Starting Monday Aug 25th 2008 Alberta Boot Camp comes to High River/Okotoks. This is a creative and co-ed fitness program designed to give you maximum results. ABC combines cardiovascular exercise with weight and dumbbell resistance training for an entertaining, motivating, group, outdoor workout. These workouts will continue through the summer, offering outdoor AM classes M,-F 5:30-6:30 AM and an indoors in the winter time.

Fitness Veteran Tina Marie Fudge who will be teaching the program says “This is going to be a blast. Our clients usually lose 10 lbs of body fat every 30 days as we are the only total boot camp program that includes nutrition and weekly life coaching calls. There is no other program like this on the market today!”

“Our mission is to get you results fast and educate you so that you have a lasting transformation” says Allan H. Fine, owner and Program director of ABC. “We will put you through a challenging workout that is focused on increasing your strength, endurance, flexibility and balance, all the while keeping your heart rate elevated and muscles confused to maximize your potential.”

The functional training strategies that ABC incorporates helps to build a stronger, healthier, more fit you in less time than traditional exercise programs. They incorporate the use of dumbbells, resistance bands, medicine balls, jump ropes, hurdles, ladders and more to offer an hour long workout that will leave you feeling empowered, strong and motivated for more. We are also the only Boot Camp program that plays music so your not bored and does a detailed fat evaluation that lets you know what is happening with your body.

Alberta Boot Camp services all ages and sizes. Their coaching staff is a group of experts and will offer you the personal attention you require to achieve your goals. With 7 location in Alberta and growing fast they will access your individual needs, including body composition analysis, and get you on your way to achieving your ultimate body.

“Boot camp is the hottest fitness trend in the country, and is a wonderful way to meet health-related goals and have a good time while you’re doing it,” said Allan H. Fine, founder of The Alberta Boot Camp. Clients are promised an amazing body and life transformation have achieved who have completed my Boot Camp programs have done just that.

To register for this program just go to http://www.albertabootcamp.com/

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Atlanta Podiatrist for Georgia foot surgery and ankle problems. Professional Foot Care Specialists Atlanta Podiatrist for your feet. In Georgia you will be treated with complete medical surgical care and painless, innovative procedures. Bunions, Heel Pain, and Diabetic Feet can be a thing of the past. An Atlanta Podiatrist in Georgia is a foot care specialist for foot surgery. If a patient suffers from plantar fasciitis, a painful foot injury common to Atlanta runners, they should consider treatment. Your doctor should be knowledgeable about who has practiced sports medicine or podiatry in Atlanta. That’s especially true for those who plan to take the approximately 9,300 steps to complete the 6.2-mile Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race.

A good Podiatrist can diagnose many of the common overuse injuries such as: heel, shin and Achilles tendon pain. Many of these foot problems can be attributed to the wrong shoes. An Atlanta Podiatry specialist once said, “with three times your body weight pounding on your feet with every step it’s important to have the right shoes.”

He earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the American College of Podiatric Medicine. Later he completed his residency training in reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle at an Atlanta Hospital based in Georgia. Your Doctor should be Board Certified by both the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics. Also it helps if the physician is a Fellow of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, the American College of Foot Surgeons and the American College of Foot Orthopedists.

Also, during Atlanta’s 1996 Summer Olympic Games, a physician was chosen to coordinate podiatry services in the Olympic Village Clinic. This group of doctors ensure you receive the health care you deserve.

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Many countries talk about the feasibility of providing free, universal health care, but Australia-based health educator Michael Coleman has a revolutionary approach for making it happen. And it can work for anyone in any country and at any age.

According to Coleman, more sexual activity and natural breathing are key elements in transforming the health of people over 40. “Preventing the onset of illness by simply doing what comes naturally may provide an effective way to save millions of dollars in health-care costs and cut hospital waiting lists,” Coleman says.

Coleman’s innovative approach is encompassed in an exciting new e-book, “Keep Your God Waiting.” According to the book, anyone—regardless of their age—can have dynamic health, great sex and a super-sharp mind. And the step-by-step techniques revealed in the book are free and easy to use. “There’s nothing to buy, no pills, no endless pounding the pavement, pumping iron or anything like that,” Coleman says.

