Paceline Inc makes ear loop fabric for surgical masks and face protection to help fight the Coronavirus [Covid-19]

“As a medical fabrics manufacturer, we wanted to find a way to help those on the front lines fighting the Coronavirus [Covid-19]. said Davant.

MATTHEWS, N.C. (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

Paceline, Inc., a leading provider of quality medical products and solutions, has joined the fight against the Coronavirus [COVID-19].

According to Paceline President & CEO, Joe Davant, they saw a need within the medical community and felt compelled to lend their years of expertise within the medical fabrics industry to help wherever possible.

“As a medical products manufacturer, we wanted to find a way to help those on the front lines fighting the Coronavirus, which is affecting all of us,” said Davant. “Part of our business model is to deliver custom solutions for businesses in need of solving a problem. With our years of knowledge in the medical fabrics industry, we reached out to the nation’s largest surgical mask manufacturer to see if we could lend them support.”

“We found they had a tremendous need for ear loop fabric, which is the material that holds the surgical mask onto the face. We said we wanted to help be part of the solution,” continues Davant. “And we are proud to say that with recently purchased machines for this specific project, 100% of the fabric made on those machines will be going to surgical mask manufacturers. We are open to expanding our capacity should additional manufacturers need assistance as well. It’s extremely gratifying to know that our employees are helping save lives with the ear loop fabric we are making here at Paceline.”

About Paceline

At Paceline, we craft quality products and custom solutions for a variety of medical applications – orthopedic, prosthetic, orthotic, surgical, and more. For three decades, Paceline has been a trusted resource to medical product distributors, medical manufacturers, and medical and healthcare professionals. For more information, visit http://www.paceline.com .

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Joe Davant

PACELINE, INC.

10737 Independence Pointe Parkway

Matthews, NC 28105

Phone +1 704 283 9787

Fax +1 704 282 9375

Email: info@paceline.com

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“As states begin reopening and employers plan to bring employees back, we’re proud to apply the lessons we’ve learned over the last decade to inform their strategies and keep employees safe.”

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

Jvion, a leading provider of clinical AI, today announced that it has launched a first-of-its-kind online COVID-19 back-to-work assessment, in collaboration with Georgia-based Augusta University Health System (AUHS). The initial assessment will be used by employers in the Augusta, Georgia area, but the solution is ready to scale nationally for employers, health systems and government agencies. The AI-enabled survey combines self-reported employee information, including answers to CDC-identified COVID-19 symptom questions to capture presumptive positivity, and pairs it with Jvion’s AI algorithms to identify employee risk for exposure and infection and provide personalized back-to-work guidance.

Jvion’s proven AI technology was coupled with the expert knowledge of a Medical College of Georgia physician panel to produce an accessible yet sophisticated solution intended to safely get the country back to work. “We’ve been focused on caring for those affected by COVID-19, but now we must shift to thinking about reopening safely,” said AUHS CEO Katrina Keefer. “I know other business leaders join me in wanting to assure that we reopen in a manner that uses every tool at our disposal. We’re proud to leverage Jvion’s clinically-focused data science and the clinical expertise of our great physicians within the Medical College of Georgia to help keep higher-risk workers at home, ensure vulnerable employees remain out of harm’s way, and provide assurance that workers can more fully participate without fear when they reenter the workplace.”

The back-to-work assessment comes as businesses prepare to reopen, after over a month of shutdowns have inflicted acute economic pain upon millions of families. Employers have a legal and social responsibility to provide a safe workplace for their employees, and as cases plateau, they must remain vigilant to protect their employees from infection. Some individuals are more likely to spread the virus for a longer time than others, so identifying these individuals will keep everyone safer. Jvion’s back-to-work assessment also helps build trust between employers, their workforce and their customers by instilling confidence that proactive measures are being taken to mitigate exposure and infection.

The assessment showcases the ability of Jvion’s AI to pivot to any patient situation quickly. Using the Jvion CORE™ (Care Optimization and Recommendation Enhancement), anonymous clinical data from 30 million Americans is combined with social determinants of health data to develop a questionnaire for employers to distribute to their employees. The joining of employee responses with intelligence from the Jvion CORE™ produces one of three return-to-work dispositions: cleared to return, medical clearance required, or cannot return to work. Details behind the disposition are shared directly with the employee to maintain privacy. Employers may choose to receive a report of the disposition without details.

“As states begin reopening and employers plan to bring employees back, we’re proud to apply the lessons we’ve learned over the last decade to inform their strategies and keep employees safe,” said Jvion CEO Jay Deady. “We all want things to return to normal, but we need to be extremely careful not to trigger a second wave of infections when businesses reopen. The Jvion CORE has demonstrated value in identifying individual and community level risks and will be a valuable tool for helping healthcare and other employers make that transition as safely as possible.”

