Women Entrepreneurs in Health Care: Stories, Challenges, and the Future
Women Entrepreneurs in Health Care: Stories, Challenges, and the Future.
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Rep. Charles Rangel won a coveted endorsement Tuesday, receiving the support of the health care workers union 1199 SEIU.
"We feel as far as our political report card is concerned, Charlie was always an 'A' and many times an 'A +'," 1199 President George Gresham told The Daily News.
He vowed to throw the unions full weight behind Rangels primary campaign against state Sen. Adriano Espaillat and the Rev. Michael Walrond.
When we get into these things, we do it to win, Gresham said. As far as resources, both financially and human, were not putting any limits.
Meanwhile, The News learned that Rangel had a private lunch Monday at City Hall Restaurant with Mayor de Blasio, who so far has not taken sides in the June 24 primary.
Earlier this year, Rangel grumbled that he couldnt get de Blaiso on the phone.
The large and powerful health care workers union had watched the Rangel race from the sidelines as big players like the United Federation of Teachers and the Hotel Trades Council both former Rangel supporters backed Espaillat (D-Manhattan).
But the union, which backed Rangel against Espaillat in the 2012 Democratic primary, decided it was time to be "rock solid with someone who's been rock solid with us," Gresham told The News.
"I couldnt begin to give you a list of negative things about Adriano, he said. Its more about the positives about Charlie. The same could be said for ... Walrond. Our membership urged us to consider him as well.
With 200,000 members and deep pockets, 1199 SEIU can provide Rangel with important logistical support. Theyve got basically unlimited resources, a labor source told The News earlier this year.
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Contact: Melissa Morgenweck morgenwm@mskcc.org 646-227-3633 The JAMA Network Journals
Multiplexed testing of lung cancer tumors identified genetic alterations that were helpful in selecting targeted treatments. Patients that received matched therapy for lung cancer lived longer than patients who did not receive directed therapy, although randomized clinical trials are required to determine if this treatment strategy improves survival, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA.
The introduction of targeted therapy has transformed the care of patients with lung cancers by incorporating tumor genotyping into treatment decisions. Adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer, is diagnosed in 130,000 patients in the United States and 1 million persons worldwide each year. Adenocarcinoma is also the type of lung cancer with a higher than 50 percent estimated frequency of actionable oncogenic drivers, which are molecular abnormalities that are critical to cancer development. These drivers are defined as "actionable" because the effects of those abnormalities can be negated by agents directed against each genomic alteration, according to background information in the article.
Mark G. Kris, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues examined the frequency of oncogenic drivers in patients with lung adenocarcinomas, and the proportion of patients in whom this data was used to select treatments targeting the identified driver(s) along with overall survival. From 2009 through 2012, 14 sites of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium enrolled patients with metastatic lung adenocarcinomas and tested the tumors of patients who met certain criteria for 10 oncogenic drivers.
During the study period, tumors from 1,007 patients were tested for at least 1 gene and 733 for 10 genes (patients with full genotyping). An oncogenic driver was found in 466 of 733 patients (64 percent). Results were used to select a targeted therapy or clinical trial in 275 of 1,007 patients (28 percent).
The 260 patients with an oncogenic driver and treatment with a targeted agent had a median (midpoint) survival of 3.5 years; the 318 patients with a driver and no targeted therapy, 2.4 years; and the 360 patients with no driver identified, 2.1 years.
The authors conclude that multiplexed tested aided physicians in selecting lung cancer therapies. Although individuals with drivers receiving a matched targeted agent lived longer, the study design was not appropriate to reach definitive conclusions about survival differences being attributable to the use of oncogenic drivers.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2014.3741; Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com)
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Targeted interventions based on genetic risk may not be the best approach for preventing type 2 diabetes and instead universal strategies to prevent obesity should be prioritized, according to new research published in this week's PLOS Medicine. This analysis, led by Claudia Langenberg from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK, suggests that the contribution of genetics to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is greatest in those who are younger and leaner. However, in this group, the absolute risk of developing type 2 diabetes is low and the number of people who would have to be screened in order to guide targeted prevention would be impractically large.
Diabetes is currently estimated to affect more than 380 million people and the epidemic is likely to increase to 592 million by 2035. Type 2 diabetes is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors, such as overweight and physically inactivity. While progress has been made in understanding the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes, the details of how adverse lifestyles combine with genetic risk to determine risk of developing type 2 diabetes are uncertain.
The authors quantified the association of genetic and lifestyle factors with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a large cohort of 340,234 people in 8 European countries followed for 11.7 years. In this EPIC-InterAct study, 12,403 people developed type 2 diabetes. The researchers identified an individual's genetic risk by determining how many of a list of 49 known type 2 diabetes genetic variants each study participant carried. They then assessed how this genetic risk contributed to each individual's overall risk of developing type 2 diabetes after several risk factors (such as age, waist circumference, physical activity and Mediterranean diet) were taken into account.
