Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Michael A. Jazayeri.

While injectable-based procedures such as Botox are simpler than plastic surgery, undergoing cosmetic or medical procedures from anyone who is not licensed to do so is taking a serious risk.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

A March 4 article on The Province reports on an ongoing investigation into a woman who allegedly claimed to be a medical doctor before performing Botox injections and other cosmetic procedures despite multiple court orders to stop. On February 20, the woman was caught administering Botox injections at a “Botox and filler party” and is awaiting another court appearance. Orange County-based board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Michael A. Jazayeri says that the individuals who received injections from the woman are lucky they have not experienced any known adverse effects. While injectable-based procedures such as Botox are simpler than plastic surgery, undergoing cosmetic or medical procedures from anyone who is not licensed to do so is taking a serious risk, says Dr. Jazayeri. Botox, he notes, is derived from a neurotoxin and it takes a medical professional who knows what they are doing to administer it safely and, also important, to ensure that it has the desired flattering impact.

Dr. Jazayeri says that there are always unlicensed or otherwise suspicious or insufficiently trained individuals performing cosmetic procedures at discounted rates, promising good results but knowingly risking the health and safety of patients. The problem, says the plastic surgeon, is that these unauthorized individuals are unlikely to have the proper experience and knowledge – not to mention the moral scruples – to safely perform such procedures.

The doctor emphasizes that, with a board-certified plastic surgeon, Botox injections and fillers are extremely safe and typically produce outstanding results when performed by a skilled physician with a strong aesthetic sense. He adds that it’s true that Botox can be administered under the supervision of other types of MDs but it is always best to stick with the experts in any field. He notes that plastic surgeons have to undergo an additional two years of training that other types of physicians do not and they are routinely tasked with improving the appearance of all types of patients in a great many ways. Board-certified plastic surgeons have an in-depth understanding of facial rejuvenation from both a medical and an aesthetic perspective that other types of doctors likely do not possess.

An example of this, notes Dr. Jazayeri, is that patients who are considering a more permanent type of facial rejuvenation should know that Botox can be used in conjunction with a surgical facelift. It takes the skill, experience, and aesthetic sense of a first-rate plastic surgeon to get the best possible results from such a procedure, says the Orange County plastic surgeon.

Readers who would like to learn more about plastic surgeries and cosmetic procedures with Dr. Jazayeri may visit his website at https://www.drjaz.com or call him at 714-242-5908.

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“Kids are feeling the effects of the outbreak, but don’t always understand why grandma can’t come visit, why the special family spring break trip may have been canceled, or why they’re out of school for weeks,” — Caribu CEO and Co-Founder Max Tuchman

SAN MARCOS, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Due to growing concerns and quarantines over the COVID-19 Pandemic, more than 400M+ children around the world have been dismissed from school, are missing friends, and are unable to see their extended families.

Caribu, the family-friendly video-calling app, is helping bridge the gap created by social distancing and self-isolation by making their award-winning service FREE with UNLIMITED access during this tumultuous time.

“Kids are feeling the effects of the outbreak, but don’t always understand why grandma can’t come visit, why the special family spring break trip may have been canceled, or why they’re out of school for weeks,” said Caribu CEO and Co-Founder Max Tuchman. “Everything we do is about creating more meaningful connections, and that’s what we think is most important right now–keeping families connected in the most engaging way. We’re like Zoom for kids!”

With Caribu, kids can create special moments with their loved ones by going on a virtual playdate where they can read books from an extensive library of popular titles, play games, and even color together in a video-call. Caribu is a way to stay connected and build memories year-round but especially during a time where millions of families are under self-quarantine.

Caribu Highlights:

• 
  Connects kids with relatives and friends anywhere in the world
• Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Best Inventions
• Uses fun books and activities to help kids stay focused and engaged while video chatting
• Includes over 1000+ titles (and growing) from leading children’s publishers like Highlights, Mattel, Usborne, Baby Einstein and more
• Features fun games, educational activities, and coloring pages
• Books available- in 8 languages
• Users in 160+ countries
• Available on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets

Visit http://www.caribu.com now to download the app and enjoy FREE access to quality screen-time activities during the COVID-19 Pandemic or check out their Facebook Page to learn more.

For media inquiries or interview requests, Leah@teamchicexecs.com.

