Emerging Practice of Integrative Medicine Paving New Ways in Treating Infertility

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SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RSC Bay Area would like to announce the graduation of Dr. Carmelo Sgarlata from the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (AzCIM) Fellowship. Dr Sgarlata is the first board-certified reproductive endocrinologist to complete this prestigious program that now has over 1000 graduates.

Launched in 1997 by integrative medicine pioneer Andrew Weil, MD, the AzCIM fellowship is a 1,000-hour, two-year distance-learning program for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

"We're excited to have Dr. Sgarlata as part of this competitive and intensive program of study," said Tieraona Low Dog, MD, director of the fellowship. "He showed a deep commitment to medicine and patient care in his personal statement and application and I'm fully confident that this two-years of additional training will give Dr. Sgarlata the tools to excel in integrative medicine and become a leader in the field."

Dr. Sgarlata is focusing on the use of integrative medicine to help patients become pregnant. "We know that 30-50 percent of patients undergoing fertility treatments are using some form of dietary supplements or CAM treatments," says Dr. Sgarlata. As an integrative medicine specialist Sgarlata is trained to examine scientific data and patient history to determine which treatments provide the best opportunity for a successful conception and pregnancy.

"The foundation for one's health is a combination of lifestyle, genetics and environment," says Dr. Sgarlata. "There may be no more important time for optimal health for both women and men than when planning on and becoming pregnant. Proper nutrition, the use of appropriate supplements, the utilization of mind-body techniques such as MBSR, yoga and acupuncture can all enhance fertility and work alongside conventional medical treatments."

For more information on integrative medicine treatments at Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area, please visit RSCBayArea.com/patients/integrative-medicine. For real-time updates, follow Dr. Sgarlata on Twitter @Dr_Sgarlata.

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Warrick Co. shares plans for proposed IU Medical School

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Officials in Warrick County say they have the master plan in place to welcome the new IU Medical School to their backyard.

Officials say there are 75 acres for the campus in the medical TIF district in the county. They say there are existing health care facilities in the area and residential living spaces. We're told this makeup fosters a safe learning environment with east access to medical facilities.

Officials say there are many smaller aspects of the master plan that play a big role. The site offers extensive space for parking which is much cheaper than parking garages that will be needed on a site like downtown.

We're told crimes rates in the area are extremely low and the area is already well lit. The area has land that can be used for possible hotels, drug stores and even the possibility of medical equipment manufacturer.

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United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER Landing and Taxiing at Newark Liberty International Airport – HD – Video

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READER SUBMITTED: Liberty Bank Foundation Honored

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Liberty Bank Foundation has received awards from the American Bankers Association and the New England Financial Marketing Association for its initiative in marshaling financial resources to support summer youth employment, following a cut in federal funding in 2012.

. "All of the youth served by these programs are from low-income families and for many it is their first job," said Sue Murphy, executive director of the Liberty Bank Foundation. "In an environment where unemployment for youth is around fifteen percent, these programs were likely their only opportunity to get a job. We couldn't let this important service decline."

Programs successfully operated by the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce and the Eastern Workforce Investment Board in 2011 were expecting that funding cuts would reduce the number of youth served in 2012 by up to fifty percent. Summer youth programs have a high per-participant cost, which meant that no single funder could make up for the loss of federal funding.

In Middletown, $57,200 was raised in 2012 for summer employment - with more youths participating than ever before - thanks to the generosity of Centerplan Companies, the City of Middletown, the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, Guilmartin, DePiro and Sokolowski, Jackson Chevrolet, Liberty Bank Foundation, Main Street Market, Middle Oak, Middlesex United Way, New England Emporium Eatery and Marketplace, Peach Pit Foundation, Pegasus Manufacturing, and Seasons Federal Credit Union. Another $50,000 was raised in 2013.

In southeastern Connecticut, $25,000 was raised in 2012, and the figure jumped to $52,500 in 2013, each year helping to put over 420 local youths in jobs that provided much needed work experience and income. In addition to Liberty Bank Foundation, other funders included the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union, the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Dime Bank Foundation, Dominion Resources, People's United Community Foundation, and Sea Research Foundation.

"Our funders were committed to working together on this common interest. We all realize that any one of us alone is too small to move the needle, but when we bring enough resources to the table, we can make a difference," said Murphy. "They all deserve our thanks for their willingness to partner for the benefit of young people in our communities."

Encouraged by the success of their partnership to support the youth employment programs, the funders have agreed to look for additional opportunities to pool funds to solve other community concerns. "Expect to hear more good news from the collaborative next spring," said Murphy.

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Liberty Media's John Malone addresses cable industry challenges

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Cable's toughest cowboy is saddling up again.

