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Business: Insurance

Professional Services Plans® Welcomes Industry Professional Brenda Thomas for Dental Professional Liability

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Professional Services Plans®, a leading provider of comprehensive insurance solutions to dentists, is pleased to announce the addition of Brenda Thomas, an industry professional with expertise in Dental Professional Liability insurance solutions.

Brenda Thomas is an Account Manager for the Professional Services Plans dental team at Brown & Brown Insurance, with a focus on the North Carolina and South Carolina dental books of business. With over ten years of underwriting, broker, and carrier expertise, she is skilled in both Personal and Commercial Lines and holds a 2-20 General Lines license, a 1-20 Surplus Lines license, earned a CISR Designation, and is a Notary Public. She is a speaker for the Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators Conferences and regularly communicates to Insurance Commissioners and Regulators throughout the United States.

Professional Services Plans® is proud to be an exclusive agent for the Professional Protector Plan® (PPP) for Dentists in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and is a proven stable force in the dental professional liability marketplace since 1969. This program was designed by dentists for dentists and offers coverage tailor-made to the unique risks of the dental practice.

“I am so pleased to have Brenda join our team! With her years of experience and excellence in customer service, she will truly be an asset to our agency,” said Bernadette Green, Executive Vice President of Professional Services Plans.

Professional Services Plans® launched new website functionality with online quote forms for dentists. Visitors are encouraged to explore the website and sign up for direct emails from the Company here.

About Professional Services Plans® (PSP)

Professional Services Plans®, a division of B&B Protector Plans, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. Since 1982, Professional Services Plans has continued to provide insurance solutions to professionals and business owners throughout the United States. Professional Services Plans specializes in and writes directly for the following business classes: lawyers, dentists, podiatrists, accountants, dental hygienists, aviation & drone, cyber liability, and mosquito control districts. By partnering with trusted insurance carrier partners, PSP can provide a variety of coverage options–from Admitted to Non-Admitted, providing customized insurance solutions. Professional Services Plans carrier partners demonstrate excellence in financial strength and long-term commitment to our customers’ industries.

Professional Services Plans strives to provide excellence with personalized customer service. Our trained sales professionals specialize in niche markets. Their dedication to specified industries and professions allows them to tailor insurance solutions around your needs.

About Brown & Brown, Inc.

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) is a leading insurance brokerage firm, providing risk management solutions to individuals and businesses. With Brown & Brown’s 80 years of proven success and thousands of teammates, we offer knowledge you can trust and strive to deliver superior customer service. For more information, please visit bbinsurance.com.

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Business: Executives

OCD Moving Services Announces Special Free Quote Promotion For Customers Moving This Fall

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OCD Moving Services has announced it will offer free quotes for individuals looking to move house this Fall. Anyone looking for local or long-distance moving services this Fall should contact the experts at OCD Moving Services for a free quote. The professionals at OCD Moving Services have been assisting Bay Area residents and beyond with residential and commercial moving services for more than five years. Now that the temperatures will start to get a bit cooler, it’s the perfect time to get ready for your big move.

OCD Moving Services will offer free quotes for individuals looking to make residential or commercial moves. The team at OCD Moving Services also provides packing services, junk removal services, piano moving services, and can supply high-quality packing materials, if needed. Customers can get a free moving quote this Fall by calling 510* 375* 3844.

Additionally, moving during the Fall has some advantages over moving during the summer. Aside from cooler temperatures to be lifting and carrying heavy boxes in, OCD Moving Services has provided a few additional benefits of moving during the fall season.

It Can Be Easier To Move In The Fall

Summer is a popular season for moving, especially for families who have young children in school. The majority of people will choose to make their moves in the summer or spring. Therefore, moving in the Fall can make the process of reserving an appointment with a moving company easier.

Moving In The Fall Means You Move Before The Holidays

Additionally, as you get closer to winter, there are more holidays and events to plan your move around. Moving during the holidays can be stressful as you try to balance planning a local or long-distance move with spending time with friends and family. With cards and presents likely headed your way during the holiday season, it can also be problematic to change your address during this time. Traveling during the holidays can also be hard. You may be driving and can endure terrible traffic, or if you’re flying, you’ll likely pay twice as much for tickets. Moving in the Fall can mean bypassing all of the chaos before the holidays arrive.