The back-to-work assessment has been rigorously validated by teams of data scientists, and builds on the success of the Jvion CORE™, which has helped over 300 hospitals reduce preventable harm incidents by an average of 30%. The survey questions are informed by the latest COVID-19 symptoms identified by the CDC, and validated by a panel of medical experts within the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. The Jvion CORE™ is HIPAA compliant and HITRUST CSF certified, reflecting Jvion’s commitment to information security and patient privacy.

The back-to-work assessment is part of the Employer Recovery Package, the latest offering in Jvion’s COVID Response Suite. To learn more about the COVID Response Suite, visit jvion.com/jvionclinicalai.

About Jvion:

Jvion enables healthcare organizations to prevent avoidable patient harm and lower costs through its clinical AI solution. An industry first, the Jvion CORE goes beyond simple predictive analytics and machine learning to identify patients on a trajectory to becoming high risk and for whom intervention will likely be successful. Jvion determines the interventions that will more effectively reduce risk and enable clinical action. And it accelerates time to value by leveraging established patient-level intelligence to drive engagement across hospitals, populations, and patients. To date, the Jvion CORE has been deployed to nearly 50 health systems and 300 hospitals, who report average reductions of 30% for preventable harm incidents and annual cost savings of $6.3 million. For more information, visit http://www.jvion.com.

Jvion PR Contact:

Lexi Herosian

lexi@scratchmm.com

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

INTIMINA, the international women’s health care brand, has teamed up with PERIOD., the largest youth-powered NGO and prominent thought leader at the forefront of the Menstrual Movement, to raise awareness around period poverty.

From May 18 to June 14, INTIMINA will embark on an activation to celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day and all that it stands for, donating $5 for every menstrual cup sold on intimina.com to PERIOD.’s charitable efforts. The event, lasting 28 days OR the length of an average menstrual cycle, aims to distribute relief and spread the message of period poverty far and wide, in order to ensure fairness is reflected in legislation for menstruators everywhere.

Officially taking place on May 28, 2020, Menstrual Hygiene Day is dedicated to solving the issue of period poverty around the world through education and advocacy. In the US, feminine hygiene products have traditionally not been considered ‘essential goods’, which prohibits women from purchasing them using federally funded financial aid programs. In addition, period products are taxed in many US states, whereas products that are labeled as ‘essential goods’ such as toilet paper are not! This tax, in conjunction with frequency of need and heightening price points, causes menstrual products to be inaccessible for disadvantaged menstruators.

BUT times are changing, as PERIOD. continues to bring awareness to the subject, working to distribute product donations for marginalized communities through youth-based chapters of bright-eyed volunteers on a daily basis. To date, PERIOD has addressed over 1 million periods through product distribution and registered over 700 PERIOD chapters in all 50 US states and in over 40 countries. In the United States, 30 states still allow a tax on menstrual products. PERIOD. and INTIMINA share the same goal of living in a world where the importance of eliminating the period tax is reinforced in legislation by all 50 states.

Throughout the COVID-19 health crisis, PERIOD. has been continuously working to relieve the drastic deficit of feminine hygiene products in marginalized communities that are being hit hardest by the crisis. During this recent time of crisis, PERIOD has added 85 new PERIOD chapters and has had over 2 million period products donated. PERIOD Warrior activists attend online policy bootcamps on period advocacy efforts to designate menstrual supplies as essential goods.

“Supporting PERIOD with this purchase allows us to distribute period supplies to menstruators in need. In these urgent times, your donation will help lessen period poverty across the country,” says Nadya Okamoto, Founder of PERIOD. Inc.

INTIMINA’s current #WhileBleeding campaign celebrates resilient women’s stories like that of Nadya’s, who throughout history, blazed through struggles and achievements that forged their successes. The new #WhileBleeding video story series by INTIMINA shines a spotlight on the unique strengths found in women that makes them unstoppable while dealing with challenges and while bleeding, all at the same time. The videos bring light to modern women’s stories, empowering and inspiring viewers to never give up on their dreams.

Emily (25) didn’t start her periods until the age of 20 because she had a very severe eating disorder, anorexia. These days she runs her successful nutrition business in London. In her video she shared her experience: “Because I was so malnourished I lost the year process which gave me the willpower to want to recover. So, getting my period was a goal that I was so happy to reach. To know I was bleeding was exciting because I got to a point when I could conceive and reverse the effects of the lost year process and I reached a certain life stage where I could move forward. That was a special moment for me. It felt like an award.”

