Top Phoenix Naturopathic Doctor at Phoenix Integrative Medicine Now Offering Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Treatment

Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) February 17, 2014

The top naturopathic doctor in the Valley, Phoenix Integrative Medicine, is now offering bioidentical hormone replacement treatment. Known as BHRT, the therapy has been shown to help with irritability, depression, low sex drive, dry skin, insomnia, or memory problems. Call (480) 252-3799 for more information and scheduling.

Bioidentical hormone replacement allows the Phoenix naturopathic doctor to offer a customized approach to hormone deficiencies to patients dealing with menopause, andropause, and anti-aging concerns. It may also play a role in cancer prevention.

Benefits of BHRT include the ability to decrease the risk of stroke and heart attack by 50% and decrease the risk of broken bones from osteoporosis by 50%. BHRT may also reduce the risk of Alzheimers by 80% and the risk of osteoarthritis by 40%. These benefits are impressive along with being able to improve libido, energy and stabilize one's mood.

Additional treatments offered by Dr. O'Connor at Phoenix Integrative Medicine include anti-aging, thyroid treatments, weight loss and most recently the PRP facelift. Dr. O'Connor has been in practice for over a dozen years and has a compassionate, caring bedside manner to go along with her clinical expertise.

For more information and scheduling to discuss bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, call (480) 252-3799.

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New Non-Invasive Weight Loss & Body Contouring Treatments in West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 17, 2014

Many people struggle with their appearance and it brings down self-esteem. Often times, actually going under the knife is an extreme measure to improve appearance, when there are less invasive treatments that can improve problem areas. MD Beauty Labs offers clients treatments that will make them look and feel better, including the recently added treatments; smart liposuction, cool sculpting, and cellulite reduction. Based in West Palm Beach, residents and people from farther distances turn to the services offered by Dr. Daniela Dadurian.

Research from the NPD group suggests that in 2012, 23 percent of women were on a diet*. An even larger amount were unsatisfied with the way their body looked. At MD Beauty Labs, clients turn to the cool sculpting procedure, which uses technology to effectively reduce fat cells in specific areas, in a safe manner. Tissue is drawn into a cup during the procedure with a mild vacuum. Patients report that they are able to return to work and normal activities right away. In just two to four months, a single procedure is known to show measurable fat reduction. The treatment is not invasive. There are no needles, surgery, or downtime, and it provides effective fat loss through an FDA-cleared procedure. For more information about West Palm Beach coolsculpting visit MD Beauty Labs.

Smart liposuction is an ideal procedure for those with love handles, bat wings, muffin tops, saddlebags, or jowls that do not go away even through exercise and dieting. With minimal downtime and pain, Smartlipo tightens skin and prevents sagging. Patients remain awake during the procedure and do not have a long recovery.

80-90% of women reportedly have cellulite, and it tends to cause self-consciousness+. MD Beauty Labs offers several treatments for cellulite reduction, including Cellulaze and Venus Freeze. Cellulaze involves inserting a small laser fiber under the skin to break up the fibrous bands that pull back the skin and thereby form cellulite. It works best for women who are not significantly overweight, and discomfort is minimal. The other option Venus Freeze uses energy through non-invasive aesthetic treatments. The treatment does not damage skin.

Daniela Dadurian, M.D., specializes in anti-aging treatments and laser and cosmetic medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine. According to Dr. Dadurian, We are pleased to offer our clients a unique medical spa experience in West Palm Beach, through a perfect combination of quality medical esthetician skin care and facials, anti-aging medicine, and state of the art laser treatments, fillers and injectables.

+Wanner M, Avram M (April 2008). "An evidence-based assessment of treatments for cellulite". J Drugs Dermatol 7 (4): 3415. PMID 18459514 *https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/the-npd-group-reports-dieting-is-at-an-all-time-low-dieting-season-has-begun-but-its-not-what-it-used-to-be/

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Comets dominate district finals

VELMA VELMA Senior Teddi Southerland and the rest of the Velma-Alma girls basketball team came out on fire in its 56-24 win against Vanoss Saturday.

Southerland was in rhythm from the beginning and scored eight of the Lady Comets first 10 points. At the end of the first quarter, Velma-Alma was well on its way to a business-like district final win, up 14-5.

Everyone goes into the playoffs and has some nerves, Southerland said. Once I hit that first shot the nerves settled down, and then after the second shot they went away.

In the second quarter, senior Ariah Johnson started to take over. Her 10 points in that quarter helped the Comets to a 28-8 halftime lead. She finished with 22 points overall, without scoring in the fourth.

Coach Kenny Bare said the key was the teams defense. The eight points were on pace to be the second time the Comets have held an opponent to less than 20 points this season. The last time was in a 59-14 victory at Fox on Jan. 28.

They had a hard time getting a good look, Bare said That dictated the whole game.

It was the 14th straight victory for a team that had started the season 4-4. The Comets will play the winner of Sterling versus Fletcher at home Thursday for a trip to the second round of regional.

Our nerves are gone and were ready to play, Southerland said. Were so motivated from one game to the other.

The Velma-Alma boys team came out with the same intensity in its district final, leading Vanoss 51-19 at halftime.

