Ken Watkins III launches the "Watkins Representation Group"

Ken Watkins III launches the "Watkins Representation Group"

Ken Watkins III starts his own medical representation company. The U. S. edition of the "British Medical Journal" will be his first client.

(PRWEB) February 10, 2004

Effective Apirl 1 2004, Ken Watkins III will be leaving Clinicians Group and establishing his own medical representation company.

The "Watkins Representation Group" will launch with BMJ USA, the U. S. edition of the British Medical Journal, as it's inaugural client. Additionally, the Watkins Group will provide customized publishing programs to the healthcare community.

For futher information contact Ken at Clinicians Group through March 31, 2004 at 973 954 9215, and beginning April 1,2004 at 973 785 4839. His e-mail address is kwat3@msn. com.

First Lady Balances Health and Hula Hoops; Austin Follows Example

First Lady Balances Health and Hula Hoops; Austin Follows Example

On Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Ann Richards School, hundreds of Central Texas girls will be hula hooping like the First Lady.

Nacogdoches, TX (Vocus) October 28, 2009

First Lady Michelle Obama has led the way in public service as an advocate for children's health and - hula hooping? This past week at the Healthy Kids Fair the First Lady was caught on the lawn of the White House doing 142 rotations. Impressive to say the least! Obama is dedicated to health and to encouraging people to serve their communities and their neighbors. GENaustin's Girls Now! Conference follows her lead.

On Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Ann Richards School, hundreds of Central Texas girls will be hula hooping like the First Lady. Joining them will be hundreds of volunteers, speakers and agencies, all coming together to discuss how these young women can grow into healthy, successful, and happy young adults. Over 100 workshops around the issues of Bullying, Body Image and Being a Girl will be offered. Interactive workshop providers like Hoopcircle and Sun Dragon will discuss hard-hitting topics with hands on sessions that tie yoga techniques and hooping to raising one's health and wellness.

The Girls Now! Conference is a statewide one-day event that brings girls and adults who have questions together with nationally recognized experts and community organizations that have the answers. To register visit www. genaustin. org

CONTACT:
Christine Carlucci
GENaustin
(512) 841-4040
Www. genaustin. org

About GENaustin
GENaustin (The Girls Empowerment Network of Austin) fosters healthy self esteem in girls by engaging them to explore and define their personal values and build skills that empower them with confidence and courage to make wise choices. For more information about GENaustin, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization visit www. genaustin. org

About GENaustin's Girls NOW! Conference
The Conference is a one-day seminar, designed for girls grades 5-12, their parents and educators to explore the issues of Bullying, Body Image and Being a Girl through group presentations and hands-on interactive sessions led by nationally recognized experts that are designed to identify the problems and offer solutions. Visit www. genaustin. org

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Lethal Human H5N1 Influenza Virus Replikin Gene Still Upregulated

Lethal Human H5N1 Influenza Virus Replikin Gene Still Upregulated

Replikins, Ltd. today announced its latest findings regarding the virus replikin count in human H5N1 influenza virus. The company's software-driven analysis has found that the prevalence of these sequences has remained high in Indonesia; in addition, higher counts now have been found in China. These statistics reflect an "upregulation" of this gene which has been linked to the lethality of influenza viruses. When factored in with previous findings, this suggests that the H5N1 outbreak in Indonesia is not over and that the next country to show an increase in human cases and mortality rate will be China.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) December 11, 2007

Replikins, Ltd. today announced its latest findings regarding the virus replikin count in human H5N1 influenza virus. The company's software-driven analysis has found that the prevalence of these sequences has remained high in Indonesia; in addition, higher counts now have been found in China. These statistics reflect an "upregulation" of this gene which has been linked to the lethality of influenza viruses. When factored in with previous findings, this suggests that the H5N1 outbreak in Indonesia is not over and that the next country to show an increase in human cases and mortality rate will be China.

This is the second of a series of reports on the use of a new methodology to isolate 'in silico' and to track and control specific replikin gene activity in several disease states.