In his e-book, Coleman shares how simple, no-cost methods can help people:
· Reduce stress
· Build brain-power and improve memory
· Breathe for health and vitality
· Improve their vision
· Boost their immune system
· Achieve their natural weight without dieting

Coleman strongly believes that preventing illness through the use of sex, proper breathing and other natural measures is an effective means for maintaining good health and minimizing health-care costs. However, prevention is not a popular concept with society and modern medicine, he says. ”I know it sounds unbelievable, but people seem to feel more confident and comfortable knowing there’s some sort of ‘cure’ for their illness than about preventing it from occurring in the first place,” he explains. “It’s fair to say society is not particularly interested in prevention. Instead, it’s hooked on treatment – even though it is known that most treatments address symptoms not causes and may lead to the onset of new disease.”

Many people have been conditioned at a subconscious level by health-care marketers, health authorities and their own observations to accept poor health and aging as a normal part of living, Coleman added. “As a consequence, the concept of taking control of one’s health and actually preventing the onset of illness is, for many, very difficult to entertain,” he says.

The disinterest is due, in part, to how prevention has been portrayed, Coleman says. “Prevention has been presented either as gym workouts, jogging and fad diets; as a costly regime of vitamins, hormones, sexual stimulants or; in some instances, as ancient wisdom to which only a fortunate few have access.” Coleman explains. “Faced with those sorts of options, it is hardly surprising people feel little enthusiasm.”

Coleman feels that society and medical practitioners should reject the health paradigm that treatment is king. “In its place, we should invest heavily in promoting prevention, so it is seen as an attractive preferred pathway to vibrant health. Presently, developed countries spend on average just three cents in the health dollar on preventive measures” he says.

At 70 years old, Coleman has a wealth of practical experience on the aging process. He holds a degree in pure mathematics and post-graduate qualifications in education and science. He has a diploma in Health, Nutrition and Fitness, an associate degree in Health Education and is a designated nutritional consultant. He also has certificates in Metaphysics and Reiki and is a designated expert on Over-40s health at selfgrowth.com.

Through years of study and personal research, Coleman has become passionate about the power of the body to restore itself and has authored a number of health-related articles and e-books. He has also published material in “Dare to Dream,” which is produced by Living Now, Australia’s premier holistic magazine. “Keep Your God Waiting” is Coleman’s latest effort to educate people on how they can take control of and transform their health, mind and life.

For more information about “Keep Your God Waiting”, please visit http://www.keep-god-waiting.com/ or contact Michael Coleman at +61 3 98034195.

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The Parents Via Egg Donation Organization, or PVED, was created to provide an informational and supportive environment where parents and parents-to-be can come together to exchange information about all facets of the egg donation process.

Our mission and purpose is to educate, support, and empower families and individuals at any stage of the process who choose to use egg donation to build a family.

PVED offers information regarding agencies, legal and medical professionals, treatment centers, mental health therapists, pharmaceutical companies, and other resources.

We are asked how PVED came to be – after many years of struggling with infertility, our founder, Marna Gatlin, discovered that the technology to have a child through egg donation was available. Marna was curious, excited, and above all, hopeful that this process might be the conduit to finally achieving my lifelong dream of becoming a parent.

As she began her quest to learn about egg donation, Marna quickly became frustrated by the lack of information available about this particular assisted reproduction technology. What Marna needed was education and support, but it seemed she was on her own.

Finally, while scouring the Internet, Marna happened to find a small e-mail listserv called Mothers via Egg Donation, or MVED. It was this group that became her lifeline throughout the process of conceiving her son, and eventually became its primary moderator.

MVED now has over 1,100 members who share clinic, donor agency, medication, mental health, and other information about egg donation on a daily basis. Members discuss Society of Assisted Reproduction (SART) success rates and statistics as well as American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) guidelines in order to gain a better understanding of the procedures and protocols involved in this complex infertility treatment.

In addition—and perhaps most importantly—MVED provides a much-needed forum for emotional support among people who find themselves faced with the overwhelming and often difficult prospect of needing third-party help to conceive a child.

