LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

“Cedric The Entertainer showcased his at-home wellness routine,” reports EXTRA TV, referring to an Instagram post the beloved comedian, actor, and gameshow host published to his account the morning of Sunday, June 7, 2020.

The image features Cedric The Entertainer (The Steve Harvey Show, The Original Kings of Comedy, Barbershop) with a collection of Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food products, accompanied by the caption, “Taking this time to get better all around. Mind, Body and Spirit.”

The post was well received by the celebrity’s 2.5 million followers, garnering nearly 72k likes and over 1k comments at the time of reporting.

The Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food products included the brand’s signature Testo, a natural testosterone and stamina booster; Viento, a potent mix of beneficial herbs for natural energy; Green Food, A multi-mineral formula that promotes good health and nourishment; and Immune Support Tea, packed with the antioxidant rich elderberry, one of nature’s most versatile traditional remedies.

Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food was established by Dr. Sebi, born Alfredo Bowman, whose interest and longtime study of the healing properties of plants led him to develop the African Bio-Mineral Balance Diet, including guidelines for an alkaline diet and nutritional supplements that offer profound nourishment for all people.

Notable fans and followers of Dr. Sebi’s included high profile clientele including Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC, Teddy Pendergrass and Brother Polight. Cedric The Entertainer is one of millions of Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food fans who prove that these products continue to enrich the health and wellbeing of people around the world.

About Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food

Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food is a distinguished producer of plant-based supplements for those seeking positive pathways to improving their lives. They offer natural botanical compounds based on the formulations of their founder, Dr. Sebi. He began creating natural plant-based compounds meant to cleanse and revitalize the cells. This led to the establishment of Dr. Sebi’s Cell Food, which has, for the last thirty years, continued Dr. Sebi’s commitment to providing natural ways to help people live a better life. Subscribe to the Dr. Sebi newsletter at drsebiscellfood.com, or follow them on Instagram at @drsebiscellfood.

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Fits in a 20-foot shipping container: Mikron’s system for producing 50-100 protective masks a minute.

ISLANDIA, N.Y. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Disposable protective nasal-and-mouth masks are in short supply, but a manufacturing system from Swiss company Mikron could put masks within everyone’s reach. This scalable system produces 50-100 face masks per minute, depending on the version. With engineering support from Festo, Mikron developed the system in just six weeks.

Mini factories in containers

The beauty of Mikron’s system is that it fits in a 20-foot shipping container, which can also act as a clean room. The factory in a box could be located in front of a hospital, next to a shopping center, or near a school. The integrated air-conditioning system with air purification filters makes production possible even in places with high risk of viral contamination. With adequate raw materials, the system can operate autonomously for more than two hours.

“This reduces the number of people required to operate the system, and as a result, lowers the risk of infection,” explains Nils Rödel, General Manager of Mikron Berlin. “The mini factory can produce protective masks in remote areas or even in crisis zones where meeting hygiene standards is most challenging.”

It would be possible to produce two million protective mouth-nose masks each month with just one system. The masks are based on meltblown non-woven fabric, which consists of many layers of fine fibers and thus filter out even the smallest particles such as bacteria and viruses from the air.

“Using official statistics, we calculated that medical personnel in Germany alone need at least 50 million disposable protective mouth-nose masks per month,” reports Rödel. “We could meet this demand with 25 containers.”

Eliminating the need for transport makes the end product less costly. The system, depending on how it is configured, can make packs of ten masks or individual ones, shrink-wrapped for cleanliness, and packaged in printed bags and boxes if required. “Packaging masks involves docking an automated station developed by pi4_robotics GmbH, Berlin, a project partner,” says Rödel.

Reliable supply of system components

Electric and pneumatic components from Festo ensure the reliable transport, clamping, unwinding, shaping, and folding for the non-woven fabric. An ultrasonic sealing station seals the edges. The servo drives CMMT from Festo for controlling the electric drives EMMT are used in the application, because they can be easily connected to PLCs from major manufacturers, including Beckhoff, Siemens, and Rockwell.

