leaving the patient disabled.
This is where the lab can render assistance by determination of anti-ganglioside antibody profiles, which are the only way of distinguishing acute from chronic autoimmune neuropathies.
Other than acute autoimmune neuropathies, chronic ones are only manageable by continuous intermittent treatment. Missing out on this results in a severely disabled patient.
With adequate treatment however normal function can be restored, enabling the patient to work and exert recreational activities.
Inform yourself about gangliosides and their significance for a specific differential diagnosis in autoimmune neuropathies in our 10-minute webinar!
Founded in 2002, GA Generic Assays GmbH is a privately owned company manufacturing and distributing diagnostic test kits focusing on autoimmune diseases. GA Generic Assays is a DIN EN ISO certified company with the aim to provide high quality diagnostic tools to meet the constant-growing demand for affordable tests.
Located in Dahlewitz, close to the German capital Berlin, GA collaborates with clinical research departments and universities all around Germany.
The product range, which focuses on innovative autoimmune diagnostics, is constantly expanding and our ambitious plan for the future is the development of new parameters and new technologies for the diagnostic market.
GA has new developments in the neuropathy field, the anti-gangliosid dot and the anti-asialoglycoprotein-receptor (ASGPR) which is a specific marker for autoimmune hepatitis
The newest kit-technology is an ELISA to determine anti-GP2, which is a marker for Crohns disease.
Kontakt:
Generic Assays GmbH
Dr. Christina Fritz
Ludwig-Erhard-Ring 3
15827 Dahlewitz
0049 33708 9286 0
www.genericassays.com
c.fritz@medipan.de
Pressekontakt:
GA Generic Assays GmbH
Dr. Christina Fritz
Ludwig-Erhard-Ring 3
15827 Dahlewitz
c.fritz@medipan.de
033708 44 17 12
http://www.genericassays.com
Determination of anti-ganglioside autoantibodies in chronic autoimmune neuropathies: the thin line between care dependency and independence
February 6, 2012
Company Logo
The knowledge of autoimmune neuropathies has increased significantly over the past years. Regardless, clinical routine diagnosis of autoimmune neuropathies did not keep pace with research and has not changed substantially. As a result, chronic autoimmune neuropathies are regularly misdiagnosed and mistreated, leaving the patient disabled.
This is where the lab can render assistance by determination of anti-ganglioside antibody profiles, which are the only way of distinguishing acute from chronic autoimmune neuropathies.
Other than acute autoimmune neuropathies, chronic ones are only manageable by continuous intermittent treatment. Missing out on this results in a severely disabled patient.
With adequate treatment however normal function can be restored, enabling the patient to work and exert recreational activities.
Inform yourself about gangliosides and their significance for a specific differential diagnosis in autoimmune neuropathies in our 10-minute webinar!
Founded in 2002, GA Generic Assays GmbH is a privately owned company manufacturing and distributing diagnostic test kits focusing on autoimmune diseases. GA Generic Assays is a DIN EN ISO certified company with the aim to provide high quality diagnostic tools to meet the constant-growing demand for affordable tests.
Located in Dahlewitz, close to the German capital Berlin, GA collaborates with clinical research departments and universities all around Germany.
The product range, which focuses on innovative autoimmune diagnostics, is constantly expanding and our ambitious plan for the future is the development of new parameters and new technologies for the diagnostic market.
GA has new developments in the neuropathy field, the anti-gangliosid dot and the anti-asialoglycoprotein-receptor (ASGPR) which is a specific marker for autoimmune hepatitis
The newest kit-technology is an ELISA to determine anti-GP2, which is a marker for Crohns disease.
