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Northeast Delta HSA to host mental health art exhibition in Lincoln Parish, Ruston Artisans


“Through this initiative, we commissioned seven regional creatives to develop artwork from their perspective, focusing on mental illness and addiction,” Dr. Sizer said. “We intend to help create an environment where dreams are realized, families are strong, bodies are healthy, community institutions are thriving, and spirits are renewed.”

Dr. Sizer sparked this creative expression to help address mental health issues, reduce addiction-related stigma, and work to transform the region’s economy.

Ruston Artisans is a fine art gallery, gift boutique, co-op, and event venue in historic downtown Ruston. It specializes in assisting the first-time, seasoned, and corporate art collector in connecting with that special piece that brings enjoyment and enhancement to a home or business. Ruston Artisans also brings art and people together for engagement, discovery, learning, and opportunity. It is committed to creating a place where local and international art is exhibited and sold, and local artists are promoted and supported through exhibitions and programs that strengthen and sustain our community. Ruston Artisans provides consulting services to artists, private and corporate collectors, as well as first-time art buyers. The Ruston Artisans event venue offers the opportunity to experience and celebrate all of the arts, including culinary, entertaining, fashion, film, literature, media, music, and performance.

Ruston Artisans Co-Founder Judith Null said they are “so honored to partner with NEDHSA to showcase this very important exhibition.”

“This initiative is a theme we have embraced since we opened our gallery. We believe in the intrinsic power of art to bring about mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual healing,” Null said. “To celebrate this theme, we encourage you to participate in our Open Studio to experience the therapeutic power of art. We invite the experienced and inexperienced patron, artist, and friend to experience this unique initiative and exhibition. Find your artistic expression at Ruston Artisans.”

The mental health art collection was created with the guidance and partnership of the NELA Arts Council and the Downtown Arts Alliance. The mental health exhibition displays pieces that introduce, inspire, and raise awareness of the various elements of mental/behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and addictive disorders. It features: “Joy is Coming” by JaCera Francois, “Verses of Sinners and Saints” by Keagan Vaughan, “Seen” by Rachel Madden, “Lose of Self” by Inique Harris, “Restored” by Shiketra’ Kween’ May White, “Intrusive Doubt” by Inique Harris, “What It Look Like 2.0 (Ease My Mind)” by Drék Davis, “What It Look Like 2.0 (So Many Tears)” by Drék Davis, “What It Look Like 2.0 (Stressed Out)” by Drék Davis, “What It Look Like 2.0 (Get Free)” by Drék Davis, “Growth” by Rachel Madden, “Fix Me” by Rachel Madden, and “Inside” by Rachel Madden.

The Ruston Artisans hours of operation are Wednesday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is located at 203 W. Alabama Avenue, Ruston, La.

Contact the The Ruston Artisans at (318) 254-3322 for more information.

To confirm your attendance to the opening reception on Thursday, October 19, visit https://nedhsartshow2023.eventbrite.com.

Media Contact

DeRon Talley, NEDHSA, 318-237-9973, [email protected], www.nedeltahsa.org 

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Global Call to Action on Sleep Health Published in The Lancet Public Health


  • Educate: promote sleep and circadian health education and awareness
  • Research: collect and centralize standard sleep and circadian data in every country
  • Implement public health policies: include sleep health initiatives to advance public health agendas

Read the complete text in The Lancet Public Health: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00182-2/fulltext

Improve Sleep to Improve Overall Health

Like nutrition and physical activity, sleep health is a uniquely powerful target for interventions that improve overall health, yet most countries do not include sleep health in their public health agendas.

“There is strong evidence that sleep is essential for physical and mental health, as well as well-being, across the entire lifespan. Disruption of sleep and circadian rhythms significantly increases the risk for dementia, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Now is the time to integrate sleep and circadian health programs to promote the health span worldwide. No public health agenda is sufficient without the inclusion of sleep,” says Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD, chair of the WSS Global Sleep Health Task Force and president of World Sleep Society.

The Costs of Inaction

The costs of inaction are clear: avoidable burdens on health systems and continued exacerbation of global health inequities. “Our viewpoint describes in brief the wide-ranging consequences of poor sleep health for individuals, communities and governments worldwide. We are already bearing these burdens. We need action in these three areas – awareness, research and public policy – to lighten those burdens and improve lives,” says Diane C. Lim, MD, and Arezu Najafi, MD, lead co-authors of the article.