Over time, we began to be approached by traditional parents, single mothers, and fathers, as well as gay and lesbian couples who wanted to know where they fit into the arena of people who choose egg donation. These individuals didn’t feel like they had any means of receiving support, getting educated, or becoming empowered. They felt isolated.

Taking into account these concerns—as well as the realistic fact that MVED, while an important resource, is simply a group of people sharing anecdotal information in order to help one another—Marna decided to create an organization that would embrace every parent who had chosen egg donation to grow their family. And she took the idea a step further: this resource would be a global resource for unbiased, timely, and accurate information about egg donation, eliminating the need to search far and wide for piecemeal information and answers.

PVED was born.

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Calgary-Boot Camp downtown Calgary opens up Physical education instructor Allan Fine pumps some iron in Downtown Calgary’s Prince’s Island Park. He has been teaching Alberta Boot Camp since June 2007. Though the early drizzle in Calgary, several dozen women came to strength train at 5:30 a.m. and now 12 noon and 5:30 p.m. Downtown It can get up to 35 degrees outside, wet or sun — but more than 35 women and men gathered in Bowness and at Prince’s Island Park to challenge themselves with a rigorous work out called Alberta Boot Camp.

Starting Sept 8th Allan Starts round #2 of The Biggest Loser Boot Camp Challenge where 0 teams of 2 will compete for $5000.00 in cash and prizes.

People join the at-your-own-pace group program for a number of reason. Those who stick with it, however, all have the same reaction of love to the outdoor get-fit program that utilizes teamwork for four-week sessions. Adventure Boot Camp began with fitness nut Allan Fine and his Dream. He is a Master Certified Lifecoach, he invented Alberta Boot camp. Allan wanted to start a new business in Calgary and the boot camp trend was becoming popular. He decided to find a boot camp name without the military theme to keep the concept recognizable.

His idea became a reality in Jan 2007 when he started ABC and in April 2007 his first boot camp opened in Calgary. Now classes are opening all over the Calgary area.

His co-ed boot camps offered at various times Monday through Friday offered as four-week programs meeting three or five times per week. Campers are exposed to a four week on, one week off schedule to not overload the muscles. The off week gives trainers the chance to meet with campers who completed a camp and new campers about to embark.

Everyone who signs up has a 30-minute consultation the week before camp, said Allan. This time is set aside to explain how the program works, measure body fat, what to bring, review the camper’s medical history and gives the coaches a chance to know who the campers are and what they’re hoping to gain.

“We want to give guidance before they start to program so they can get the most out of it. Their goal needs to be in perspective. Many times when people start they don’t have a plan. They just think weight loss and for some people that might be the case. Others might just feel lazy. They feel like they need to do this for some reason.

We want to give them something measurable but realistic. … If they don’t have a realistic goal they could be disappointed about how things turn out,” she said.

Boot camp isn’t someone yelling in your face. In fact, the coaches act to encourage and keep things moving. After warming up, participants get to choose which difficulty level works for them. The group is split in half. On Monday, the lower difficulty level people began with cardio-based training including endless lunges, jumping over 1-foot hurdles, jogging and jumping jacks. Each activity had a follow-up, keeping everyone moving at their own pace. No one is waiting for someone else to finish or feeling pressure because they’re the last one attempting an activity. In that sense, the class works like a circuit exercise focusing on keeping up the heart rate.

Many campers sign up for 3 or 4 camps in a row with a discount.

What campers have to Say:
“The first two weeks were hard. It’s a little difficult for the new people. It’s pretty strenuous exercise. I knew because my sister-in-law told me so. … I had to be willing to work at my own pace. The coaches help you at that. I was one of the last people coming in after a jog,” Judy Shaw

“Once I got over that, halfway through the second week. If I go at [other people’s] pace I’m going to be injured and I’m not injured at all. If I’m behind I’ll be fine. I’m just going to keep doing what I can do and try to progress each time,” she said.

When the groups switch there is light weight training exercises waiting. Women roll out yoga mats and grab free weights at the weight of their choice and begin various lunges, jumping exercises and lifts that work the back, chest and arms. Again, everyone goes at her own pace integrating jumping and small cardio breaks in between the weight work.