This year, John Malone's Colorado company, Liberty Media Corp., acquired nearly a third of the stock in Charter Communications, the nation's fourth-largest cable company.

The move came 14 years after Malone sold Tele-Communications Inc., then the largest cable company in the nation, to focus on international investments.

Since the Charter deal, Malone considered a key architect of the industry has been vocal about how cable should confront what he believes are its biggest challenges: embracing technology, emphasizing the business of broadband Internet service and controlling programming costs.

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"It's almost like he feels with some justification that the industry needs him to come riding back on a white horse to make things right again," media analyst Craig Moffett of research firm MoffettNathanson said.

Cable operators have been losing customers to satellite TV, telephone companies offering video packages and lower-cost Internet streaming services. Cable executives have also been grappling with a generational shift as younger consumers have chosen the Internet over the cable box to watch TV shows and movies.

Constant battles between programmers such as CBS Corp., Viacom Inc., Walt Disney Co., and 21st Century Fox and cable operators over fees to carry their channels have taken a toll as well. The industry increasingly resembles the current political landscape where "the moderates have been driven out of business," Malone said this month at a Liberty investor conference.

Malone has said consolidation would improve cable's chances for long-term survival, bring programming costs down and help it keep pace with digital upstarts such as Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.

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A New Libertarianism.org, a New Podcast, and 100 Excursions

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Todays kind of a big deal over at Libertarianism.org.

To start with, the Cato Institutes resource on the theory and history of liberty unveiled a completely new look, one designed from the ground up to work great on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. And we created a new way to browse all of Libertarianism.orgs content from within a single, intuitive interface.

Weve also launched Libertarianism.orgs first podcast, Free Thoughts. Hosted by Trevor Burrus and me, its a bi-weekly discussion show about libertarianism and the ideas that influence it. The first episode is on politics and community and the relationship between them. In the coming weeks, well have episodes on money and political speech, commodication, Robert NozicksAnarchy, State, and Utopia, and much more. You can subscribe in iTunesor via RSS.

Finally, today we published the 100th Excursions essay from George H. Smith. Smith is an authority on libertarian intellectual history and author of the new bookThe System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism.Every week for the last two years, Libertarianism.org has published a new essay from Smith. His 100th looks at Adam Smith, standing armies, and competition in education.

Its an exciting day for Libertarianism.org. And weve got much more to come.

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Fire destroys two Cook Islands schools

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Published: 5:46PM Tuesday October 22, 2013 Source: ONE News

Two Cook Islands schools have been hit by suspicious fires several hours apart, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.

Six classrooms at Nukutere College were burned to the ground after a fire was reported just after 1am on Sunday (local time).

Now, mangled roofing iron is all that remains of the classrooms, three resource rooms and the school's canteen.

A second fire was reported at Avatea School in Nikao just after 4pm that afternoon, damaging classrooms and the primary school's library.

Nukutere College Principal George Rasmussen told ONE News that he felt an "absolute sense of helplessness" in the face of the damage.

While Nga Charlie, from Avatea Primary School, said staff and students were "so sad" to see the damage.

"A lot of work has gone into the school in the last five years," she said.

The Cook Islands News reports that firefighters were unable to respond immediately to the Nukutere College fire due to three aircraft arriving at the Rarotonga International Airport at the same time.

Rescue Fire Service chief Nga Jessie said he was very worried by the two incidents and has called on the government to invest more resources into the service.

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Visiting Cook Islands rugby players arrive in Bristol ahead of World Cup

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Bristol's Lord Mayor, Councillor Faruk Choudhury, players and coaches from the Cook Islands Rugby League team and representatives from the consortium raised the Cook Island flag outside City Hall, for the duration of the Cook Islands' team's stay. (L-R) John Hirst (Destination Bristol), Ian 'Muddy' Waters (Rugby league fans' rep), Lord Mayor, Kevin Iro, Charlie Hoff and Teina Tapurau.

THE Cook Islands rugby league team have landed in Bristol and are making themselves at home.

Their national flag was unfurled outside City Hall yesterday as the players, coached and officials were welcomed ahead of their World Cup clash with the USA Tomahawks at the Memorial Stadium next Wednesday night.

They will be hoping their public appearances during the next week will boost ticket sales, as only about 1,500 seats in the near-12,000 capacity ground have been sold so far.

Bristol Lord Mayor Faruk Choudhury, Cook Islands players and local dignitaries raised the country's flag, which will fly outside City Hall for the duration of the team's stay. They will be based here their group D matches and will train at Filton College's Wise Campus.

Tonga and Wales are their other opponents, but only the USA clash will be held in Bristol.

Fans Local Advisory Group representative Ian "Muddy" Waters, a rugby league referee from Southmead, said: "We have an ambitious target to fill the Memorial Stadium. We want local people to rally round, go and buy their tickets and be prepared to enjoy a great sporting spectacle right on their doorstep."