Standardize Data Collection

For its own part, the international research community must standardize data collection on global sleep health. “Researchers across many disciplines such as occupational health and urban planning who are interested in leveraging the science of sleep and circadian health to ultimately improve population health both locally and internationally must work together to collect – in a standardized fashion – the multi-dimensional sleep and circadian data that decision-makers need,” says Chandra Jackson, Ph.D., Senior Investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and co-senior author of the viewpoint with Dr. Zee.

Further information is available at worldsleepsociety.org/global-sleep-health. Follow World Sleep Society for updates and opportunities for organized collaboration.

About World Sleep Society

World Sleep Society is a non-profit organization registered in the United States with a global membership representing over 80 countries. The mission of World Sleep Society is to advance sleep health worldwide. World Sleep Society fulfills this mission by encouraging and facilitating sleep health education, research and patient care throughout the world, particularly in places underserved by sleep medicine. Learn more about World Sleep Society programs at worldsleepsociety.org.

Media Contact

Allan O’Bryan, World Sleep Society, 1 507-316-0084, [email protected]

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Ulike Launches Social Impact Initiatives To Support The PCOS Community During PCOS Awareness Month


Leading at-home IPL hair removal brand drives awareness of PCOS through We See You campaign

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Ulike, the leading at-home IPL hair removal brand, is supporting Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) warriors in honor of PCOS Awareness Month (September) with their We See You campaign. Ulike is dedicated to raising awareness around and providing supportive solutions to Hirsutism, a side effect of the condition that causes excessive hair growth.

Ulike has emerged as a game-changing solution for women struggling with PCOS, specifically those who deal with unwanted body and facial hair. The brand’s most recent launch, Air3, features patented and advanced technology to offer gentle and effective hair removal. The product’s fusion of science and user-centric design, ensuring both safety and effectiveness, delivers visible results in as little as three weeks. The powerful results provide solace to PCOS users as do the long-lasting smoothness that follows, as PCOS warriors typically experience faster hair growth than the average woman.

In honor of PCOS Awareness Month, Ulike is launching several initiatives to provide holistic support to the PCOS community. Beryl Hwang states, “We’re proud to advocate for and celebrate these inspirational women affected by PCOS. Ulike has always prioritized the needs of beauty consumers, and after hearing how useful our devices have been for the PCOS community, a month of initiatives to honor them was a seamless step for the brand.” Ulike is committed to raising awareness for the community through the following initiatives this September:

  • PCOS Warrior Social Campaign & Documentary: Ulike is partnering with members of the PCOS community to create an empowering social campaign and documentary in September. This impactful project aims to empower PCOS patients and normalize conversations around the unwanted hair growth experience.
  • Exclusive Discounts: Ulike is offering an exclusive 25% product discount to PCOS patients, making its products more accessible and affordable to aid in the hormonal disorder side effects of PCOS. Patients can share their story on the brand website to unlock the code; an effort to encourage positive discourse and community.
  • PCOS CON Event Sponsorship: Ulike is proud to be a main sponsor at the upcoming PCOS CON in California to amplify awareness, foster community engagement, and provide valuable resources to those affected by PCOS. Prominent PCOS advocate Cash Arroyo will attend the event as a guest of the brand, speaking to her personal journey with hair growth and Ulike.

Cash Arroyo states, “Dealing with PCOS is already hard but having to endure hirsutism‥as one of the symptoms really rocks your self-esteem! Companies like ulike that not only provide an amazing product but do it with the comfort of being home and not having anyone ask you questions or worry about them burning you. This product is amazing!”

Ulike is proud to support those suffering with PCOS through these thoughtful initiatives and is dedicated to raising awareness on these important topics throughout the year.

For more information on Ulike, please visit Ulike.com or contact [email protected]

About Ulike:

Since 2013, Ulike has harnessed the power of clinical technology to produce luxurious, painless, and cost-effective IPL at-home hair removal devices. With powerful IPL and Sapphire Cooling Technology, the devices deliver visible results and are suitable to use on the full body. The devices are FDA-cleared, clinically tested and dermatologist recommended. Since inception, the brand has grown to be a global leader of IPL at-home beauty devices with over 4 million units sold in 17 countries worldwide. As a beauty-tech brand focused on innovation, Ulike allots thirty percent of its annual profits to research and development. This continuous drive for advancement has helped the brand secure over 100 global patents and become an international success.

Media Contact

Ulike, 1 3527713895, [email protected], https://www.ulike.com/

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Leukemia Research Foundation Awards $2.4M in Research Grants


“Research is at the core of our mission,” said Kevin Radelet, executive director, “and providing the support for research break-throughs, continues to drive the best minds to discover even better treatments. We are especially proud this year, to be able to make our largest annual investment to date, in this important research.”