“It’s hard and definitely challenging. I loved it. I knew I would. [When I started] I would jump out of bed,” said Shaw

Campers want a structured environment in which they dont need to think about what to do next that offered a great workout. That’s why boot camp keeps calling campers back.

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The Spinal Surgery 365 Blog has been started as a source of information for both the afflicted and professionals. It is part of the greater Juliano Medical Blog Network. This is a twelve blog network containing links to a dozen well maintained alternative health related blogs.

Spinal surgery survivor herself, and advocate of solutions for other survivors, Donna Juliano, has started the Spinal Surgery 365 Blog as a source of information for both the afflicted and professionals. The spinalsurgery365.com blog is part of the greater Juliano Medical Blog Network.

This blog seeks to be a source of information for spinal stenosis surgery, spinal fusion surgery, minimally invasive spinal surgery, laser spinal surgery, spinal decompression surgery, spinal stenosis laser surgery, spinal surgery in fetus and more.

The Spinal Surgery 365 Blog seeks to offer information on alternative procedures for spinal surgery. Doctors are now dedicating big portions of their practices to new technology. All spine surgery companies are marketing products for more minimally invasive procedures. This is exciting because it marks a real breakthrough in spinal surgery. Today, physicians performing spinal surgery generally using products to fuse the bone of the discs and, ideally, to grow new bone between the existing bones.

The success of spinal surgery and conservative care can show that on going care and consultation are both necessary and important.

On the other hand, it can sometimes show that the conservative care doesn’t do anything for you. The Spinal Surgery 365 blog will highlight less conservative procedures like anterior spinal fusion surgery, Mayo clinic laser spinal surgery, Kevin Rutz spinal surgery, micro spinal surgery, anterior lumbar spinal surgery, compare disk replacement and spinal fusion back surgery, endoscopic spinal surgery, micro spinal surgery and more!

The Spinal Surgery 365 Blog also seeks to spread awareness about such treatments as minimal invasive spinal surgery, neosynephrine infusion after spinal surgery, new spinal fusion surgery, physical therapy after spinal surgery, safest spinal cord surgery to seal off fluid so check back often! Additionally, companies can advertise on the Juliano Health Blog Network. Please go here to see how: julianomedicalnetwork.com/form.html

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The good news is that CPR can save any of their lives if given in time. The problem is that, by some accounts, less than 4% of parents even know how to do CPR on their youngsters. It would be easy to blame the parents, but these adults often have real hurdles to taking CPR classes.

Some parents just do not have the $50 or more to spend on the class, much less the cost of a babysitter for the hours spent taking it. It is all they can do to feed, clothe, and house their child. Other parents have trouble with transportation to get to classes which may be held far from their homes. Time is also a factor since parenting, by its nature, is a busy occupation.

HeartSaving Solutions has a new Online Baby CPR course that makes life-saving lessons accessible to parents. The Internet based course is filled with videos and audio, text information, and quizzes to help parents learn about emergencies that can be resolved by CPR. HeartSaving Solutions is a certified CPR First Aid training center.

“Parents can learn online easily. We have already proven the success of our online instruction with our middle and high school CPR classes. We offer the training at a very low price. Our mission with www.OnlineBabyCPR.com is to drastically cut the number of child fatalities that can be prevented by parents learning these techniques.” Owner Keith Weaver explains about the new online course.

Even parents who have taken CPR classes before will be refreshed and updated on new techniques. The automated external defibrillator machine (AED) is one area of expertise nearly everyone can learn from in the Online Baby CPR course. Parents will also be glad to know ways to prevent choking, drowning, and suffocation in the first place. The course teaches CPR methods to help infants through children of age 8.

“Only 8 bucks! You could have charged a lot more for this course. The convenience alone makes it worth more like $20 or more. So full of great info, too.” One parent remarks about the course.

CPR training for parents is a must. HeartSaving Solutions’ new Online Baby CPR course offers a practical option for parents to safeguard their children’s lives. Parents have known how important CPR is; now they have easy access to learn it, for the good of their children.

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The Harley Medical Group has reported that high flying men including politicians and business leaders are increasingly investing in cosmetic surgery and Botox as a means of safeguarding their careers particularly in light of the looming recession.