OCD Moving Services Offering Free Quotes NOW For Customers Moving This Fall

If you’re planning your Bay Area local move, or a long-distance or commercial move, you can call the professionals at OCD Moving Services today for a free quote. OCD Moving Services has been in business for over five years, emerging as one of the Bay Area’s top moving companies. OCD Moving Services also offers packing services, can supply high-quality packing materials, and provides junk removal services. Always committed to satisfying their customers and providing eco-friendly moving services, OCD Moving Services is now booking appointments for the fall season. If you’re looking to make your residential or commercial move this Fall, call OCD for a free quote at (510) 375 * 3844. For more information, visit http://www.ocdmovingservices.net.

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RJ Young Donates Portion of Sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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RJ Young Donates Portion of Sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

It is inspiring to see communities nationwide come together and know that they are making an impact locally as well as nationally by supporting the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®, said Richard Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB)

RJ Young Memphis is proud to donate $5,750 to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Through the purchases of RJ Young equipment, donations were made in the name of Memphis businesses to the hospital.

RJ Young is not only committed to providing businesses with the right tools, but they also take great pride in investing locally. As part of their core values, they are committed to investing resources back into the communities they serve. “Part of our mission at RJ Young is to partner with non-profits to help make a direct impact,” said Chip Crunk, President and CEO of RJ Young. “I am proud of our business partners in Memphis for contributing to St. Jude.”

The money raised will help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue furthering their mission of advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric life-threatening diseases through research and treatment. Events like the St. Jude Walk/Run help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

“It is inspiring to see communities nationwide come together and know that they are making an impact locally as well as nationally by supporting the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “We are grateful to all of the supporters, partners and St. Jude Walk/Run teams who have rallied together behind a shared goal of raising funds and awareness for childhood cancer.”

To find out more about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, visit stjude.org/.

ABOUT ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. The lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children Research Hospital is to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. St. Jude Children Research center was founded by Danny Thomas. To donate or support St. Jude visit stjude.org/.

ABOUT RJ YOUNG

RJ Young is the largest, privately-held dealer in the Southeast and one of the largest in the nation, specializing in managed IT services, document management solutions, managed print services, remote support, remote monitoring, fulfillment services, and office imaging for small to enterprise-level businesses. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, RJ Young has been partnering with businesses since 1955 and has over 650 employees in over 30 sales and service locations across nine states. Under the corporate tagline “Your productivity is our mission,” RJ Young helps modern professionals become more successful in their businesses with solutions to securely manage paper and digital information and empowers businesses with leading printing technologies.

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Science: Biology

Asymmetrex Obtains UK Patent for Tissue Stem Cell-Specific Counting and Testing

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Asymmetrex Advances Stem Cell Counting Tech To UK

It was one thing to be selling products with no stem cell number or dose, when it was not possible to determine the stem cell-specific count. But it’s a whole other thing, when it is now possible. Change is here.


BOSTON (PRWEB)

Today, Massachusetts stem cell biotechnology company Asymmetrex announces the recent patenting in the U.K. of its lead development technology. Like the company’s precursor patent, approved in the U.S. in 2017, the new patent covers the company’s unique technology for specific and accurate counting of tissue stem cells. Asymmetrex now markets the technology in the U.S. as the AlphaSTEM Test™. The new patent will support marketing and sales and investor development initiatives in the U.K.

Asymmetrex’s AlphaSTEM Test™ is the first and only technology to provide specific and accurate counting of tissue stem cells, both from mature adult tissues and perinatal tissues like the umbilical cord. By counting tissue stem cells specifically, the technology can determine the stem cell-specific dose of tissue stem cell treatments. The lack of this crucial information has limited progress in stem cell clinical trials that largely cannot be interpreted without it. Even currently approved stem cell treatments would benefit from stem cell-specific dose information. For example, in the case of bone marrow stem cell transplants, for which donors are scarce, knowing the stem cell-specific dose might allow additional patients to be treated with the same bone marrow donation.