In the 85-38 victory, a bunch of Comets got in a groove offensively. Sophomore Ryan Ross started things off with an 11-point first quarter. Senior Jaz Gayanich picked up where he left off in the second and finished the half with 20. Bare said was the start the Comets needed after having gone just 4-3 in their last seven games.

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Comets win over Rochester

February 16, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets defeated the Rochester Americans 2-1 Saturday night in front of a sold out Utica Memorial Auditorium, avenging a 7-3 loss the previous night in Rochester. With the win, Utica has now picked up a point in 10 of its past 13 contests, including four of five on home ice.

The Comets recorded goals from Nicklas Jensen and Brandon DeFazio, while netminder Joacim Eriksson made 31 saves on 32 shots to earn his 14th victory of the season. Alex Biega, Yann Sauve and Kellan Lain each recorded assists for Utica, which moved to 19-23-3-4 with the victory.

The Americans picked up where they left off last evening, as they opened the scoring just 3:38 into the game. Johan Larsson took a feed from defenseman Drew Bagnall and flew down the left wing, where he sniped a wrist-shot past Eriksson. Larsson remained at a point-per-game pace with his 27th point of the season, while the assist is Bagnall's fifth over 41 games played.

Utica came out hard in the second period and was rewarded for its efforts just 2:08 in as Jensen beat Rochester netminder Matt Hackett to tie the score. Jensen found a loose puck off the stick of Sauve in front of the net, spun and fired it home. The goal was the sixth during the month of February for Jensen, which is tops on the Comets roster.

The Comets took their first lead of the evening with 7:24 left in the second period, as DeFazio extended his point streak to three games with the goal. The energetic winger took a feed from Lain and beat Hackett from a sharp angle on the left side. The goal was the eighth of the season for DeFazio. Biega also picked up an assist on the play, his team high 13th amongst defensemen.

The third period featured 19 shots on net and 30 total penalty minutes but neither team could find a goal. Rochester's best chance came early in the frame, but Eriksson was equal to the task with a superb glove save. Utica nearly added an insurance tally on a late game 5-on-3 man advantage, but Alexandre Grenier's effort from the left circle found the iron.

Utica picked up its third win of the season over Rochester and ended a three game drought, in which they were outscored 18-6. In stern contrast to last evening, the Comets put in a stout performance on the penalty kill, as they allowed zero goals on three chances.

Hackett finished with 25 saves on 27 shots for Rochester, as he fell for just the second time this season against the Comets. With the goal, Larsson now has six points (1-5-6) over four games against Utica.

The Comets are back in action tomorrow, as they travel north of the border to take on the Toronto Marlies. The Marlies will be coming off of a 4-3 exhibition victory over Farjestad BK of the Swedish Elite League this evening. Tomorrow will be their first AHL contest since the All-Star break. Puck drop is set for 3:00 p.m.

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Psoriasis researchers identify molecular changes responsible for skin discoloration

Itchy, painful rashes -- such as those that occur with psoriasis -- are uncomfortable, but at least they fade when the flare-up subsides. Mostly. Evidence often remains in the form of dark, discolored areas of skin, serving as a reminder of the disease. A new study supported by the Milstein Medical Research Program at The Rockefeller University, however, has uncovered the molecular roots of skin discoloration that is often associated with psoriasis, suggesting the possibility of new treatments for pigmentation changes seen not only in psoriasis, but also in other conditions such as eczema and acne.

In psoriasis, the culprit is a class of immune system molecules known as cytokines. Cytokines play a key role in a signaling process that brings immune cells out to fight off an infection. But two cytokines -- interleukin-17 (IL-17) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) -- are overexpressed in psoriasis, leading the immune system to attack a person's own skin cells. It's well-known that these two molecules play an important role in causing the painful rashes that are characteristic of the disease, but Claire Q. Wang, a research associate in James Krueger's Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, wanted to see if IL-17 and TNF might also have something to do with the dark spots that psoriasis leaves behind.

"One of the treatments for psoriasis is light therapy," says Wang. "Patients will receive artificial UVA and UVB light as a way to reduce inflammation, and although the light doesn't cause sunburn, it was still commonly assumed that this was causing the pigmentation changes. Our research showed that this was not the case."

The scientists found that the IL-17 and TNF cytokines were disrupting the pigment production of patients' melanocytes -- the cells that produce melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color. The researchers treated normal human melanocytes with IL-17 and TNF, and found that the two cytokines worked together to suppress melanin production. The researchers also looked at the gene expression of skin cells from people with psoriasis and found decreased expression of the genes involved in pigmentation signaling, correlated with increased amounts of IL-17 and TNF.

The two cytokines were also found to promote the formation of melanocyte clusters and stimulate the production of growth-promoting cytokines. Psoriasis lesions that contained high levels of IL-17 and TNF also had more melanocytes than healthy skin.

"This was very surprising," says Wang. "Melanocytes are believed to only replicate in the initial growth stage of melanocyte tumors, including melanomas. Here, in psoriasis, their numbers were doubled, sometimes tripled, but this was noncancerous skin. This shows us that these cells are not as dormant in healthy individuals as scientists believe."