The latest figures released by The Harley Medical Group, the UK’s largest cosmetic surgery provider, indicate a rise in the number of male high flyers going under the knife over the last six months. The figures also show that politicians and males in the hard-hit media industry are leading the way.

Up 33% year-on-year is “Man Bag Removal”, which involves surgically taking away the loose, bagging skin below the eye. This procedure which is technically called blepharoplasty has now been re-dubbed “Politician’s Eye Paunch Removal” by some surgeons in reference to the number of politicians booking in over the summer recess. Male facelifts are up 17% with the Botox Boys continuing to have top-ups, while the numbers having the near areas on their furrowed brows smoothed out with Botox jabs has seen an overall 43% increase year-on-year.

Dr Fratti, cosmetic surgeon at The Harley Medical Group, commented, “High stress careers take their toll on the face and can speed the ageing process - looking at how much Tony Blair aged during his time in power is a prime example. Coupled with this, politicians are under pressure to present a clean cut/fresh faced image. Botox and fillers and/or facial surgery are obvious solutions - with August seen by some MPs as the month to undergo cosmetic surgery treatment and retreat to the country for post operative recovery, before facing the world afresh in September. In my opinion Gordon Brown, for example, would benefit from blepharoplasty to both upper and lower lids, neck lift and liposuction to the chin for a full rejuvenation effect.”

Liz Dale, Director at The Harley Medical Group, added: “Lines and wrinkles used to be considered a good thing in world leaders, as a sign of their life experience and gained wisdom. However with new labour, we saw a more youthful political image being put forward - with the Cool Britannia campaign.”

Dr Fratti concluded, “Many male patients in their 40s and 50s cite their career as the reason for their surgery, especially with the credit crunch putting increased pressure on business leaders, particularly in the media industry. The business world is such a youth driven environment, particularly in the City where the average age of a trader is late 20s. Competition is tough and as you get older you’re expected to retire. Our patients feel looking younger gives them an edge in their career, especially during a time when job cuts are now becoming rife.”

According to surgeons at The Harley Medical Group, men have a very different approach to their surgery than women. Unlike women who will discuss their operation with their friends and family, men generally don’t, instead they use the internet to do the research about their plastic surgery procedure. Often the first time they’ll discuss it with anyone will be the nurse counsellor they’ll see before their consultation with the surgeon.

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Following the poor start to the summer, and now that sunshine and much warmer conditions are finally being predicted, Boots is urging people to take care whilst still in the UK in order to avoid getting sunburned. The warning comes in advance of the expected hot weather and in light of previous Boots research which revealed that whilst a staggering 60% of British sunburn cases occur on home turf, many Brits still believe that the UK sun is not dangerous, and never use sun protection except abroad. After the washout summer of 2007 and the gloomy winter, Boots fear Brits will peel off the layers and in a bid to soak up some over-due rays, become increasingly ‘slip, slap sloppy’. Despite the high incidence of sunburn whilst at home in the UK, half the population still thinks that skin cancer is only a worry in the UK if people regularly use sunbeds.

According to the figures from Boots an alarming one in eight (13%) never use sun protection in the UK. What’s more, a startling 23% of Brits, while out and about in the UK, believe they can safely stay in the midday sun on a clear day without protection for a roasting two hours or more.

Furthermore, one in ten of those surveyed claimed that British sunlight is not strong enough to cause skin cancer in any case. According to Skin Cancer Research UK, however, 75,000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year, and the midday British summer sunlight is certainly strong enough to contribute to the cause.

Boots suncare expert Mike Brown commented: “What’s clear from our research is that people underestimate the strength of the UK sun and the damage it can do. We are worried the nation will throw care aside at the first sight of sun and we are calling on them to remember to apply sun cream before they head out.”

About Boots
Boots is the UK’s leading retailer of health and beauty products, including sun lotion, as well as health information.

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The pursuit of the perfect complexion is a perpetual aspiration for women of all ages.

To realize the perfect complexion, you need a lineless, even-toned epidermis, a resilient dermis and the hypodermis needs enough collagen and elastin to facilitate elasticity and firmness throughout the layers of the skin.

If any part of this triad is deficient, the first signs of aging will appear.