Some areas of stem cell research and stem cell medicine have been slow to embrace the new technology. This is particularly true of companies that presently market isolated, manufactured, or cultured tissue stem cell-containing products, whether for research purposes or for patient treatments. Many have been unwilling to use the new technology to begin certifying the stem cell-specific count or dose of their products. Asymmetrex founder and director James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D., chides that this condition cannot persist. “It was one thing to be selling products with no stem cell number or dose, when it was not possible to determine the stem cell-specific count. But it’s a whole other thing, when it is now possible. Change is here.”

Specific stem cell counting is a less clouded issue for academic stem cell research labs. Basic research investigators would like to know how many stem cells are in their experiments. Accordingly, Asymmetrex is presently beta-testing the use of the technology in both U.S. and U.K. labs to position the technology to be more practical and affordable for stem cell investigators in colleges and universities.

There are two other broad categories of applications for the stem cell counting technology that often are not self-apparent. Gene therapy, including emerging gene editing, would benefit from tissue stem cell-specific counting. Because of their long-lived tissue renewing property, stem cells are the crucial targets for gene modifications to achieve single-dose, durable cures. Current clinical studies attempt gene therapy while blind to the number of stem cells during genetic modification procedures, as well as blind to the dose of genetically-modified stem cells in the final treatments.

Both Asymmetrex’s U.S. and U.K. patents cover the use of the stem cell counting technology to identify drug candidates that alter stem cells, whether with beneficial effects or detrimental effects. Drugs with beneficial effects may have efficacy for accelerating or improving tissue repair of wounds and injuries. Drug candidates with detrimental effects have even greater significance in drug development. Tissue stem cell-toxic agents cause chronic organ failures, like bone marrow or liver. This problem is estimated to be responsible for half of drug failures due to unacceptable toxicity, which are a major cause of unsuccessful drug programs. Previously, without a way to do inexpensive stem cell toxicity testing, U.S. pharmaceutical companies spent $4-5 billion each year watching these drugs fail in animal studies or subsequent clinical trials. By showing that its AlphaSTEM Test™ can identify drugs known to cause chronic organ failure, Asymmetrex is positioning itself to relieve the pharmaceutical industry of this huge cost burden with a simple, inexpensive cell culture test.

Later this month, Asymmetrex will begin a podcast series to expand and accelerate education of the inevitability of the change of stem cell research, stem cell medicine, stem cell manufacturing, and drug development to quantitative analyses for tissue stem cells. Earlier this year, the FDA Standards Coordinating Body (SCB) listed stem cell specific-dose determination as a priority for needed standards for regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies. Dose is a fundamental principle for the discovery, development, and administration of quality medicines. Sherley assures, “It can be no different for stem cell medicine. Our podcast will not just target the stem cell medicine and pharmaceutical industry. We also wish to inform the end users of stem cell products, patients, their families, and their advocates, including the FDA. When they understand and demand certification the quality and dose of stem cells in their treatments, the industry will speed up its adoption of the change that must come.”

About Asymmetrex

Asymmetrex, LLC is a Massachusetts life sciences company with a focus on developing technologies to advance stem cell medicine. Asymmetrex’s founder and director, James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on the unique properties of adult tissue stem cells. The company’s patent portfolio contains biotechnologies that solve the two main technical problems – production and quantification – that have stood in the way of successful commercialization of human adult tissue stem cells for regenerative medicine and drug development. In addition, the portfolio includes novel technologies for isolating cancer stem cells and producing induced pluripotent stem cells for disease research purposes. Asymmetrex markets the first technology for determination of the dose and quality of tissue stem cell preparations (the “AlphaSTEM Test™”) for use in stem cell transplantation therapies and pre-clinical drug evaluations.