Kontakt:
Generic Assays GmbH
Dr. Christina Fritz
Ludwig-Erhard-Ring 3
15827 Dahlewitz
0049 33708 9286 0
www.genericassays.com
c.fritz@medipan.de
Pressekontakt:
GA Generic Assays GmbH
Dr. Christina Fritz
Ludwig-Erhard-Ring 3
15827 Dahlewitz
c.fritz@medipan.de
033708 44 17 12
http://www.genericassays.com
Annette Pühringer responsible for training at hectec
(Landshut/Germany) Since early 2012 Annette Pühringer (52) has had responsibility for all training activities at hectec GmbH. Since 1994, hectec GmbH has specialized in the development and sales of operation planning programs for orthopaedic surgeons and clinics. Before joining hectec GmbH, Mrs. Pühringer performed a variety of roles at healthcare clinics and as a technical consultant during a 30-year career. hectec products are in use around the world.
hectec GmbH is pleased to welcome this experienced technical expert to its team. According to Jörn Seel, Managing Director of hectec GmbH: “Annette contributes an ideal combination of experience in a clinical setting with the knowledge of a professional educator. We intend to take advantage of her skill set and significantly expand our training opportunities.” Mrs. Pühringer views customer-oriented and individualized training programs as her focus. According to her, this will very likely involve some unconventional ideas and structures.
Annette Pühringer is a registered nurse. She has directed anesthesiology and emergency medicine departments and holds qualifications for intensive care, resuscitation, anesthesiology, and psychology. Before joining hectec, she was a speaker and consultant at emergency medicine seminars and post-endoscopic monitoring and was also active at an interdisciplinary intensive care station.
hectec GmbH has been developing its “mediCAD Classic” planning solution continuously since 1994. This digital solution is compatible with all planning methodologies, so processes are documented in a legally secure way. hectec’s implant database is a major reason for the solution’s success, since it allows a doctor to quickly choose the best implant directly on the screen. The database is continuously updated and currently contains products from 90 manufacturers around the world, covering more than 80% of all implants used in Europe. The solution fits seamlessly into the EDP systems at clinics and practices. It covers every area of orthopaedic surgery – hips, shoulders, feet, knees, spinal column, and everything in-between. “mediCAD Classic” is certified and approved around the world as a medical product. “mediCAD Classic” is distributed exclusively through authorized partners. As of early 2012, hectec GmbH works with 90 sales partners around the world. Approximately 2,200 clinics currently use the solution.
Image caption:
Annette Pühringer (52) joined hectec GmbH in early 2012 as the director of training.
Image: hectec GmbH
Since 1994 the HECTEC GmbH has been dealing with a solution how orthopedic surgeon can digital, efficient and safe plan for joint operations.
As the first worldwide company, HECTEC has made available already in 1999 a software program which allows, with a few inputs, to produce the full pre-operative planning of a joint replacement in a digital environment. With the help of automatic calculations and special algorithms, the time required for doctors can be reduced, therefore, about to 85 percent.
With the mediCAD the HECTEC sets an innovative milestone in the surgical orthopedics. With its automatic storing of all necessary information and integrated traceability of findings and follow-ups, the mediCAD offers the best opportunity of supervision and description of any operation.
Through close cooperation with leading companies of medical technology and worldwide successful efforts of the mediCAD in clinics, the HECTEC GmbH belongs already today to “the global players” in the field of medical software solutions.
Kontakt:
hectec GmbH
Jörn Seel
Ottostr. 16
84030 Landshut
+49 (0) 871 ? 142370-0
www.hectec.de
joern.seel@hectec.de
Pressekontakt:
TennCom AG
Dr. Kurt-Christian Tennstädt
Hohentwielstr. 4A
78315 Radolfzell
info@tenncom.de
+49-(0)7732 ? 95 39 30
http://www.tenncom.de
Annette Pühringer responsible for training at hectec
(Landshut/Germany) Since early 2012 Annette Pühringer (52) has had responsibility for all training activities at hectec GmbH. Since 1994, hectec GmbH has specialized in the development and sales of operation planning programs for orthopaedic surgeons and clinics. Before joining hectec GmbH, Mrs. Pühringer performed a variety of roles at healthcare clinics and as a technical consultant during a 30-year career. hectec products are in use around the world.
hectec GmbH is pleased to welcome this experienced technical expert to its team. According to Jörn Seel, Managing Director of hectec GmbH: “Annette contributes an ideal combination of experience in a clinical setting with the knowledge of a professional educator. We intend to take advantage of her skill set and significantly expand our training opportunities.” Mrs. Pühringer views customer-oriented and individualized training programs as her focus. According to her, this will very likely involve some unconventional ideas and structures.