They found that the relative increase in risk of type 2 diabetes for each additional adverse gene carried was greatest in participants who were younger and thinner at baseline. However, risk of developing type 2 diabetes was highest in people who were obese, whatever their level of genetic risk for diabetes. The 10-year cumulative incidence of type 2 diabetes was substantially greater for those with the lowest genetic risk who were overweight (1.29%) or obese (4.22%) compared to normal weight individuals with the highest genetic risk (0.89%).
Professor Nick Wareham, who led the EPIC-InterAct study said "this is the largest study to date examining the impact of genetic susceptibility and lifestyle factors on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes". He added that, "the high absolute risk associated with obesity at any level of genetic risk highlights the importance of population-wide, rather than genetically targeted, approaches to promoting healthy lifestyles that minimise excess weight".
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Funding: No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Funding for the InterAct project was provided by the EU FP6 programme (grant number LSHM_CT_2006_037197). In addition, InterAct investigators acknowledge funding from the following agencies: PWF: Swedish Research Council, Novo Nordisk, Swedish Diabetes Association, Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation; PD: Work was supported by the Wellcome Trust; LCG: Swedish Research Council; MJT: Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health; Murcia Regional Government (Nu 6236); LA: EJD: The Spanish Ministry of Health ISCII RETICC RD06/0020; RK: German Cancer Aid, German Ministry of Research (BMBF); TJK: Cancer Research UK; KTK: Medical Research Council UK, Cancer Research UK; APM: Wellcome Trust grant numbers WT098017 and WT090532; CN: Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health; Murcia Regional Government (Nu 6236); PMN: Swedish Research Council; KO: Danish Cancer Society; SP: Compagnia di San Paolo; JRQ: Asturias Regional Government; OR: The Vasterboten County Council; AMWS and DLvdA: Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS), Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR), LK Research Funds, Dutch Prevention Funds, Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland), World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), Statistics Netherlands; RT: AIRE-ONLUS Ragusa, AVIS-Ragusa, Sicilian Regional Government; YTvdS: Verification of diabetes cases was additionally funded by NL Agency grant IGE05012 and an Incentive Grant from the Board of the UMC Utrecht; IB: Wellcome Trust grant 098051 and United Kingdom NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre; MIM: InterAct, Wellcome Trust (083270/Z/07/Z), MRC (G0601261); ER: Imperial College Biomedical Research Centre.
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"We'll feed the imagination, so you can feed the world." Such is the battle cry of the Produce Marketing Association's (PMA) 2014 Symposium, and their first keynote speaker, futurist Jack Uldrich will help tap audience members' imaginations with his notion of "unlearning."
One of the highlights of the symposium will be the PMA's "Learning Lounge" where the focus will be on offering cutting-edge technologies including: Cloud-based BI (business intelligence) platforms that use data modeling to increase productivity and decrease costs, automated pathogen detection that provides incredible accuracy in food safety testing, as well as tracking systems that follow produce from field to shelf.
The seeming paradox between the Learning Lounge and Uldrich's keynote on unlearning are actually two sides of the same coin--Uldrich sees his work as preparing audiences for the future by teaching them to unlearn old habits that inhibit them from embracing the amazing technology and trends that are coming their way.
Using colorful analogies and powerful stories, Uldrich makes a thought provoking and powerful case for "unlearning." For example, in one of his blogs on his School of Unlearning website, Uldrich sites the example of the old Viceroy cigarette advertisement. The tagline is The man who thinks for himself "
"The irony," says Uldrich, "is of course, is that marketing executives at Viceroy were telling the thinking man how to think." Uldrich goes on to state, "Im not so presumptuous as to tell you how to think, but it is my opinion that unlearning is a singularly important aspect of learning. In fact, Id go as far as to say unlearning is learning for the person who thinks for him or herself."
In addition to being an internationally recognized public speaker and scholar, Uldrich is also the founder and Chief Unlearning Officer of The School of Unlearningan international consultancy designed to help organizations succeed tomorrow by unlearning today.
Uldrich is a frequent speaker to agricultural associations such as MosaicAg, UnitedAg, Novozymes, Agricultural Adaptation Council, Land O' Lakes, the California Ag Summit, and AgGateway. (For some of his written on ideas on the future of agriculture, check out Uldrich's article on Urban Agriculture's Tantalizing and Tasty Future. Uldrich also speaks with clients in numerous other areas including the financial sector, healthcare, education, utilities and telecommunications, to name a few.
Parties interested in learning more about him, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about either the event or interviewing Jack as a futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.
Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.
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Freedom + Champ #39;s Baby - An Ultrasound Session
The face can be seen more clearly with a smaller frame. Music: Iridescent by Linkin Park.