Perfective Ceuticals, the prestigious brand for anti-aging skin care treatments, takes holistic wisdom to compliment the most advance skin care science in focused of every aspect of skin aging.

Perfective Ceuticals™ Divine Age Guardian Crème utilizes a powerful synergistic combination of Growth Factors, based on extensive scientific research, to rejuvenate skin at its various levels; stimulating the synthesis of Collagen, Elastin, and other key constituents of the skin matrix.

For thousands of years, Emu oil has been used by Aboriginals to heal and calm the skin against the harsh winds and burning sun of the outback. The marriage of ancient Aboriginal Emu Oil techniques and the most advanced Growth Factors complex, interact in a complementary manner to reverse skin aging both intrinsically and extrinsically, achieving optimal results in any skin complexion.

This union of traditional and cutting edge cosmetic expertise facilitated the creation of the breakthrough formula to provide an all-in-one solution for the deterioration of appearance.

Elaine Graham, a make-up artist for fashion magazines, said “I’ve been using almost everything anti-ageing products in the market and now I realized how much money I had wasted over the years on inferior products. I did not start out with bad skin. However, after about 4 weeks of consistently using Perfective Ceuticals, my skin took on a much finer texture than I had seen for decades. It is now better hydrated (even when I haven’t used moisturizer), pimples are fewer and heal faster, and those little lines around my eyes and mouth have faded. I consistently get people looking surprised when I tell them my age. Additionally, my mother began using it a couple months ago, and she is in her 70’s and has always taken great care of her skin. She now gets the same disbelief when telling people her age!”

Perfective Ceuticals, specializing in growth factor skin care, has created a new hope for the women. The Perfective Ceuticals™ formula is intended to help repair and strengthen the layers of your skin, making it tighter and younger looking, as well as even out skin tone and improve firmness. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of anti-aging products out there. What works for one person may not work for another. But with the proven efficacy of growth factors, Perfective Ceuticals™ definitely holds the promise.

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According to research by Boots just 5% of children think they only need to wear suncream when on holiday abroad, while almost 1% believe they should only wear suncream when on holiday in the UK.

In response to its research findings, Boots has launched ‘Making Suncare Funcare’, a nationwide campaign to encourage kids to stay safe in the sun. The research, which was carried out amongst 1,051 parents and 1,041 children aged 5-10 by Redshift in July 2008, showed that the vast majority of parents (85%) are applying suncream to their children to ensure peace of mind.

In a bid to get kids ‘into the routine’ of safe suncream application, Boots has teamed up with X-Factor duo Same Difference to record an updated version of the popular children’s song ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. The new lyrics and dance routine encourage children to apply sun cream in a fun, educational way.

The research also reveals that thousands of kids are choosing to miss out on summer fun rather than wear suncream. A third of children (32%) have opted to stay indoors rather than apply lotion – findings that could spell weeks of misery for parents and kids over the summer holiday period. 32% of kids have run and hidden from their parents to avoid suncream and a worryingly high proportion (28%) admitted to lying to their parents about putting it on. A fifth of children have rowed with their parents in a bid to avoid wearing sun protection. Some embattled parents are resorting to bribing (8%), chasing (17%) and scaring (15%) their kids into covering up with lotion. One in five mums (17%) said that getting their children to stay safe in the sun is the most common cause of family quarrels on holiday and a fifth have resorted to banning their children from playing outside because they refuse to wear suncream.

Mike Brown, Boots Suncare Scientific Adviser said, “It’s important that children understand the need to wear sun protection and parents shouldn’t be battling trying to apply suncream to their children. We hope the Funcare routine will go some way to help families understand why it’s so important to protect their skin from the sun’s harmful rays.”

Sarah from Same Difference said of the campaign, “The Funcare Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes song is so catchy, we hope that kids and families will have fun singing along and dancing to the routine over the school holidays this summer; and ultimately we hope it helps children stay safe in the sun without sacrificing the fun factor.”

Parents and children can download the Boots suncare song at bootsfuncare.com where they will also find tips and advice for staying safe in the sun. Further help for parents can be found in the new Soltan Once Kids range, a children’s sun lotion that has been specially formulated to offer up to six hours protection for little ones. The range also includes Soltan Kids Green Coloured Suncare Spray – kids will love the green colour and the spray is fun to squirt.