Annie (26) is a professional sprinter for Team GB and she shared her story: “I have always had painful periods but learned never to use medication because of what I do. I just have the mindset to keep training, it is something embedded in me, so I always just keep going. I remember getting ready for the 4x100m relay and I was crouching down in pain before the race when one of my competitors came to comfort me saying Come on, Annie, you need to run for just 10 seconds and it will all be over. I had to quickly forget about the pain because I couldn’t let my teammates down. And I got on the line and ended up winning. It was a challenge!”

Emilie (26) has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) so initially suffered from painful periods, vomiting, heavy bleeding, and diarrhea until she went on the birth control pill at 15 years old. In her video, she says: “My periods being so painful and the diagnosis made me feel stuck and worried I would be like this 12 times a year. I asked the doctor if I could have a hysterectomy at 15 – it was that bad. Today, I am in a good place and my strength is due to looking after myself physically and mentally.”

With the COVID-19 epidemic, these are one of the most challenging times the world has seen. We can all find comfort and strength in others, like in so many women around us that inspire and bring hope. We can share these and other stories alike and help ourselves and people around us to face all fears and challenges and come out from all battles as winners.

About INTIMINA: Established in 2009, INTIMINA is a Swedish brand, offering a complete line of products for women’s intimate well-being. With three areas of specialization, Menstrual Care, Pelvic Floor Strengthening, and Feminine Wellness, INTIMINA’s offering encompasses products for women of all ages and all stages of life. Each product is made from the highest quality of body-safe material, and has been designed and tested with the support of a worldwide group of medical consultants and gynecologists. For more information visit intimina.com.

About PERIOD.: PERIOD. was founded in 2014 by Nadya Okamoto, a 22-year-old Harvard student from Portland, Oregon PERIOD is a global, youth-powered non profit that fights to end period poverty and period stigma through service, education and advocacy. Since 2014 they have addressed over one million periods and registered over 700 campus chapters in all 50 states and 40 other countries. Nadya recently published her debut book, Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement with publisher Simon & Schuster, which made the Kirkus Reviews list for Best Young Adult Nonfiction of 2018. She is included in the latest cohorts of Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 “Ones to Watch” and People Magazine’s Women Changing the World.

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Jayme Bashian

One routine that skin specialists hope people won’t continue post COVID-19 is their regular tanning-bed session.

ALBERTSON, N.Y (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

“Now more than ever, we all crave our normal routines,” notes Jayme Bashian, lead medical aesthetician of Simply Posh Aesthetic Spa, a division of Advanced Dermatology PC. “But one routine that skin specialists hope people won’t continue post COVID-19 is their regular tanning-bed session.”

While cancer-awareness campaigns have helped reduce the number of indoor tanners, millions still make appointments to tan. “A tanning routine,” advises Bashian, “has the opposite effect of what is desired: Indoor tanning accelerates our skin’s aging, making us look older. Indoor tanning also makes us less healthy, increasing our risk of skin cancer, including its deadliest form, melanoma.”

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world. In the United States, cases outnumber all other cancers combined, according to the not-for-profit Skin Cancer Foundation.

Just one indoor tanning session can increase cancer risk by almost seventy percent, the American Academy of Dermatology reports. Tanning devices’ threat is so great that the World Health Organization lists them as Group 1 carcinogens, alongside plutonium and cigarettes. Underscoring the danger, in 2014, the FDA upped its own specified level of cancer risk for tanning equipment, which must carry warning labels.

“Indoor tanning,” emphasizes Bashian “is implicated in more cases of skin cancer than cigarettes are in lung cancer. This frightening reality can be obscured by what some consider a tan’s ‘healthy’ appearance. Add in that gyms across the country offer tanning beds alongside exercise, and people may be getting mixed messages.”

“Also,” continues Bashian, “there may be confusion with phototherapy skin treatments. But a skin specialist’s application of light rays is very different than an indoor tanning bed.”

To help people separate the fact from the fiction, Bashian offers the following advice:    

Real Facts to Bust 5 Indoor-Tanning Myths

Myth 1: Indoor tanning provides a protective ‘base tan’: “There is no such thing as ‘base tan’ protection,” says Bashian. “The darker pigment that UV rays trigger equals skin damage. What’s more, indoor tanners may think they don’t need outdoor sun protection and end up with additional sunburn: Research shows those who tan indoors also report getting more sunburns.”

Myth 2: Indoor tanning boosts vitamin D, supporting your immune system: “Tanning beds primarily rely on UVA rays,” explains Bashian, “which do not help with vitamin D. Rather, the sun’s UVB rays trigger our vitamin D production. Fortunately, we can also get our D from foods, like fish and fortified milk and orange juice, as well as supplements. Getting D from our diet does not carry any risk of skin cancer.”