About‌ ‌Caribu

Caribu‌ ‌helps‌ ‌parents‌ ‌and‌ ‌grandparents‌ ‌to‌ ‌read,‌ ‌draw,‌ ‌and‌ ‌play‌ ‌games‌ ‌with‌ ‌children,‌ ‌in‌ ‌an‌ ‌interactive‌ ‌video-call,‌ ‌from‌ ‌anywhere‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌world.‌ ‌The‌ ‌result‌ ‌is‌ ‌an‌ ‌engaging‌ child-friendly shared ‌screen‌ ‌experience‌ ‌that‌ ‌is‌ elegantly ‌designed,‌ ‌carefully‌ ‌curated,‌ ‌and‌ ‌secure.‌ ‌Contains an‌ ‌in-app‌ ‌library‌ ‌filled‌ ‌with‌ ‌1000+‌ ‌titles‌ ‌from‌ ‌leading‌ ‌children’s‌ ‌publishers,‌ ‌in‌ ‌eight‌ ‌languages,‌ ‌and‌ ‌coloring‌ ‌activities‌ ‌that‌ ‌can‌ ‌be‌ ‌drawn‌ ‌on‌ ‌simultaneously.‌ ‌The‌ ‌company‌ ‌serves‌ users ‌in‌ ‌160+‌ ‌countries,‌ ‌has‌ ‌won‌ ‌numerous‌ ‌international‌ ‌and‌ ‌national‌ ‌awards‌ ‌such‌ ‌as‌ ‌being‌ ‌named‌ ‌one‌ ‌of‌ ‌TIME‌ ‌Magazine’s‌ ‌Best‌ ‌Inventions‌,‌ ‌and‌ ‌is‌ ‌backed‌ ‌by‌ ‌celebrity‌ ‌investors‌ ‌and‌ ‌great‌ ‌partners‌ ‌such‌ ‌as‌ ‌AT&T,‌ ‌Revolution’s‌ ‌Rise‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Rest‌ ‌Seed‌ ‌Fund,‌ ‌and‌ ‌Toyota.‌ ‌Through‌ ‌a‌ ‌partnership‌ ‌with‌ ‌Blue‌ ‌Star‌ ‌Families,‌ ‌Caribu‌ supports ‌all‌ ‌currently‌ ‌serving‌ ‌U.S.‌ ‌military.‌ ‌For‌ ‌more‌ ‌information,‌ ‌visit:‌ ‌‌http://www.caribu.c‌om‌.

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Ocean Tomo Risk & Resiliency Resource Center

Ocean Tomo highlights select ways organizations can proactively manage impact and presents responsive practices to strengthen business resiliency.

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Ocean Tomo’s Risk Management practice led by Manish Das today released a series of white papers to support corporations, financial service providers and law firms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These white papers are designed to help clients manage current business uncertainty. There are four papers available for download from the Ocean Tomo Risk and Resiliency Center:

COVID-19: An Unanticipated Resiliency Stress Test for Corporations

COVID-19: An Unanticipated Resiliency Stress Test for Financial Institutions

COVID-19: An Unanticipated Resiliency Stress Test for the Energy & Commodity Sector

COVID-19: Operational Resiliency Guidelines for Firms

COVID-19 is a globally disruptive health and humanitarian challenge. It has taken a personal toll on thousands infected as well as caregivers and health professionals. Ocean Tomo white papers review the challenges this viral outbreak presents to the business community at large as well as the unique impact to the financial services, energy, and commodity industry sectors.

Through a review of looming challenges and risks during this period of uncertainty, Ocean Tomo highlights select ways organizations can proactively manage impact and presents responsive practices to strengthen business resiliency. Select topics include:

• Building a resiliency and risk management team
• Key considerations in an operational resiliency plan, including assessment of digital delivery of services
• Stabilizing the supply chain
• Cash flow and liquidity management
• Financial planning including stress scenario assessment
• Communication with investors, suppliers and customers
• Legal assessment of upstream and downstream dependencies
• Presenting an informed, end-to-end agile strategy to your Board, employees and other key stakeholders

For further information on the white paper series or to discuss how Ocean Tomo can assist your company or firm, please contact Manish Das at +1 415 946 2560 or mdas@oceantomo.com.

About Ocean Tomo

Ocean Tomo, the Intellectual Capital Merchant Bank® firm, provides companies with financial services related to intellectual property and intangible assets, including financial expert testimony, intellectual property, and complex financial instrument valuation, strategy consulting, risk and regulatory compliance, investment advisory, innovation management consulting and transaction brokerage.