Peer-review process

The competitive, peer-reviewed program funds early-career investigators of exceptional creativity. The projects are highly innovative, with the potential to impact broad, essential areas of leukemia research.

This year’s projects span a range of topics to advance discoveries in:

  • Cancer cell biology
  • Treatments, including CAR-T
  • Relapse prevention after treatment

Grantees are evaluated by the Foundation’s independent Medical Advisory Board (MAB), comprised of 21 leading hematology/oncology experts from prominent medical research institutions.

The MAB is chaired by Justin Kline, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine and Associate Professor of Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, University of Chicago Medicine.

Using the same methodology employed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the MAB evaluates proposals from pioneering scientists and clinical investigators to identify which studies they recommend to the Leukemia Research Foundation for funding.

Grantees named The 16 New Investigator Research Grant recipients for 2023 include:

Robert Bowman, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Yu-Chiao Chiu, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Marta Derecka, PhD, Instructor
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Inc.
Disease focus: Myelofibrosis

Francesca Ferraro, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Zhaohui Gu, PhD, Assistant Professor
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Disease focus: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)

Xue Han, PhD, Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Tania Jain, MBBS, Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Disease focus: Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Qingfei Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego
Disease focus: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

Theodoros Karantanos, MD, PhD, Instructor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Linde Miles, PhD, Assistant Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Joshua Riback, PhD, Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Reona Sakemura, MD, Assistant Professor
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Disease focus: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

Christian Schuerch, PhD, Professor
University of Tübingen, Germany
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Alan Shih, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Disease focus: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Srividya Swaminathan, PhD, Assistant Professor
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Disease focus: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

Daniel Utzschneider, PhD, Laboratory Head
Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia
Disease focus: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

To learn more about the Leukemia Research Foundations’ research programs, and the deadlines for the 2024 grant program, visit leukemiarf.org/research

About the Leukemia Research Foundation

The Leukemia Research Foundation, headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, is committed to funding innovative leukemia research worldwide and supporting people affected by leukemia. Since its founding in 1946, more than $87M has been raised to pursue better treatments and the ultimate cure for leukemia. As the nation’s largest nonprofit focused exclusively on funding leukemia research, the Leukemia Research Foundation has invested millions in more than 600 research projects worldwide to accelerate the development of new and better treatments.

For more information, visit the Leukemia Research Foundation’s website at leukemiarf.org.

Media Contact

Maureen Jones, Leukemia Research Foundation, 1 847.919.6250, [email protected], leukemiarf.org

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The DRIPBaR Announces Newest Location in Old Saybrook, CT!


The DRIPBaR Old Saybrook is owned and operated by Ricky and Supawan (Tai) Au, who are excited to bring new wellness options to Old Saybrook and beyond. The Au’s are already heavily involved in their community, and have owned three local restaurants since 2007.

After discovering the healing benefits of IV therapy a few years ago, the Au’s are looking forward to starting their new venture in the health and wellness space.

Clients will have a variety of IV Lifestyle and IV Health Support Drips to choose from. All of these services are designed to help clients look and feel their very best, whether they are looking for a quick boost or a more long-term wellness solution. For those who don’t have time for a full vitamin infusion but want the benefit, clients can choose one of six IM Quick Shots that give the body an immediate boost.

To celebrate their arrival, The DRIPBaR Old Saybrook is offering 50% off any IV drip as well as a FREE B12 Shot on your first visit.

Appointments can be booked here!

About The DRIPBaR

Founded in 2016, The DRIPBaR is a nationwide franchise focused on helping people obtain their best physical and mental health using intravenous therapies.

Through advances in cellular and biological science, The DRIPBaR helps clients fight the consequences of chronic illness, address the effects of aging, and achieve balanced wellness. With a focus on ever-evolving treatments and medical advancements, the franchise hopes to shorten the gap between concierge and treatment-based medicine.

The DRIPBaR already has more than 600 additional locations in various stages of development across 28 states, with over 70 currently open and operating. For more information, visit www.thedripbar.com.

The DRIPBR Old Saybrook

725 Boston Post Rd.

Old Saybrook, CT 06475

(860) 269-3964

https://www.thedripbar.com/old-saybrook/

Media Contact

Ricky Au, The DRIPBaR Old Saybrook, CT, 1 (860) 823-0326, [email protected], https://www.thedripbar.com/old-saybrook/

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