The pneumatic components from the Festo core product range installed in the system, such as the compact cylinder ADN, the guided drive DFM, and the round cylinder DSNU, are in stock worldwide and available for shipment within 24 hours. Global availability enables quick and reliable manufacture of systems for producing masks within a condensed timeframe. The pneumatic drives are actuated by MPA valves. The safety valve MS6-SV-E ensures that safety-critical system components are exhausted and de-energized as quickly as possible in the event of a sudden emergency stop.

Thanks to its international production and sales network, products from Festo are quickly available in 176 countries and enable systems to be built at locations around the world. This is entirely in keeping with the global open-source approach of Project CAROLA, which provided the impetus for designing the mask production system in a shipping container.

Independent, decentralized, and virtual

“The current travel restrictions make it extremely difficult for commissioning technicians to go where the systems are to be built,” says Rödel. “Mikron came up with a digitized solution. We use Microsoft HoloLens, which enables commissioning to be done virtually using an interactive 3D projection.”

For more information visit http://www.mikron.com. Go to http://www.festo.us for the full range of Festo products and service offerings. The Festo general information number is 800-993-3786.

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Hamburg Michigan Podiatrist Foot Doctor Tomasz Biernacki DPM

“It is estimated that the people who develop flat feet and heel pain can have further knee pain, hip pain and lower back pain. This can lead to permanent arthritis and difficulty wearing shoes or walking.”

HAMBURG, Mich. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Dr. Tomasz Biernacki DPM states that “If heel pain is caught early, there are many treatments that can avoid invasive therapy or high cost. If plantar fasciitis can be allowed to get worst, it can turn into a chronic condition called plantar fasciosis.” Plantar fasciitis is one of the most googled health conditions according to Google. This includes over 750,000 searches per month in the United States alone.

Dr. Biernacki further states “It is estimated that the people who develop flat feet and bunion formation can have further knee pain, hip pain and lower back pain. This can lead to permanent arthritis and difficulty wearing shoes or walking.”

The podiatrists and foot doctors at Advanced Foot and Ankle Specialists of Howell Michigan have developed a treatment algorithm for diagnosing and treating heel pain & plantar fasciitis with both surgery and without surgery. If plantar fasciitis occurs for exceptionally long time, this can even cause a heel spur. The good news is heel spur pain can also frequently be corrected without the need for surgery.

Dr. Tomasz Biernacki is a practicing podiatric foot and ankle surgeon at Advanced Foot and Ankle specialists of Howell Michigan and Advanced foot and ankle specialists of Howell Michigan and Fowlerville Michigan pride themselves on providing comprehensive the care and working as a multispecialty team. The four doctors at this practice are on staff at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Livingston, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Brighton, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor. Working as part of this large multidisciplined team, they can work with internal medicine doctors, primary care doctors, endocrinologists and vascular surgery specialist to provide comprehensive care.

Advanced foot and ankle specialists have four different doctors within their practice: Dr. Tom Biernacki, Dr. John Stevelinck, Dr. Marc Bonanni and Dr. Danielle Meyka-Blanchard. All podiatrists foot doctors are on staff at St. Joseph Mercy hospitals in Ann Arbor, Howell and Brighton Michigan. They pride themselves on serving Livingston County and Washtenaw County.

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“The situation we are facing with COVID-19 is unprecedented, but so is the collaboration we are seeing among Duchenne organizations,” said Marissa Penrod, Team Joseph Founder/CEO.

DETROIT (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Having a child with a severe medical condition like Duchenne muscular dystrophy brings a whole new set of challenges, especially during COVID-19. That is why Team Joseph and ten other Duchenne nonprofits are working together to ease the additional challenges Duchenne families are currently facing. The Coronavirus Relief Fund is a part of the Duchenne Family Assistance Program, which offers financial assistance related to care and help for families who need access to recommended treatments and equipment, clinical care, and social services.

About 12,000 children and young adults are living with Duchenne, a progressive form of muscular dystrophy, in the United States. To date, there have been more than 350 requests from Duchenne families in 43 states for support with critical needs, such as groceries and utilities. In addition to Team Joseph, other organizations aiding with this effort are 4 Jake’s Sake, Hope for Gus, JB’s Keys to DMD, Joaquin’s Warriors, Cure Duchenne, Kindness Over Muscular Dystrophy, Little Hercules Foundation, Michael’s Cause, Peitro’s Fight and Walking Strong.