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Society: Christianity

Author Maggie Fetzer’s new book “Visions” is the spellbinding journey of a woman’s awakening to the joy and power of visions in her life

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Maggie Fetzer, an avid traveler, gardener, chef, and mother of three adult children who lives with her husband in rural Ohio with their horses and a collie named Willow, has completed her new book “Visions”: the first volume of her uplifting new trilogy.

After years of feeling sorrow and entrapment, Ellie Grayson makes a bold move to better herself, enrich her life, and begin again. Guidance and inspiration envision Ellie in new adventures through the blessings of an eight-year-old child known as Julia. Julia’s gifts are wrapped in love with all the mystical scents and shades of purple. Ellie, her family, and her friends will relish in all the transitions instilled through Julia.

Be among the many visitors to Oak Ridge Bed-and-Breakfast and witness an awakening in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Maggie Fetzer’s engrossing book is an uplifting tale of love and faith for readers of all ages.

Readers who wish to experience this engaging work can purchase “Visions” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or media inquiries, contact Page Publishing at 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional New York-based, full-service publishing house that handles all the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not overwhelmed with logistics like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of accomplished authors and publishing professionals allows writers to leave behind these complex and time-consuming issues to focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at http://www.pagepublishing.com.

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Technology: Computer

On October 17th, Learn How to Monitor and Analyze Brute Force Attacks using Guardian Analytics’® Fraud Detection Analytics

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (PRWEB)

Guardian Analytics, the market leader in real-time behavioral analytics and machine learning solutions for banking payment fraud detection, anti-money laundering, and enterprise B2B portal fraud, today announced an upcoming executive webinar “Monitor and Analyze Brute Force Attacks using Fraud Detection Analytics.”

Brute-force attacks on a financial institution’s digital banking’s infrastructure can impact a significant number of customers and damage a financial institution’s reputation. Guardian Analytics’ Fraud Detection Analytics helps financial institutions monitor brute force attacks and perform postmortem analysis to prevent future attacks. Fraud Detection Analytics offers solutions for FIs of all sizes, whether an FI has its own BI team that can build custom reports or is looking for out-of-the-box reports.

“Understanding how broad the surface of the attacks is, then detecting and blocking the offending IPs will require fraud detection analytics to isolate and stop the surge of alerts. Now you still need to verify if one of these attacks was not successful and took over several banking accounts. Fraud detection analytics will help you investigate and detect which accounts have been compromised,” said Eric Tran-Le, VP of Product Management at Guardian Analytics. “By analyzing your users digital online and mobile behavior as well as their payments channel behavior, we take fraud detection analytics to a whole new level.”

In this webinar, attendees will learn the symptoms of a digital banking brute force attack, how Fraud Detection Analytics helps identify a brute force attack, and how it provides insights for financial institutions to understand vulnerabilities exploited by the fraudsters during a brute force attack.

To reserve your spot for the webinar, please click here.

About Guardian Analytics®

Guardian Analytics is the pioneer and leading provider of behavioral analytics and machine learning solutions for preventing banking fraud and anti-money laundering. Hundreds of financial institutions have standardized on Guardian Analytics’ innovative solutions to mitigate fraud risk and rely on the company to stop the sophisticated criminal attacks targeting retail and commercial banking clients. With Guardian Analytics, financial institutions build trust, increase competitiveness, improve their customer experience, and scale operations. Guardian Analytics is privately held and based in Mountain View, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.GuardianAnalytics.com.

Guardian Analytics is a registered trademark of Guardian Analytics, Inc.    

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Technology: Electronics

Tripp Lite’s Sean O’Connell Listed Among CRN’s 100 People You Don’t Know But Should

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Sean O’Connell Listed on CRN’s Top 100 People You Don’t Know But Should

“Sean expertly combines his detailed understanding of the needs of SYNNEX’s customers with the spirit of working as a partner,” said Shane Kilfoil, Tripp Lite’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales.


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection and connectivity solutions, announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Sean O’Connell, Tripp Lite’s Senior National Account Manager, on its 2019 list of 100 People You Don’t Know But Should.

The CRN editorial team compiles the annual list using feedback from solution providers and industry executives in the IT channel. The list acknowledges channel management team members from top vendors and distributors for their work to drive innovation, growth and successful partnerships.