Councillor Simon Cook, executive member for leisure and tourism, said: "By hosting this international sporting event we are demonstrating the city's credentials as the West Country's sporting capital."

The Cook Islands is a country in the South Pacific ocean. The former British colony comprises 15 small islands whose total land area is only 240 square kilometres. In a warm-up game against world champions New Zealand at the weekend, the Cook Islands lost 50-0.

But their clash against the Tomahawks is likely to be much more evenly matched.

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The Turks and Caicos Islands, a haven of seaside splendor and ease

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We fell in love even before touchdown. The clouds that had blocked our view during the flight to Turks and Caicos mercifully dispersed right before we landed, and we caught our first glimpse of the radiant sea. We watched as the little snail-shaped island of Providenciales materialized in the middle of the ocean, dazzled by the turquoise, aquamarine and emerald hues of the water surrounding it.

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Throughout our stay, my husband and I made a point of never letting that water out of our sight. We found it a force so relaxing that it quickly canceled out the noise of daily life.

Up to that point, 2013 had been a frantic year. Work and family had taken us all over the world, including to such taxing destinations as Afghanistan and Syria. When not traveling, wed been drowned in paperwork buying a condo.

So wed shopped for a nearby holiday destination where we could just lie back and enjoy natures show for a while. A couple of friends whod just returned from a vacation there recommended the still relatively unknown Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). It was the perfect place, they assured us, to escape the grind.

This British Overseas Territory about 500 miles southeast of Miami consists of 40 islands and cays, only eight of which are inhabited, home to a grand total of 30,000 year-round residents. As the name suggests, TCI is made up of two archipelagos: To the east are the Turks islands, named after the native Turks head cactus, and to the west are the Caicos, a word derived from caya hico, which, in the language of the indigenous Lucayan Indians, means string of islands.

Providenciales, one of the Caicos, boasts the islands largest airport and is the only real tourist hub, although its a far cry from such overdeveloped destinations as Jamaicas Montego Bay. Provo, as the locals call it, is only 38 square miles, and while much of its development has happened in just the past decade, today its infrastructure is much improved, and scattered low-rise strip malls have sprouted in the interior. There is even a small casino. The magnificent coast has a growing but still limited number of handsome resorts and villas, along with good restaurants and bars. These are concentrated on the north shore, overlooking the beautiful and aptly named Grace Bay.

During our nine-day stay, my husband and I took countless strolls along Grace Bay Beachs 12-mile stretch of uncontaminated, sparkling white sand. Sometimes we walked more than an hour each way to reach some faraway waterfront cafe, returning to our hotel in complete darkness, our steps illuminated only by the stars and the moon. We always made sure that sunset would find us somewhere sipping local Turks Head beer or Bambarra rum with a front-row seat on the ocean and that dipping orange ball of fire.

Because we can be lazy and bookwormy, a good chunk of our time on TCI was spent swimming in the calm, pool-like ocean water or planted on beach chairs with our heads buried in crime novels, our true holiday obsession. But Grace Bays gleaming sea also spurred us onto a Hobie Cat, a toy catamaran that our hotel, like most others, made available to guests for free. Its supposedly a craft that anybody can sail, so light and safe that its practically impossible to sink. We, however, managed to capsize the thing about 15 minutes into our ride and, unable to right it, we had to be rescued, to my husbands chagrin, by a lifeguard on a motorboat.

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Seabird found on Channel Islands turned down for endangered species status

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A small, smoke-gray seabird that nests in craggy cliffs and sea caves on the Channel Islands has been turned down for protection as an endangered species.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made that decision after a 12-month review of the ashy storm-petrel. The agencys findings were published Tuesday in the Federal Register.

The review found the seabird population is not in a long-term decline and has not lost a significant portion of its range.

Our review of the best available scientific and commercial information indicates that the ashy storm-petrel is not in danger of extinction nor likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future, the agency said.

Others disagree.

Numerous studies have raised red flags that these rare and beautiful seabirds are suffering declines and current management efforts just arent enough, said Shaye Wolf, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.

The group petitioned to have the bird considered for endangered listing in 2007 and challenged a 2009 ruling that it was not warranted. In a settlement, Fish and Wildlife agreed to more review.

After this weeks decision, the center released a statement calling Endangered Species Act protection a much-needed safety net for the ashy storm-petrel. The seabirds are threatened on their breeding islands by predators and rising sea levels, the group said.

The ashy storm-petrel has 32 known breeding spots from northern Baja California to Mendocino County, researchers say. But more than 90 percent of its population breeds in two spots the Channel Islands and Southeast Farallon Island, off the San Francisco coast.

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