“The situation we are facing with COVID-19 is unprecedented, but so is the collaboration we are seeing among Duchenne organizations,” said Marissa Penrod, Team Joseph Founder/CEO. “We have been inundated with requests from families who are severely impacted by this crisis. As requests were coming in and we realized how great the needs are, I reached out to my colleagues at other Duchenne nonprofits and asked them to be a part of this. Within 48 hours, they had all pledged funding to ensure that, collectively, we could quickly help the Duchenne community that we all serve.”

Duchenne families are already challenged with caring for a child who is battling a rare disease. Often, this means their child is confined to a wheelchair and may suffer from breathing issues and cardiac problems. The stark reality is that every Duchenne child has underlying conditions.

Rob Capolongo, a sergeant in the New York City Police Department’s Intelligence Bureau, said the collaboration between Team Joseph and these organizations is more important than ever before, especially with the financial and health impacts of COVID-19 that will linger even after states begin to reopen. Capolongo also serves as president/co-founder of Michael’s Cause, a Duchenne nonprofit named in honor of his son.

“I have a son with Duchenne, and I know the struggle of taking care of a child with a severe medical condition,” said Capolongo. “Living and working in New York City, we have seen first hand the devastation of COVID-19. We are happy to be a part of this team effort with other fine charities to help Duchenne families who are in need during these very trying times.”

To date, the program has provided more than $130,000 in funds for Duchenne families who are uniquely impacted by the pandemic. The funds can be used for essential needs such as living expenses, groceries and utilities.

There is a fundraising goal of $250,000 due to the expectation that the need for assistance will continue into the summer and fall. Over $150,000 has been committed so far, but additional donations are still needed. Any donation – no matter the amount – matters and will help the Duchenne Family Assistance Program meet its goal of not having to turn any family away.

JB Brown-Crowley, a small business owner who’s lost 75% of her income due to Covid-19, has 2 children, including a son, Charlie, with Duchenne. The support their family has received through the Coronavirus Relief Fund is helping them to buy groceries and pay utilities.

“This program is wonderful,” Brown said. “We are heading into uncertain months ahead, and this help is such a blessing for our family. Not having our regular paychecks has compounded our already tight financial situation, and is really hitting our family hard. The Relief Fund is helping us get by.”

In addition to emergency funding, families can also apply for a mini-grant for each child in their household to go towards educational materials, entertainment, a new hobby or outdoor fun while social distancing is in place.

Donations to support the Coronavirus Relief Fund can be accepted at teamjoseph.org. Families who are in need can visit duchennefap.org to apply for assistance.

About Team Joseph

Team Joseph is a non-profit organization whose mission is to aggressively fund cutting-edge research to find a treatment or cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Team Joseph also provides direct financial assistance to families struggling with Duchenne, funding everything from medical equipment to home modifications and travel to specialized clinics.

About the Duchenne Family Assistance Program.

The Duchenne Family Assistance Program is a collaboration between Team Joseph and Little Hercules Foundation. The two non-profits have a strong history of working together to fund promising Duchenne research. In addition to believing in the promise of future treatments, they also see the need to help families with immediate needs. The Program has two priorities—to offer families financial assistance with expenses related to the care of a child or young adult with Duchenne, and to provide help and expertise to families who need access to recommended treatments and equipment, clinical care, and social services.

Team Joseph manages direct assistance to families that includes assisting with equipment (scooters, manual wheelchairs, shower chairs, etc.), accessible ramps, transportation to clinic visits, vehicle and home modifications. Little Hercules Foundation provides case management services to patients and caregivers who have been denied access to treatments, clinical care, equipment, and social services.

With the addition of the Coronavirus Relief Fund, families can now request additional support to help with utilities, groceries and other emergency needs.

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Media Contact:

Jennette Smith Kotila – partner, MCCI, on behalf of Team Joseph

586-292-2905

jsmith@mccicorp.com

North American Leader in Retail Solutions Officially Launches Regulated Pop-Up Cannabis Locations Across Canada

“POPCANN’s turn-key prefabricated approach provides retailers with a cost-efficient, secure, tech-driven, and ultra-efficient retail solution. This unique retail concept can be implemented anywhere in the world.” Says Jake Neiman, Co-Founder and CEO of POPCANN

TORONTO (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

POPCANN, the North American leader in prefabricated retail solutions, officially launches its unique turn-key cannabis retail stores in Canada. POPCANN’s expansion includes Alchemy Canna Corp., a cannabis retail location which recently opened in Toronto, and several First Nations cannabis stores with the Peguis in Manitoba, and the Shawanaga in Ontario.