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Spring Advancement Quotas are Out; USS Freedom Demonstrates Aviation Innovation
All Hands Update May 20, 2014 #1 Headlines for Tuesday, May 20, 2014: Spring Advancement Quotas are Out; USS Freedom Demonstrates Aviation Innovation.
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2 MOST Important Steps to FINANCIAL FREEDOM - Stocks, Precious Metals, Real Estate
This video is about 2 MOST Important Steps to FINANCIAL FREEDOM. 1. Get Out Of DEBT! 2. Automatic Saving and Investment Plan Do it correctly or you will fail 99% of the time. Building Wealth...
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Bold Encounters, Pastor Bobby Richard of Hope Alive Freedom Church
Bold Encounters, 5-18-14 Pastor Bobby Richard of Hope Alive Freedom Church 2723 W. Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70508 (337) 267-7880 (office) (337) 267-7882 (fax) http://www.HopeAlive.com.
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D.Yankee - Dinero Facil* Primer Concierto De Tempo Luego De Cumplir Su Condena. Coliseo De Puerto Rico Mayo.17.2014 instagram : @Gold_Cream.
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NOT ALLOWED: Alleged freedom campers such as these on Sumner beach can expect to be reprimanded.
The Christchurch City Council is stepping up its monitoring of freedom campers.
After a summer marred by complaints about freedom campers behaving badly, the council has decided to hire a compliance officer who will be dedicated to ensuring they adhere to the rules.
Council inspections and enforcement unit manager Anne Columbus said the new position would be trialled from October through to March.
The officer would monitor freedom campers across the city and Banks Peninsula.
They would work 30 hours a week, including nights and weekends.
In the past 12 months the council has received a total of 49 complaints relating to freedom campers.
Some of those complaints related to overseas tourists who were freedom camping; others related to homeless people who were freedom camping rather than trying to find appropriate accommodation.
Columbus said the latter was frequently being observed in and around surf clubs and public car park areas alongside New Brighton beach.
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BRIDGEWATER - In todays fast-paced world, parents face constant challenges when trying to keep their children safe. Freedom Martial Arts of Bridgewater, teamed up with the Empower Family Success Center to host a public community event on May 15 that taught children valuable life skills and inspired family togetherness.
30% of students in the U.S., grades six through ten, are involved in moderate or frequent bullying, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Martial arts reinforce anti-bullying tactics that help build a childs confidence and teach them how to respond properly to any potentially harmful situations.
A lot of it is educating what a stranger is, said Kyle Freeman, owner of Freedom Martial Arts, most children are unaware that a perpetrator could also be someone they know. Theres no need for kids to be scared. We aim to teach them self confidence.
Parents were able to see the effect of one martial arts lesson on their family. Hiyah! yelped Bryson, 5, today was fun! he said smiling before his attention went back to decorating his new martial arts headband. Ruth Prothero, who frequents the monthly Empower Family Fun Nights with her four children said, I enjoy bringing my kids to these events. Its nice to meet families that I wouldnt have gotten to know without Empower.
The Empower Family Success Center, a part of the Somerville based non-profit EmPoWER Somerset, works with local businesses and organizations to provide free family activities across Somerset County. We hold monthly family fun nights so people can be introduced to our organization. Then if theres ever a time when a family faces a challenge, they know were here to help connect them to resources, said Tim Wolf, Director of the Empower Family Success Center.
Before the karate kids headed out for the evening, they left with two large scoops of Ritas Ice, kindly donated by Ritas Ice of Somerville and EA Boniakowski Insurance. Thanks to Freedom Martial Arts and the Empower Family Success Center, children walked away with a little more confidence and belief in themselves.
To learn more about the Empower Family Success Center and sign up for monthly family activities, head to http://www.empowerfsc.com or call 908-722-4400.
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NOT ALLOWED: Alleged freedom campers such as these on Sumner beach can expect to be reprimanded.
The Christchurch City Council is stepping up its monitoring of freedom campers.
After a summer marred by complaints about freedom campers behaving badly, the council has decided to hire a compliance officer who will be dedicated to ensuring they adhere to the rules.
Council inspections and enforcement unit manager Anne Columbus said the new position would be trialled from October through to March.
The officer would monitor freedom campers across the city and Banks Peninsula.
They would work 30 hours a week, including nights and weekends.
In the past 12 months the council has received a total of 49 complaints relating to freedom campers.
Some of those complaints related to overseas tourists who were freedom camping; others related to homeless people who were freedom camping rather than trying to find appropriate accommodation.
Columbus said the latter was frequently being observed in and around surf clubs and public car park areas alongside New Brighton beach.
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Eighth track on my music album "Invasion of the Cyborg Ninjas" It #39;s a massive electrobeat tune, not for everyone #39;s taste, but it worth to listen to the end. 🙂 This is a tribute to one of...
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