O’Connell has been in a sales capacity with Tripp Lite for three years. In his current role, he works exclusively with SYNNEX Corporation in the distributor’s Greenville, SC, sales offices. Each of the past two years, O’Connell was voted Top Vendor Rep – Accessories by the SYNNEX sales force.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized by CRN,” said O’Connell. “I’m on site at SYNNEX every day, which allows me to build relationships with the SYNNEX reps, help solve problems they may have and build trust. Together, we’ve grown relationships with resellers by leveraging SYNNEX’s various partnership events, helping us grow our breadth and depth within the reseller community.”

With SYNNEX’s position as a Fortune 200 company, O’Connell works with a wide array of resellers and end users, including federal and local governments, educational facilities, small and mid-sized businesses and large-scale enterprises.

“Sean expertly combines his detailed understanding of the needs of SYNNEX’s customers with the spirit of working as a partner,” said Shane Kilfoil, Tripp Lite’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales. “We congratulate him on the recognition from CRN and thank him for his continued work in building this strong and successful relationship.”

“I can’t overlook the assistance I get from the people at Tripp Lite who help me and SYNNEX every day,” O’Connell noted. “They have been a large part of this success and fully deserve their share of the recognition.”

The 2019 list of 100 People You Don’t Know But Should will be featured in the October issue of CRN and can be viewed online at crn.com/100people. https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/the-100-people-you-don-t-know-but-should-2019

About Tripp Lite

Since 1922, Tripp Lite has established a global reputation for quality by providing reliable products and exceptional service to customers worldwide. From desktop to critical infrastructure, Tripp Lite products and solutions power and connect the computers, networking equipment and electronic devices that form the foundation of our digital world. Headquartered in Chicago, Tripp Lite manufactures UPS systems, cables, connectivity solutions, PDUs, racks, cooling solutions, KVM switches, console servers, charging stations, display mounts, surge protectors, power strips, network switches, power inverters and specialty products for data center, healthcare, government, education and digital signage applications. Learn more at https://www.tripplite.com.

About The Channel Company

The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with its dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, it connects and empowers technology suppliers, solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequalled channel experience, it draws from its deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for every-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace.

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Oi’s Message of Positive Protest Turns Environmental Passion into Action

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“Positive protest can generate lasting change,” says Helen Robinson, CEO of Oi. “Together we can help to change the environment. The average woman uses 11,000 tampons and pads in her lifetime. Switching to organics, or the reusable cup can remove millions of tons of waste from the environment.”


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

A recently conducted Oi survey of feminine hygiene users showed 94% agreed that organic tampons and pads are better for the environment than traditional synthetic products

Following the recent massive global protests against pollution and environmental destruction, Organic Initiative (Oi http://www.oi4me.com ) today released results from a survey that found people with periods are ready to take simple steps to protect the environment.

Company CEO and cofounder Helen Robinson also notes that through those actions, millions of tons of waste from traditional tampons and pads containing chemicals, synthetics, and chlorine bleaches can be removed from the earth and oceans.

The U.S. survey was conducted with 560 feminine hygiene users and 4 focus groups. It found that once they realized what was in their products, 94 percent of those surveyed said they strongly or somewhat agreed that organic tampons and pads would be better for the environment. Also, 85 percent strongly or somewhat agreed that organic cotton was better for their health.

Oi is a New Zealand-based company with a product range made from pure, 100% certified organic cotton tampons and pads, and a form-fitting Oi Cup, reusable for up to three years. Since launching in New Zealand in 2015, and the U.S. in 2018, Oi and Robinson have had a singular mission…to take plastics out of hygiene products, beginning with feminine hygiene.

Oi leadership also wanted to educate the market about what was in their tampons and pads. “Our packaging needed to work hard for us and was inspired by protest placards for change. Our packs carry positive protest messages, including “pure inside, nothing to hide,” “biodegradable is not debatable,” and “safe, not synthetic.” We see environmental placards in the hands of a new generation demanding action. This is one way we can all make a difference.” says Robinson.