Designed for pop-up and permanent installations, POPCANNs are a new type of real estate asset designed for the dynamic retail market. POPCANNs minimize overhead costs while empowering retailers and entrepreneurs to monetize in non-traditional locations.

Engineered for maximum security, regulatory compliance and ultra-efficient operations, POPCANN enables legal cannabis to be more accessible in contemporary locations such as First Nations communities, seasonal towns, ports of entry, events, festivals and parking lots. These state-of-the art, tech-enabled, and environmentally-friendly retail structures can be installed in under 90 minutes.

Richard Browne, President of Alchemy, says the current challenging retail environment begged this type of solution for the Cannabis Retailer. “We pride ourselves on being Canada’s first immersive cannabis retail experience, offering safe access to cannabis as COVID-19 lockdown measures are slowly lifted,” he says. “Through POPCANN’s customized, prefabricated approach, we were able to open our store despite current lockdown measures, without having any additional worries about security or compliance.”

Jake Neiman, Co-Founder and CEO of POPCANN adds,“It’s time to rethink retail with smaller footprints and modern technology that complement online shopping. Our turn-key prefabricated approach provides Alchemy, and the First Nations Cannabis Retailers with a cost-efficient, secure, and ultra-efficient retail solution. This unique retail concept can be implemented anywhere in the world.”

Modular, secure, and tech driven, POPCANNs are customizable to every environment and customer-type. POPCANN retail stores can be developed, installed and operational in less than 3 months.

About POPCANN

POPCANNs are prefabricated retail stores designed to bring modern, efficient & sustainable retail footprints to all types of permanent & pop-up retail environments. POPCANNs are an entirely new type of Real Estate Asset Class, providing tech-driven, highly secure & environmentally friendly retail solutions. POPCANN enables all types of retailers and brands to monetize non-traditional environments, using a combination of small footprints, interactive technology, and plug and play installation options. Optimal sizes and layouts enable POPCANN to bring functional, high-end & efficient real-estate solutions to all types of seasonal towns, northern communities, parking lots and First Nations. The POPCANN Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, was co-founded in 2019 by veteran marketing and technology entrepreneurs Michael Girgis and Jake Neiman. http://www.popcann.com, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

For more information, please contact:

Jessica Moran

Principal and Founder, JESSCO

(519) 494-5379

jess@jessmco.com

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Verata Health

We are proud to be the leading digital solution for solving the burden of prior authorization and look forward to making the fax machine a thing of the past.

MINNEAPOLIS (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Verata Health, an artificial intelligence-powered prior authorization software platform, was awarded both the AVIA Vetted Badge in 2020 for prior authorization (for successfully addressing prior authorization challenges based on the needs and criteria of AVIA Members), and the AVIA Market Validated Badge in 2020 for having proven traction in the market.

AVIA is the nation’s leading digital transformation partner for healthcare organizations. AVIA provides unique market intelligence, proven collaborative tools, and results-based consulting to help solve healthcare’s biggest strategic challenges. This year, in partnership with its Members, AVIA has launched the 25% Challenge, which aims to reduce administrative overhead and waste that accounts for up to 25% of a hospital’s total expenditures.

Health system executives identify prior authorization as one of the most expensive administrative challenges facing hospitals today and one of the most significant barriers to timely patient care.

Errors in prior authorizations account for nearly a third of all provider write-offs and contribute to surprise medical bills received by patients. Verata uses artificial intelligence to automate and streamline prior authorizations for provider practices, hospitals, and large health systems. Verata automatically identifies when clinical criteria are met, thereby reducing the burden to doctors and hospital staff, preventing errors that lead to expensive write-offs, and helping patients get faster care.

“Our team at Verata is honored to receive both the AVIA Vetted and AVIA Market Validated Badges,” says Verata’s CEO, Jeremy Friese, MD. “We are proud to be the leading digital solution for solving the burden of prior authorization and look forward to making the fax machine a thing of the past.”