About Boots
Boots is the UK’s leading retailer of health and beauty products, including holiday toiletries as well as health information.

Boots Pharmacy Superintendent is responsible for healthcare advice provided in relation to Pharmacy medicines and other healthcare advice located within the Boots Pharmacy pages of Boots.com. Boots.com is the trading name of Boots.com Direct Limited (VAT no. 116 3001 29) an Alliance Boots company. All other information and advice on boots.com is the responsibility of Boots.com Direct Limited.”

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The recent discovery of an Italian oncologist and research scientist, Dr. Tullio Simoncini of Rome, enabled him to develop a procedure that produces spectacular results in treating breast cancer.

Combined with another protocol developed at an oncological clinic in Oklahoma, the treatment takes advantage of recent advances in cancer research, and of the discovery of Dr. Simoncini. He calls the medical community’s attention to the fact that every cancer cell has a fungus within it that is driving the cell’s fermentation-based metabolism. He believes that in the case of cancer, “we are looking at a very sick cell within which lives a very healthy microbe”. Dr. Simoncini also discovered that pharmaceutical-grade sodium bicarbonate is a superb fungus killer. He has proven his theory by eliminating tumors in hundreds of cancer patients, some of them terminal cases.

Two FDA-approved substances have been found to be capable of “potentiating” anti-cancer medication to selectively target cancer cells. Combining them with anti-fungal and anti-cancer drugs, breast cancer can be dealt with without toxicity and without any side effects.

A new website, called BreastCancer2008.com, authored by Canadian journalist and medical data researcher Gabe Bartha, is devoted to the detailed description of a number of therapies based on the Simoncini/Oklahoma concept, and on the principle of selective targeting of cancer cells.

The website also examines a fascinating field where breakthrough innovations have recently been introduced: The detection and monitoring of breast cancer. There is a gentle, non-invasive method that can detect cancer formation in the breast 8-10 years before it shows up in any standard test. It is FDA approved and available all over the country, yet very few women are aware of it. On top of it, there is a new, inexpensive over-the-counter device available that enables a woman to perform breast palpation at home, any number of times, and without any discomfort or side effects. The device is able to detect a lump of the size of a grain of sugar.

The astounding truth is, writes Bartha at the website, that we have arrived at the stage where breast cancer patients are not killed by the disease, but by their, and their doctors’, lack of information. This view, he adds, is supported by overwhelming clinical evidence.

Further information is available at www.breastcancer2008.com.

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Health World Web today unveiled its Web site, (healthworldweb.com), which features information about physicians, dentists, chiropractors, and other healthcare professionals. The Web 2.0 concepts of information aggregation and services meshing will help consumers make educated, informed and community empowered healthcare decisions.

Health World Web helps ascertain the credibility of the physician chosen, by aggregating details of background information including education, training, board certification, disciplinary action(s), patient opinions and ratings, background checks, etc.).

The founders of Health World Web chose to be different by creating an exceptionally exclusive product which would ensure the best search from the available mundane doctor searches. They made sure this service would benefit any and all kinds of users.

In these times of high stress lifestyle, unlimited working hours and irregular food habits present new and unique challenges to one’s health. Much more than ever before, there is a great need for individuals to pro-actively look after their health. Health World Web helps consumers to address that problem by providing information about almost 1.5 million healthcare professionals covering a wide spectrum of their specialties.

The internet today has a whole new meaning, which makes accessing information that much easier. The traditional static Web page formula where readers just had a ‘reading role’ has come a long way. Today Web 2.0 allows greater user participation, geographical and demographical filtering as well as adaptability to users’ needs. The advancements in Web based user interface have created an entirely new application platform. For instance, Health World Web RSS Subscribers can use RSS aggregators and readers of their choice to receive up to the minute updates on Healthcare Providers searches, reviews, rages and raves in entire US continent, zip-code based neighborhoods, or city of their choice.

Health World Web, a web based interactive service for healthcare consumers, works as an efficient tool to review, measure and rate healthcare services based on data and information obtained from a variety of sources.