Our Opinion, Management, and Advisory Services are built upon more than three decades of experience valuing intellectual property in the most rigorous of venues – State, Federal, and international courts. Our financial, market, and technical experts provide a unique understanding of the contributory value of proprietary innovation. This is the cornerstone of our business. This insight permeates every practice.

Subsidiaries of Ocean Tomo include Ocean Tomo Investment Group, LLC, a licensed broker-dealer under Federal and State securities law (brokercheck.finra.org Broker Check CRD #: 172912) and Ocean Tomo.

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Maid Brigade Team Member Disinfecting

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Maid Brigade, the leader in green residential house cleaning, is revolutionizing the cleaning industry with its PUREmist® disinfection system. Many consumers are unaware that their homes are not being disinfected during regular cleaning due to the complexity of traditional disinfection methods that require germ-specific chemicals and lengthy soak times. Maid Brigade has introduced the PUREmist disinfection system to address this issue.

PUREmist disinfects by killing germs, bacteria and viruses using the combination of a hospital grade disinfectant applied via an electrostatic sprayer to create an electronically charged mist that wraps around surfaces and objects for 360-degree coverage. The electrostatic technology allows the disinfectant to bond to areas that are unreachable by traditional pump sprayers and eliminates the need to wipe away remaining liquid after correct dwell time has occurred. By allowing the product to dwell and then air dry, the disinfectant remains in place until the surface is touched again. PUREmist can disinfect kitchens, bathrooms and living areas with special emphasis on high touch areas such as computers, keyboards, remotes, light switches, handles, knobs and more. Unlike bleach and other disinfecting chemicals, PUREmist is safe to use in the home around children, pets and plants. PUREmist is effective at killing bloodborne pathogens, Herpes, Polio, Norovirus, MRSA and many animal pathogens. It is effective at preventing the flu and other viruses which spread easily. PUREmist is also helpful in removing odor from pets, smoke and other causes in the home.

Maid Brigade is committed to providing our customers with the safest, healthiest and most effective cleaning methods available. PUREmist achieves the goal of disinfecting without toxic chemicals and keeps customers’ homes and the environment safe and healthy.

PUREmist is available exclusively from Maid Brigade and may be used during one-time, regular as well as move in cleanings. Available at participating Maid Brigade locations. Visit https://www.maidbrigade.com/puremist/ for more information.

About Maid Brigade

Headquartered in Atlanta, Maid Brigade is a global residential cleaning service with more than 365 franchised service areas operating in the United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Established in1981, Maid Brigade remains at the forefront of the residential cleaning industry. Maid Brigade was the first national residential cleaning service to commit to green cleaning and established its Green Clean Certified system which is safer and healthier for employees, customers and the environment. Customers depend on Maid Brigade to consistently exceed their expectations, providing a safe and thorough cleaning, along with superior, guaranteed service. For more information, visit http://www.maidbrigade.com or call 888-79-GREEN.

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Iamfine daily call service

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

With the global spread of coronavirus, many people are being asked to help protect themselves and their communities through self-isolation. This can be an especially frightening prospect for elderly people that live alone.

Iamfine is announcing that as of today, it is waiving its fees for new customers as its way of supporting the fight to cope with the spread of the virus.

Iamfine is an automated daily phone check-in service that calls a person who lives alone once or twice a day at a predetermined time and prompts them to press 1 to confirm they are ok. If they miss their scheduled check-in, then Iamfine will alert the user’s list of friends and family and others by email, text or a call.

“Does anybody know that I am ok?” This can be a real concern for the elderly who are now being asked to socially distance themselves from their community. Iamfine provides the reassurance that their list of prearranged contacts will be alerted if they miss their check-in call even if they can not be in close contact.

Iamfine was created by two brothers caring for their mother in 2012, and has since grown to deliver over 1 million calls. It provides service directly to the public and to organizations that are responsible for the wellbeing of larger groups.

For more information on how Iamfine can assist you or your community, visit https://www.iamfine.com and use code APRIL2020.

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“If just one country is unable to contain the spread of COVID-19, everyone around the world will continue to be at risk for a very long time,” said Rabih Torbay, President and CEO at Project HOPE.

MILLWOOD, Va. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Project HOPE today announced it is teaming up with the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University to develop and implement a COVID-19 training program for health workers to rapidly scale-up response efforts in high-risk countries.