The company backs up its core messaging with a firm commitment to doing what is best for the earth. Oi’s packaging is biodegradable, and even the pad wrappers are made with cornstarch to break down upon composting. To date, Oi has removed more than 30 million tampons and pads made from non-biodegradable synthetics from the environment.

“We believe the way to generate lasting change is through positive protest,” says Robinson. “Our message is that together all of us with periods can help to change the environment. Consider that the average woman uses 11,000 tampons and pads in her lifetime, switching to organics, or the reusable cup, can take millions of tons of waste out of the environment.”

A growing recognition of the value of products like Oi has helped to propel the organic tampon marketplace to significant growth over the past year. Analysts predict the product category in the U.S. will reach nearly $34 billion by 2025.

Oi also addresses three other issues of importance to people with periods: comfort, safety, and cost. Cotton is one of the softest and naturally absorbent products on the market – able to absorb almost 27-times its weight in liquid. Oi also tackles the issue of affordability by making the product accessible to a broad range of consumers. Oi is sold in stores like Walmart and CVS that emphasize everyday low prices.

“We want people with periods to know they can have it all when it comes to feminine hygiene products like Oi,” said Robinson. “We want to make it super easy to stop polluting the planet, as well as provide a product that works, that is safe and comfortable and based on customers’ feedback, better for their health. If we can get just one hundred people a day to switch to organic feminine products, in a year, we’ll remove more than 7,300,000 tampons and pads and millions of tons of waste from the environment – that will be something to celebrate!”

For more information about Oi, visit http://www.oi4me.com – #changeyourworldthismonth.

About Organic Initiative

Organic Initiative (Oi) is a New Zealand-originated company focused on removing plastic, synthetics and chemicals from hygiene products. Oi’s range delivers premium, organic, healthy, and yet affordable women’s sanitary products. Oi’s tampons, pads and liners are certified organic by BioGro and the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and can be found in mass retail, drug stores and supermarkets, as well as online. For more information, see http://www.oi4me.com.

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Industry: Healthcare

The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation Announces The Release of Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons

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AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)

The documentary Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons has teamed with world-renowned educational distributor Video Project to release the 90 minute film for educational and community screenings. Skin Deep is an investigation by Emmy-winning filmmaker Pi Ware into the fierce controversy surrounding the illness known as Morgellons disease. The documentary is now available for purchase to universities, libraries, medical schools and community groups and comes with a free 20 page study guide.

If you began producing tiny fibers from your body, you would go seek treatment from a doctor, wouldn’t you? Well countless have already experienced this phenomenon, and have found their pleas to physicians fall on deaf ears. Skin Deep is a comprehensive look at Morgellons disease, most well known for afflicting Joni Mitchell. Long thought to be a delusion, new studies and recent discoveries are giving the disease a scientific legitimacy and offering hope to those afflicted. Skin Deep speaks with advocates, skeptics, and sufferers alike to explore this troubling phenomenon, and shines a light on how the medical community reacts to emerging diseases.

Says director Pi Ware, “With many new diseases, there is a period of time before the science of the disease is widely accepted, a time when doctors say, ‘What you’re suggesting goes against what I learned in medical school,’ a time when patients are vulnerable to the prejudice and arrogance of otherwise well-meaning physicians.” Medical history is filled with similar examples: from ulcers (once believed to be caused by stress, now proven to be caused by bacteria) to Multiple Sclerosis (called “hysterical paralysis” until CAT scans and MRIs were invented) to lupus (over 50% of all lupus patients have been told their symptoms are “all in their head”). Ware continues, “There exists a period of time when the victims of a disease are “blamed” for their disease, and the resulting shame, confusion and anger doubles their suffering. Morgellons patients are living in that time right now.”

Skin Deep began filming in the spring of 2015. The film follows several Morgellons patients and physicians who treat them—using antibiotics or anti-psychotics depending on the doctor’s belief system. The film focuses on the battle between a nurse (Cindy Casey-Holman) who is convinced she has a biologically-based disease and a skeptical dermatologist (Dr. Steven Feldman) who favors psychiatric diagnoses. The film climaxes in a showdown at the Morgellons Conference in Austin, Texas, where bridges between doctors and patients will either be built… or burned.