In addition to the AVIA Badges, Verata Health has also been given a COVID-19 designation that identifies its digital prior authorization solution as one supporting hospital systems during the COVID-19 pandemic because its solution supports remote work for both centralized and decentralized teams. Prior authorization teams and staff can access the Verata Health platform remotely and work prior authorizations entirely from home. Hospitals and health care systems across the country are leveraging the platform as they begin to ramp up elective procedures both now and in the coming months.

About Verata Health

Verata Health’s Frictionless Prior Authorization® empowers practices, hospitals, and health systems to take control of their prior authorizations with artificial intelligence. Verata’s technology automatically prepares prior authorizations, identifies payer rules, retrieves clinical documentation, and obtains payer decisions, so staff members don’t have to.

Supporting both simple and clinically complex prior authorizations, Verata Health provides visibility across the entire prior authorization process, reducing the administrative burden and accelerating patient access. Giving patients the right care at the right time.

For more information, please visit https://www.veratahealth.com.

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Handling fuel and fuel containers is something that should only be done by knowledgeable, responsible people. Our hope is that by shining a spotlight directly on fuel safety that we can help prevents accidents.

MIAMI, Okla. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Scepter™, a longtime leader in the fuel container industry, has designated a new yearly event — Fuel Safety Month — every July, starting in 2020. Scepter will focus on educating people on fuel safety at home, sporting and in professional landscaping settings.

“Our primary focus each July will be on sharing important fuel safety tips,” says Dan Marshall, vice president of marketing and business development with Scepter™. “Details will center on how to properly fill, use and store fuel containers. We will provide safety tips relevant to both children and adults in a variety of everyday settings.

“Handling fuel and fuel containers is something that should only be done by knowledgeable, responsible people. Our hope is that by shining a spotlight directly on fuel safety that we can help prevents accidents.”

Smart, Safe Summer Fun

To bring awareness to Fuel Safety Month, Scepter has developed a logo that the company is making available to all companies and organizations. In July, Scepter will also release an extensive series of tips, do’s and don’ts, and instructions on safely handling three types of fuel — gasoline, diesel and kerosene.

“We’ve all heard it before: Knowledge is power,” says Marshall. “We plan to target consumers with solid educational information so that they can be safer around all types of fuel.”

Marshall relates that Scepter chose July for the month-long focus because summer is traditionally a high usage time for fuels. “From the annual 4th of July barbeque to yard work to boating, activities using fuel surge in the summertime,” says Marshall. “This is the time of year when all the ‘toys’ come out … like ATVs, jet skis and campers. We fully support people enjoying all of these activities, but we hope they’ll do so in a safe, responsible manner. And, this year especially, we hope they will follow all social distancing guidelines still in effect.”

A History of Innovation

Founded in 1949 by Evald Torokvei, the Scepter company was started in the basement of his Toronto, Canada home. The past seven decades have seen Scepter emerge as a global leader in the design and manufacture of hazardous materials containers, recognized around the world for their best-in-class fuel cans. With manufacturing locations in both Oklahoma and in Canada, Scepter now supplies all of North America with durable consumer and marine fuel containers.

In addition to introducing the world’s first blow-molded fuel container, Scepter produced the first military-style plastic fuel and water cans. This line of military containers was adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense as the new standard, converting all branches from metal to plastic.

For consumers, Scepter offers innovative Scepter™ SmartControl™ fuel containers for gasoline, kerosene and diesel. The rugged SmartControl containers are Made in America and designed to substantially exceed ASTM and CPSC minimum standards. Each product includes child safety locks and a flame mitigation device for added protection.

Recognized by This Old House magazine as a “Top 20 Best New Product of 2019” in the Lawn & Garden category, SmartControl containers are also the recipient of the “Best in Class” Award at the 2018 National Hardware Show.

Constructed of durable and safe high-density polyethylene, SmartControl containers can be found throughout the U.S. in The Home Depot®, Walmart®, Lowe’s®, AutoZone®, Pep Boys, Target and Northern® Tool + Equipment stores. Visit http://www.scepter.com for more information.

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