This finding, together with the inhibition of pigment function in melanocytes, paints a picture of what's happening in the skin when a psoriasis flare-up fades.

"During a flare-up, there can be parts of skin with hypopigmentation -- white spots," says Wang. "Then after it subsides, the spots turn dark. We think the increase in IL-17 and TNF induces this build-up of melanocytes, but prevents them from expressing the melanin until the inflammation settles down. Then the build-up is released, and the skin shows hyperpigmentation -- dark spots."

"Knowing that immune cytokines can change pigment production in melanocytes, while also knowing that chronic inflammation has the potential to increase the number of melanocytes, has clear implications for the design of future therapies to address a set of common skin disorders," says Dr. Krueger, director of Milstein Research Program and D. Martin Carter Professor in Clinical Investigation. "In addition, the results of this study provide new mechanisms for how abnormal pigmentation associated with some melanocytic nevi and melanomas might arise as a result of immune responses to the growths."

Dr. Wang plans to continue studying the effects of TNF and IL-17 on melanocytes, and would like to expand the research to 3D skin models -- fabricated samples of tissue in vitro that behave like human skin -- that would give a better visual of how the melanin production process is being disrupted by these two cytokines during skin inflammation or wound healing.

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Cleaning the Sinew in 10-Day Yoga and Detox with Baba- Goa, India -Family World Travel Blog – Video


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Axe looms for Socceroos' Cup venue

Feb. 17, 2014, 10:59 a.m.

World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for final game is on the cusp of being withdrawn.

Australia's World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for their third and final group stage game is on the cusp of being withdrawn as a host city.

The Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is falling well behind the deadline date for completion, originally for December 31, and could be rescinded from the list of venues for the 2014 World Cup by FIFA, who will make a final decision by Wednesday morning.

Reports surfaced on Monday morning that the venue had been already been axed as a host city though the Football Federation of Australia denied that they had received any notice from FIFA.

The game's governing body will assess the renovations of the stadium over the next two days and must be convinced by the local organising committee in the southern city that the venue will be completed in time before announcing their decision to cancel games held there.

Last week, FIFA secretary-general JeromeValcke would not speculate whether Curitiba had been dropped as a World Cup venue but said a decision will be made this week.

"We will communicate the final decision to the teams as promised (next week)," Valcke said.

The venue was one of the newer stadiums in Brazil, originally built in 1999, though endured problems with the upgrade process highlighted by the suspension of all renovation works in October last year due to safety concerns.

The state government of Parana reportedly sought to borrow up to $100 million from a government bank recently in order to fast-track construction and even hire more workers.

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Axe hovers over Socceroos venue

Feb. 17, 2014, 10:59 a.m.

World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for final game is on the cusp of being withdrawn.

Australia's World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for their third and final group stage game is on the cusp of being withdrawn as a host city.

The Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is falling well behind the deadline date for completion, originally for December 31, and could be rescinded from the list of venues for the 2014 World Cup by FIFA, who will make a final decision by Wednesday morning.

Reports surfaced on Monday morning that the venue had been already been axed as a host city though the Football Federation of Australia denied that they had received any notice from FIFA.

The game's governing body will assess the renovations of the stadium over the next two days and must be convinced by the local organising committee in the southern city that the venue will be completed in time before announcing their decision to cancel games held there.

Last week, FIFA secretary-general JeromeValcke would not speculate whether Curitiba had been dropped as a World Cup venue but said a decision will be made this week.

"We will communicate the final decision to the teams as promised (next week)," Valcke said.

The venue was one of the newer stadiums in Brazil, originally built in 1999, though endured problems with the upgrade process highlighted by the suspension of all renovation works in October last year due to safety concerns.

The state government of Parana reportedly sought to borrow up to $100 million from a government bank recently in order to fast-track construction and even hire more workers.

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Axe hovers over Socceroos' World Cup venue in Curitiba

Feb. 17, 2014, 10:59 a.m.

World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for final game is on the cusp of being withdrawn.

Australia's World Cup travel plans could be in thrown into chaos as the venue for their third and final group stage game is on the cusp of being withdrawn as a host city.

The Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is falling well behind the deadline date for completion, originally for December 31, and could be rescinded from the list of venues for the 2014 World Cup by FIFA, who will make a final decision by Wednesday morning.

Reports surfaced on Monday morning that the venue had been already been axed as a host city though the Football Federation of Australia denied that they had received any notice from FIFA.

The game's governing body will assess the renovations of the stadium over the next two days and must be convinced by the local organising committee in the southern city that the venue will be completed in time before announcing their decision to cancel games held there.

Last week, FIFA secretary-general JeromeValcke would not speculate whether Curitiba had been dropped as a World Cup venue but said a decision will be made this week.

"We will communicate the final decision to the teams as promised (next week)," Valcke said.

The venue was one of the newer stadiums in Brazil, originally built in 1999, though endured problems with the upgrade process highlighted by the suspension of all renovation works in October last year due to safety concerns.

The state government of Parana reportedly sought to borrow up to $100 million from a government bank recently in order to fast-track construction and even hire more workers.

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