Annette Pühringer is a registered nurse. She has directed anesthesiology and emergency medicine departments and holds qualifications for intensive care, resuscitation, anesthesiology, and psychology. Before joining hectec, she was a speaker and consultant at emergency medicine seminars and post-endoscopic monitoring and was also active at an interdisciplinary intensive care station.
hectec GmbH has been developing its “mediCAD Classic” planning solution continuously since 1994. This digital solution is compatible with all planning methodologies, so processes are documented in a legally secure way. hectec’s implant database is a major reason for the solution’s success, since it allows a doctor to quickly choose the best implant directly on the screen. The database is continuously updated and currently contains products from 90 manufacturers around the world, covering more than 80% of all implants used in Europe. The solution fits seamlessly into the EDP systems at clinics and practices. It covers every area of orthopaedic surgery – hips, shoulders, feet, knees, spinal column, and everything in-between. “mediCAD Classic” is certified and approved around the world as a medical product. “mediCAD Classic” is distributed exclusively through authorized partners. As of early 2012, hectec GmbH works with 90 sales partners around the world. Approximately 2,200 clinics currently use the solution.
Image caption:
Annette Pühringer (52) joined hectec GmbH in early 2012 as the director of training.
Image: hectec GmbH
Since 1994 the HECTEC GmbH has been dealing with a solution how orthopedic surgeon can digital, efficient and safe plan for joint operations.
As the first worldwide company, HECTEC has made available already in 1999 a software program which allows, with a few inputs, to produce the full pre-operative planning of a joint replacement in a digital environment. With the help of automatic calculations and special algorithms, the time required for doctors can be reduced, therefore, about to 85 percent.
With the mediCAD the HECTEC sets an innovative milestone in the surgical orthopedics. With its automatic storing of all necessary information and integrated traceability of findings and follow-ups, the mediCAD offers the best opportunity of supervision and description of any operation.
Through close cooperation with leading companies of medical technology and worldwide successful efforts of the mediCAD in clinics, the HECTEC GmbH belongs already today to “the global players” in the field of medical software solutions.
Kontakt:
hectec GmbH
Jörn Seel
Ottostr. 16
84030 Landshut
+49 (0) 871 ? 142370-0
www.hectec.de
joern.seel@hectec.de
Pressekontakt:
TennCom AG
Dr. Kurt-Christian Tennstädt
Hohentwielstr. 4A
78315 Radolfzell
info@tenncom.de
+49-(0)7732 ? 95 39 30
http://www.tenncom.de
Super Resolution Microscopy for Pharmaceutical Industry: Patents granted for 3D complex labeling
January 9, 2012
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in breast cancer, cancer, Christoph Cremer, diagnosis, Health, Her2, Herceptin, LIMON, patent, pharmaceutical research, SMI, SPDMphymod
Mechanism of action of drugs in body cells becomes transparent
In pharmaceutical research, target identification and personalized medicine LIMON super resolution microscopy (combination of SPDM + SMI) will play an important role. Picture: 3D breast cancer nanoscopy with Her3 and Her2,target of the drug Herceptin
The LIMON 3D microscopy (LIght MicroscOpical Nanosizing) of Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph Cremer opens new possibilities for pharmaceutical research. 3D molecular complexes so-called biomolecular machines, targets of drugs can thus be studied in vivo.
“By means of these issued patents, our super resolution microscopy is especially important for molecular biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry, with emphasis on target identification and personalized medicine,” according to Dr. Andrea Nestl, innovation manager of the Technology Licensing Office (TLB) and responsible for the patent management and the commercialization.
Biomolecular machines (BMM) are highly complex nanostructures consisting of several large molecules and which are responsible for basic functions in the body cells. Depending on their functional status they have a defined 3D structure. Examples of biomolecular machines are nucleosomes which enable the DNA, a two meter long carrier of genetic information, to fold in the body cells in a space of a few millionth of a millimeter in diameter only. Therefore, the DNA can serve as an information and control center.
By using Professor Christoph Cremer”s LIMON 3D in combination with LIMON complex labeling it is possible for the first time to make hidden proteins or nucleic acids of a 3D-molecule complex of the so-called biomolecular machines visible without destroying the complex. Up to now, the problem in most cases was that the complex had to be destroyed for detailed analysis of the individual macromolecules therein. Alternatively, virtual computer simulation models or expensive nuclear magnetic resonance methods were used to visualize the three-dimensional structure of such complexes.