“As confirmed cases of COVID-19 increase here in the United States, we must not forget this is a global pandemic that requires a robust and well-coordinated global response. If just one country is unable to contain the spread of COVID-19, everyone around the world will continue to be at risk for a very long time,” said Rabih Torbay, President and CEO at Project HOPE. “That’s why we’re partnering with the experts at Brown University to develop a world-class infection control and prevention training for health workers in at-risk countries, and we’ll also make the curriculum publicly available so doctors and nurses worldwide can benefit.”

“We are excited to be partnering with Project HOPE on this important training. Health workers are the most valuable resource of any nation’s healthcare system, and we need to ensure that they are well trained all over the world to protect themselves and care for patients during this worldwide pandemic,” said Adam Levine, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University.

This COVID-19 training will teach and evaluate trainees on core competencies, including biology and transmission mechanisms; infection prevention and control; contact tracing; screening and triage; diagnosis and management; stabilization and resuscitation; health facility operations and surge capacity; and risk communication and public health messaging. The training will utilize the Training-of-Trainers model to engage master trainers and coach new trainers, allowing Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies to quickly build a cadre of competent instructors who can then teach the material to other health workers in their community.

To ensure health facilities worldwide can quickly benefit from this training, the curriculum is being designed for widespread replication and will be publicly available once finalized. Given global travel restrictions, Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies are considering various platforms for training delivery, including teletraining as well as online, interactive training modules. Project HOPE plans to deliver this training in North Macedonia and Kosovo in the next month before further expansion to additional countries.

This training is only one part of a much larger COVID-19 response effort by Project HOPE, which includes supporting frontline health workers in China as well as expanding support into North Macedonia, Kosovo, Colombia, Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Project HOPE is one of the only international relief organizations with a response team on the ground in China for the COVID-19 outbreak. Over the past two months, Project HOPE has delivered a total of nearly 5 million facemasks as well as isolation gowns, protective coveralls, exam gloves, and other protective gear to hospitals in Hubei, Yunan, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Sichuan provinces and to Shanghai. Project HOPE is also providing lifesaving medical equipment to support patient care and treatment now and long into the future, including ventilators, medical air compressors, and disinfection machines.

For more information on Project HOPE’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, visit http://www.projecthope.org.

ABOUT PROJECT HOPE

Project HOPE operates around the world wherever the need is greatest, working side-by-side with health care workers and their communities, addressing the greatest public health challenges to enable people to live their best lives. We respond to disasters and health crises and stay on in communities long after disaster strikes to help find solutions to epidemics and any other neglected health needs.

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN STUDIES

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, is committed to promoting a more just, peaceful, and secure world by furthering a deeper understanding of global human rights and humanitarian challenges, and encouraging collaboration between local communities, academics, and practitioners to develop innovative solutions to these challenges.

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Donate2it Counters

CHARLESTON, S.C. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Crowd rising platforms have been able to help many people with financial donations from others who donate various amounts. The total donations can add up to a substantial amount that can make a difference in the lives of those that need it most.

In this time of need, many fundraising platforms are available. Some describe themselves as free. However, when a person clicks to donate, the contribution automatically adds a “15% tip” unless a donor catches it and changes it. A 2.5% credit card processing fee is also added meaning only 82.5% goes to what people are donating too. Typically, with a 45 to 75 day distribution time before a check is sent.

One particular platform, Donate2it, normally has a flat fee of 5% which is used to pay web services, insurance, licensing. Donate2it pays no dividends nor salaries. Stripe charges 2.2% for processing online transactions. There are no fees for a check contribution.

During this time, for the next few months, or as long as needed, Donate2it is dropping fees from 5% to 2.5%. With the 2.2% Stripe fee, that means that 95.3% of the money contributed will go to the cause or need.

Donate2it normally turns around the disbursement once the contribution has cleared. Usually in about 3 days.

Anyone can sign up for any type of fundraiser – private or nonprofit. Current fundraisers are all for nonprofits with a match provided from the MatchingFund.org. A nonprofit can apply to receive a matching grant by signing into Donate2it and requesting a match. There is a list of very successful campaigns. Overall, since inception Donate2it with the MatchingFund has raised about $475,000. Many campaigns had a provided match. Up to $130,000 in total match has been provided so far.

The MatchingFund.org is a 501(c)(3) Charitable organization. Tax deductible donations can be made directly too TheMatchingFund.org. These donations give the board of directors the flexibility to provide Matching Funds to worthy charities and causes that might not otherwise have funds for matching donations. Donations made to individuals and other certain causes may not be tax deductible as defined by the IRS.

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