A software method, called FluForecast®, has been designed to measure Replikins(TM), a class of proteins containing high concentrations of amino acids lysine and histidine, that have been determined to be related to rapid replication and virulence. Rather than being evenly distributed in the virus genome, replikins have been found to be concentrated in specific genomic areas. The area of each genome with the highest concentration of continuous replikin peptides has been isolated in silico and named a Replikin Peak Gene (RPG). Using proprietary computer algorithms constructed to identify, count, and track historically this class of proteins, replikins have now been analyzed in 130,488 protein and genome sequences. These include all the accession numbers for common strains of influenza and other lethal virus isolations published between 1917 and 2007 in the PubMed repository. The method is being applied to the diagnostic and therapeutic control of virus and bacterial diseases.

When the replikin count of the SARS virus dropped in 2003, it signalled correctly that the SARS outbreak shortly would be over. Similarly for each of the influenza pandemics and epidemics of the last century, for which the replikin count had been elevated before and during those outbreaks, decrease in the strain-specific replikin count which was causing the outbreak gave advance notice that the outbreak was over. For H5N1 influenza, each of the onsets and cessations of the outbreaks from 1997 to the present were correctly predicted by the replikin count. In 2006 a drop in the number of human H5N1 cases gave rise to optimism that the H5N1 human outbreak might be over; the replikin counts rose at that point, however, and the outbreak has continued. In addition, comparison of replikin counts for virus specimens in several countries showed that the highest counts were in Indonesia. In 2006 Replikins also announced its prediction that the percent mortality in humans due to this virus, rather than declining, would in fact increase, and that the first country in which this would occur would be Indonesia. In 2007, both of these predictions made in 2006 were shown to be correct.

The current persistence of the upregulation of the H5N1 replikin peak gene in Indonesia, and its additional increase in China, support continuing efforts to organize public health measures and to prepare appropriate anti-viral drugs and vaccines.

Detailed data from these studies are published in issued and pending patents. FluForecast® is a product and service of Replikins Ltd. and Replikins, LLC., 38 The Fenway, Boston MA 02215. See also http://www. replikins. com (http://www. replikins. com).

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Some NHS LSP contracts in England reputed to be worth nearly 1 billion dollars over ten years

Some NHS LSP contracts in England reputed to be worth nearly 1 billion dollars over ten years

Research and Markets have announced the addition of the ‘Vendor Analysis 2004: IDX Systems Corp.’ report to their offering.

(PRWEB) July 8, 2004

IDX Systems Corporation is one of the largest providers of information and management systems to large group practices in the U. S. Recently it has also won some NHS LSP contracts in England reputed to be worth nearly 1 billion dollars over ten years. IDX should keep this momentum going to generate more revenues. It has a good partnering strategy in place and needs to do more to expand its eco-systems for global coverage. ‘Globalisation’ will be a key factor for success and IDX needs to expand to more countries to get the benefit of a rapidly growing healthcare-IT market. IDX also has a strong portfolio of products all currently aimed at the sweet spots of the market. The company needs to leverage this portfolio and solidify its product line up. The company also needs to expand more into services.

For a complete index of this report click on http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/219485 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/219485)

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Club Benefits From Summer Heatwave

Club Benefits From Summer Heatwave

The Camping and Caravanning Club has seen a surge in bookings for the Spring Bank Holiday weekend as the country basks in the midst of a summer heatwave.

(PRWeb UK) May 25, 2010

 The Camping and Caravanning Club has seen a surge in bookings for the Spring Bank Holiday weekend as the country basks in the midst of a summer heatwave.

Since only last Monday (May 17), there has been a six per cent increase in bookings on Club Sites for the period Friday, May 28 to Sunday, May 30.

Sites in Scotland (18 Club Sites) and Wales (five Club Sites) have seen the largest rise of nine per cent and eight per cent respectively whilst there has also been a healthy interest in Central England (five per cent increase) as well as the south-east and south-west (both six per cent).