The issued LIMON patent family allows the identification and the spatial positioning of individual components of the complex in its original native i.e. in a biologically relevant composition.
Besides the usual labeling of a macromolecule with a single fluorescent molecule, LIMON offers the option to label the target molecule with a variety of fluorescent markers of the same type in order to highlight several different areas. This is especially important for the investigation of such complexes in which not all binding sites for labeling probes are accessible, and thus it is difficult to visualize the individual partners.
“The pharmaceutical industry can trace in this way the interactions of biomolecular machines with pharmaceutically active compounds specifically and answer fundamental mechanistic questions about drugs”, according to Dr. Andrea Nestl, responsible for the development of patenting and marketing strategy on behalf of the University of Heidelberg. The mechanism of drug action in the cells becomes thus transparent, and the expensive development of drugs, which reaches the region from 500 million up to 2 billion U.S. dollars and usually lasts for 10 to 12 years, can take place in less time, and additionally, it is less cost-intensive.
The 3D Super Resolution Microscopy LIMON is an excellent tool for the development and validation of therapeutically active substances. As an example for the importance in pharmaceutical industry by using LIMON, it was possible for the first time to investigate in detail the gene product which is responsible for 20 percent of inherited metastatic breast cancer. The aim is the patient-specific optimization of the existing Herceptin therapies.
Due to individual genetic equipment patients with an identical diagnosis often respond very differently to treatment with the same medicine. Personalized medicine considers and takes into account all diagnostic possibilities for characterizing the personal particularities. Thus the Super Resolution Microscopy LIMON patents will offer a significant contribution. The results of this breast cancer study were recently published in the notable Journal of Microscopy (Rainer Kaufmann, Patrick Müller, Georg Hildebrand, Michael Hausmann and Christoph Cremer: Analysis of Her2/neu membrane protein clusters in different types of breast cancer cells using localization microscopy Journal of Microscopy 242: 46-54 (2011).
To realize the 3D LIMON Super Resolution Microscopy Professor Christoph Cremer combines two of his 2D Super Resolution Microscopy methods: the localization microscopy SPDM (Spectral Precision Distance Microscopy) and the structured illumination SMI (Spatially Modulated Illumination), both patented by TLB as well. The main LIMON patents are issued in Europe and in the USA. With this European divisional patent application the third member of the LIMON patent family is being granted.
Christoph Cremer is full Professor and Chair of Applied Optics and Information Processing at the Kirchhoff Institute of Physics, and the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), both at the University of Heidelberg, and he is group leader in the field of Super Resolution Microscopy at the Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB) at the University of Mainz. In addition he is scientific member of the US-American Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor / Maine.
Professor Christoph Cremer is longtime coordinator of the BMM-network “Biomolecular Machines / Biomolecular microscopy” of the Rhine-Neckar bioregion, where numerous working groups in Heidelberg participated in the in the fields of medicine, mathematics / computer science, chemistry, pharmacy, physics and biology. Objective target is the quantitative analysis and modeling of “biomolecular machines” outside the cell and within the living cell itself.
(Figure source: Christoph Cremer)
TLB – Agency for Invention and Patent Management
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As a partner in science and industry, we offer custom-made services and intelligent solutions in invention and patent management for more than twelve years now. We develop the strategies that turn ideas into success. The result: Ideas become implementable economic products.
TLB remains a competent contact partner for inventors, universities and companies in invention and patent management. We have long-standing expertise in all essential innovation fields, going beyond the boundaries of current specialty departments with an interdisciplinary way of thinking.
This ensures continuing solutions for our customers. And we nerver lose sight of our objective: To create valuebased on ideas.
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Technologie-Lizenz-Büro (TLB) der Baden-Württembergischen Hochschulen GmbH
Dr. Andrea Nestl
Ettlinger Straße 25
76137 Karlsruhe
+49-721 79004-0
http://www.tlb.de
anestl@tlb.de
Pressekontakt:
Dr. Kratt & Schurr PartnG
Dr. Regina Kratt
Sophienstr. 136
76135 Karlsruhe
r.kratt@krattschurr.de
0721 831421-0
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