Educational copies of Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons are available at videoproject.com – https://www.videoproject.com/Skin-Deep.html Each purchase includes a free 20 page study guide.

The documentary Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons will also celebrate it’s World Premiere this Saturday, October 5th at 2pm in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are available at awarenessfestival.org

View the trailer for the film at morgellonsmovie.org.

SKIN DEEP: THE BATTLE OVER MORGELLONS; writer/director, Pi Ware; produced by Lev Mergian, Laura Stoddard, Gary Leva, Patrick Belton, Pi Ware; directors of photography, Sam Price-Waldman, Alex Naufel, Jacob Pinger, PJ Raval; music, Andrew Gross; executive producers, Denise and Jerry James; co- producers, Shelby Hadden, Sydney Niemerow; editors, Tom Putnam, Pi Ware.

Contact: morgellonsdoc@icloud.com

What: Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons Educational & Community distribution When: Now

Where: https://www.videoproject.com/Skin-Deep.html

About the Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation:

The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation, based in Austin, TX, is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization committed to advocacy and philanthropy in the battle against Morgellons disease. Director, Cindy Casey-Holman, RN, leads the foundation, named for her husband, Charles E. Holman, a pioneer in the fight against Morgellons disease. Currently, there is no public funding and very limited private funding to support research for this disease, and the CEHMDF is the recognized authority and primary funding source for Morgellons disease medical/scientific research. Donations are tax-deductible​ in the US. To learn more about Morgellons disease go to: http://www.MorgellonsDisease.org

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Health: Psychology

Dr. B. Sky’s “Oh, the Things They Like to Hide” is a real-life narrative of the doctor’s experience in battling the opioid epidemic in the name of patient safety.

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“Oh, the Things They Like to Hide”: an enthralling memoir by a doctor who battled opioid safety for patients for over fifteen years. “Oh, the Things They Like to Hide” is the creation of published author Dr. B. Sky, a professing Christian since her teenage years, who joined a medical team in big sky country in the fall of 2017 following a fifteen-year struggle fighting with political, media, and management powers about the existence of an opioid epidemic at the large health-care system. She also worked for the large organization and related agencies for almost twenty years.

Dr. B. Sky writes, “During my fifteen years of experience with the large health-care system, I witnessed shocking knee-jerk responses to political and media attention placed upon medical facilities during times of unsolicited adversity. It saddens me that physicians and other dedicated employees, many of us Veterans, become targets or scapegoats for many facility political and media inquiries.

Unfortunately, the large health-care system is not a popular health-care organization in the eyes of the media and politicians. Political and media scrutiny abounds, often resulting in defamation of character of dedicated employees working against enormous obstacles to improve patient healthcare. Subsequently, instead of supporting the medical staff, facility leaders choose to place undeserved blame on an unsuspecting employee in a retaliatory approach. I became one of those employees. What tends to follow next is “nit-picking” of every chart, every decision, and every action by the physician. Worse yet, governing oversight agencies investigate complaints by politicians and others, interview health-care facility leaders, and end up making decisions based upon testimonies filled with lies. The investigators fail to check facts. They ignore certainties that would damage the facility’s reputation. Testimonies by deceitful executive leaders prevail, and their perjured statements blindside truthful testimonies by clinical staff. By choosing to ignore dependable evidence, healthcare suffers, and worse yet, people die.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Dr. B. Sky’s new book is a riveting testimony by the doctor about her battle and mission in prescribing opioids safely for patients.

This book shares a life-relating story about a doctor who saved the lives of many patients from unintentional opioid overdose. She ended her battle in the river city following an eye-opening experience involving a newscaster, Ignorant Oversight Body, director, chief of staff, and politician from the river city.

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Consumers can purchase“Oh, the Things They Like to Hide” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Oh, the Things They Like to Hide”, contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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