The surge comes just days before the start of the 10th anniversary of National Camping and Caravanning Week (May 29 to June 4) as well as The Club’s New to Camping event at Warwick Castle (June 2/3) where TV Presenter Julia Bradbury and Club President and botanist David Bellamy will be in attendance.

Director General Robert Louden said: "The weather over the weekend was quite incredible and our Club Sites were extremely busy with both campers and caravanners, who were keen to get out and explore and make the most of the soaring temperatures."

"Bookings for the bank holiday are also looking encouraging – let’s just hope that the good weather continues and we finally get the barbecue summer that we’ve been promised for a while now."

"With the wider concerns about travel safety, there is nothing like a stress free domestic holiday in the sun."

For further media information or images, please contact:
Jon Dale, 024 7647 5204 jon. dale(at)thefriendlyclub(dot)co(dot)uk
Kim Blythe, 024 7647 5224 kim. blythe(at)thefriendlyclub(dot)co(dot)uk

Editorial Notes:
1. The Camping and Caravanning Club is 109-years-old and is the largest and oldest Club in the world for all forms of camping. It has 110 award-winning sites throughout the UK and, through a partnership with the Forestry Commission, Forest Holidays now runs a further 20 Camping and Caravanning Touring Sites and six Cabin Sites.
2. http://www. newtocamping. co. uk was launched on Monday, May 18, 2009 and incorporates all forms of outdoor holidays.
3. National awards include:
 AA Campsite of the Year Heart of England 2010 – Teversal Club Site  Loo of the Year 2010 - Family Friendly Facilities Overall Trophy Winner  Loo of the Year 2010 - Individual Category National Award Winner (England)  Loo of the Year 2010 - Family Friendly National Award Winner (England)  Loo of the Year 2010 - Individual Attendant Team National Award Winner (Glencoe Club Site – Scotland)  Loo of the Year 2010 - ‘Champions League’ – Standards of Excellence  Loo of the Year 2010 - National Category Award Winner (Holiday Parks) – Teversal Club Site (England)  Loo of the Year 2010 - National Category Award Winner (Holiday Parks) – Dunbar Club Site (Scotland  CCC Best Certificated Site 2009 – Hill Farm CS, Derbyshire  David Bellamy Conservation Award 2009 – Verwood Club Site (Gold)  David Bellamy Conservation Award 2009 – Inverewe Gardens Club Site (Gold)  David Bellamy Conservation Award 2009 – Horsley Club Site (Silver)  David Bellamy Conservation Award 2009 – Delamont Country Park (Silver)  Which Motorcaravan Site of the Year Runner-Up – Little Trethvas Farm CS  Practical Caravan 2009 Top 100 Parks Regional Winner (Scotland) – Lauder Club Site  Practical Caravan 2009 Top 100 Parks Regional Winner (north-east) – Bellingham Club Site  MMM 2009 Camping & Caravanning Site of the Year – Thetford Forest Club Site ###

AlgaeCal Launches Free Bone Health Calculator Software

AlgaeCal Launches Free Bone Health Calculator Software

AlgaeCal International, a leading provider of bone health products and awareness has launched a new tool that will help assess and predict bone health by analyzing an individual's diet and lifestyle. This tool is one of the many ways AlgaeCal is trying to fight osteoporosis and raise bone health awareness through education.

Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) October 23, 2007

AlgaeCal International (http://www. algaecal. com) a leading provider of bone health products and awareness has launched a new tool that will help assess and predict bone health by analyzing an individual's diet and lifestyle. This tool is one of the many ways AlgaeCal is trying to fight osteoporosis and raise bone health awareness through education.

The U. S. Surgeon General's Bone Health Report issued a "call to action" to develop bone health programs based on improved nutrition including increased intakes of calcium and vitamin D, and bone health literacy. Dean Neuls, C. E.O. of AlgaeCal says "we believe AlgaeCal has responded to the Surgeon General's report and developed a bone health program that includes a calcium and vitamin d supplement, and a web site that is full of information and tools aimed at improved nutrition and increased bone health literacy."