Myth 3: Indoor tanning will help you look younger: “Just the opposite,” notes Bashian. “The UVA rays primarily produced in tanning beds are the prime culprits of skin aging: They penetrate our skin more deeply, accelerating wrinkles. The more time we spend in a tanning bed, the older our skin looks.”

Myth 4: Indoor tanning is like phototherapy at the dermatologist’s: ”Skin specialists use light therapies to treat different conditions,” Bashian states. “However, these treatments are very different than a commercial tanning bed’s UV exposure. A skin specialist precisely applies specific wavelengths to targeted areas, for example using certain UVB wavelengths to treat psoriasis. On the other hand, tanning salon devices are not designed for dermatological applications: They lack control over specific wavelengths and are neither precise nor targeted. In fact, tanning beds can exacerbate skin problems.”

Myth 5: Industry research proves indoor tanning is safe: “We need to check sources carefully,” advises Bashian. “Unfortunately, some ‘research’ gets funding from the indoor-tanning industry. When we separate out independent studies, the consensus is overwhelming regarding the dangers of indoor tanning.”

“The familiar routines of our lives may be comfortable and comforting,” concludes Bashian. “But the choice to protect our skin from cancer can become part of our routines – and help us to live healthier lives.”

Advanced Dermatology P.C. and the Center for Laser and Cosmetic Surgery (New York & New Jersey) is one of the leading dermatology centers in the nation, offering highly experienced physicians in the fields of cosmetic and laser dermatology as well as plastic surgery and state-of-the-art medical technologies. http://www.advanceddermatologypc.com.

Bio: Jayme Bashian is the lead medical aesthetician for the Simply Posh Aesthetic Spa, a division of Advanced Dermatology PC and the Center for Laser and Cosmetic Surgery. She is board-certified in aesthetics and works alongside leading cosmetic surgeons, who specialize in advanced aesthetics and cosmetic surgery. http://simplyposh.com/

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Cerebral video call with prescribing provider

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

With parts of the nation still in quarantine, COVID-19 has impacted the way most people go about their day to day lives. 30.3 million people have filed for unemployment in the past 6 weeks and the number continues to rise. As many find themselves out of work and school or mandated to stay at home, social isolation continues to challenge mental health. Telemedicine companies like Cerebral are offering mental health care and prescriptions through live video meetings to support people during this time.

The company was founded by CEO Kyle Robertson and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ho Anh, who was previously the Founding Medical Director at the telemedicine upstart Hims and Medical Group President at Lemonaid Health. It has been available to residents in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas for months and has just launched in New York, Illinois, and Michigan. Those who find themselves struggling with mental health in those states can now access the care they need without risking exposure to COVID-19 at physical clinics.

Cerebral clients report feeling heard, supported, and more focused. Because of their work with Cerebral, one of its clients has successfully managed their anxiety, allowing them to help out with food supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. They were able to stay focused and set up new supply chains for the farmers, moving nearly 100,000lbs of food in one week that was otherwise going to go unused.

Specialists fear the long-term impact of institutional closures on public health—the 2008 recession claimed over 10,000 lives by suicide in the United States and the UK, and this time, the impacts could be even more devastating. Cerebral is tackling the rising mental health crisis by providing over-video diagnosis and support. Those seeking treatment may set up an initial meeting with a provider and continue to meet with a personal Care Counselor each month to track treatment outcomes. Care Counselors are also available to support clients outside of regularly scheduled meetings through online messaging and text. Cerebral’s services are now available in New York, Illinois, and Michigan.

Cerebral is creating an easy and accessible process by which people are treated for anxiety and depression through the screen. The startup is growing rapidly due to additional demand for remote mental health services, having hired more than 30 new mental health clinicians in the past month alone.

If you would like more information, please visit Cerebral’s website at getcerebral.com or email support@getcerebral.com.

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Mobile technology also allows scientists to access data and information, hands-free while working at the bench. The technology has the potential to enhance connectivity between data, devices, and people.

TORONTO (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

Researchers in today’s labs often find it challenging to capture data while running experiments. The fact that researchers need to move locations to record or transfer handwritten data can be, at the very least, inefficient and at worst, a way to introduce substantial error. This can ultimately lead to experimental failure.

In this roundtable-style webinar, R&D IT leaders from LabTwin, AbbVie and Genentech will discuss how mobile technology can overcome these pressing problems. Mobile apps can capture data from anywhere in the lab and automatically upload these data into laboratory informatics systems.

Mobile technology also allows scientists to access data and information, hands-free while working at the bench. The technology has the potential to enhance connectivity between data, devices, and people.

Join the live session on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK) to learn how the inevitable rise of mobile technology in the laboratory is starting to create the smart, integrated lab of the future and maximize R&D efficiency.

For more information or to register for this event, visit How is Mobile Technology Driving the Lab of the Future?

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