Today's food does not supply the same nutritional value as it once did and with the introduction of fast food and pre-fabricated meals, people are not eating as healthy as in the past. This is leading to a population that is deficient of many minerals and nutrients that are not only crucial to bone health but very important to overall health. Research is showing that our population is falling far short of meeting the daily recommended intake levels of important bone supporting nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin K and more.

The AlgaeCal Bone Health Calculator is designed to easily monitor an individual's diet and compare the nutritional value of the foods they have eaten with their personal recommended daily intake levels for the bone supporting nutrients; calcium, magnesium, vitamin K (http://www. algaecal. com/vitamin-k2.html) and vitamin D (http://www. algaecal. com/vitamin-d-benefits. html). Neuls adds "This tool could help people improve their diet or at the very least make people realize that if they are not eating properly, they had better do something about it or their bone health will suffer the consequences."

The AlgaeCal Bone Health Calculator uses data referenced from the USDA National Nutrient Database to calculate the nutrient value of food. This tool was originally available on the AlgaeCal web site in an online version that is still used over 1000 times per day. Now because of its popularity the calculator has been developed into a software with a sleeker layout and new features including, the ability to save personal profiles that will measure an individuals average dietary intake levels over time for a more accurate sample, and an updated bone health news section.

The AlgaeCal Bone Health Calculator Software (http://www. algaecal. com/bone-health-calculator-software. html) can be downloaded for free via the web site at http://www. algaecal. com/bone-health-calculator-software. html (http://www. algaecal. com/bone-health-calculator-software. html)

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San Jose Liberty Tax Service Located on Bascom Avenue is Holding a March of Dimes Fundraiser

San Jose Liberty Tax Service Located on Bascom Avenue is Holding a March of Dimes Fundraiser

Liberty Tax Service located at 880 Bascom Ave in San Jose Ca. is sponsoring a 'March of Dimes' appreciation week to benefit the March of Dimes. Taxpayers can get their tax returns done free at Liberty Tax during the 'March of Dimes' appreciation week in exchange for a donation made to March of Dimes.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 27, 2008

Liberty Tax Service is sponsoring a 'March of Dimes' appreciation week to benefit the March of Dimes. Taxpayers can get their tax returns done free at Liberty Tax during the 'March of Dimes' appreciation week in exchange for a donation made to March of Dimes.

"Liberty's goal is to raise $2,000 during the 'March of Dimes' appreciation week, and create excitement and support for March of Dimes and its programs. "All local funds raised by Liberty Tax and other supporters are utilized right here in our community," said Paul Grewal, a local franchisee sponsoring this event at his office on South Bascom Avenue in San Jose. The "March of Dimes' appreciation week is scheduled to start March 3rd.

In addition, during the entire month of February, Liberty will give a discount of 30% for each customer who makes a $10 donation to the March of Dimes. By providing a discount during some of the busiest time in the tax season, Liberty hopes to beat their goal of $2,000. "This is a great program to benefit a much needed program such as March of Dimes", said Paul Grewal.

About March of Dimes
The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at www. marchofdimes. com or its Spanish language Web site at nacersano. org.
March of Dimes is about ALL babies. The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. They carry out this mission through programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy. Of every dollar raised, 76 cents goes directly to programs that save babies' lives. www. marchofdimes. com

About Liberty Tax Service:
As a national sponsor of the March of Dimes, Liberty Tax wants to raise funds and place a national emphasis on March for Babies events and programs. Liberty Tax Service is the fastest growing retail tax preparation company in the industry's history. Founded in 1997 by CEO John T. Hewitt, a pioneer in the tax industry, Liberty Tax Service (www. libertytax. com) has prepared over 5,000,000 individual income tax returns and currently operates over 2,400 offices throughout the United States and Canada.

Liberty Tax Service provides computerized income tax preparation, electronic filing and refund loans. With an emphasis on customer service including audit assistance, a money back guarantee and free tax return checking, Liberty Tax Service is well known for its strong commitment to its client base.

With 38 years of tax industry experience, Hewitt stands as the most experienced CEO in the tax preparation business, having also founded Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (NYSE: JTX).

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