About Health World Web:
Health World Web was founded in 2006 by a group of highly qualified and experienced professionals from diverse fields – medical, clinical, pharmaceutical, marketing, software, web technology, and law. Health World Web is used as an effective medium to impart their versatile knowledge to diverse users who care about their health.

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Physical education instructor Allan Fine pumps some iron in Downtown Calgary’s Prince’s Island Park. He has been teaching Adventure Boot Camp since June 2007. Though the early drizzle in Calgary, several dozen women came to strength train at 5:30 a.m. and now 12 noon Downtown It can get up to 35 degrees outside, wet or sun — but more than 35 women and men gathered in Bowness and at Prince’s Island Park to challenge themselves with a rigorous work out called Adventure Boot Camp.

People join the at-your-own-pace group program for a number of reason. Those who stick with it, however, all have the same reaction of love to the outdoor get-fit program that utilizes teamwork for four-week sessions. Adventure Boot Camp began with fitness nut Allan Fine and his Dream. While taking his Masters in Lifecoaching, he discovered Adventure Boot camp. Allan wanted to start a new business in Calgary and the boot camp trend was becoming popular. He decided to find a boot camp name without the military theme to keep the concept recognizable.

His idea became a reality in Jan 2007 when he graduaated from ABC and in April 2007 his first boot camp opened in Calgary. Now classes are opening all over the Calgary area.

His co-ed boot camps offered at various times Monday through Friday offered as four-week programs meeting three or five times per week. Campers are exposed to a four week on, one week off schedule to not overload the muscles. The off week gives trainers the chance to meet with campers who completed a camp and new campers about to embark.

Everyone who signs up has a 30-minute consultation the week before camp, said Allan. This time is set aside to explain how the program works, what to bring, review the camper’s medical history and gives the coaches a chance to know who the campers are and what they’re hoping to gain.

“We want to give guidance before they start to program so they can get the most out of it. Their goal needs to be in perspective. Many times when people start they don’t have a plan. They just think weight loss and for some people that might be the case. Others might just feel lazy. They feel like they need to do this for some reason.

We want to give them something measurable but realistic. … If they don’t have a realistic goal they could be disappointed about how things turn out,” she said.

Boot camp isn’t someone yelling in your face. In fact, the coaches act to encourage and keep things moving. After warming up, participants get to choose which difficulty level works for them. The group is split in half. On Monday, the lower difficulty level people began with cardio-based training including endless lunges, jumping over 1-foot hurdles, jogging and jumping jacks. Each activity had a follow-up, keeping everyone moving at their own pace. No one is waiting for someone else to finish or feeling pressure because they’re the last one attempting an activity. In that sense, the class works like a circuit exercise focusing on keeping up the heart rate.

Many campers sign up for 3 or 4 camps in a row with a discount.

What campers have to Say:
“The first two weeks were hard. It’s a little difficult for the new people. It’s pretty strenuous exercise. I knew because my sister-in-law told me so. … I had to be willing to work at my own pace. The coaches help you at that. I was one of the last people coming in after a jog,” Judy Shaw

“Once I got over that, halfway through the second week. If I go at [other people’s] pace I’m going to be injured and I’m not injured at all. If I’m behind I’ll be fine. I’m just going to keep doing what I can do and try to progress each time,” she said.

When the groups switch there is light weight training exercises waiting. Women roll out yoga mats and grab free weights at the weight of their choice and begin various lunges, jumping exercises and lifts that work the back, chest and arms. Again, everyone goes at her own pace integrating jumping and small cardio breaks in between the weight work.

“It’s hard and definitely challenging. I loved it. I knew I would. [When I started] I would jump out of bed,” said Shaw

Campers want a structured environment in which they dont need to think about what to do next that offered a great workout. That’s why boot camp keeps calling campers back.

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The expEDIum Claim Scrubber is a desktop application that various entities-in the billing and claims processing domain can use to enter, manage, scrub and validate claim data. These entities include home based billers, small to medium sized billing service bureaus and healthcare BPOs.

The eCS can be used to import claim data into its database from HCFA & UB92/UB04 print image files or claims can be generated by directly typing in the data using the form interface. It also supports batch printing of claims on standard healthcare forms or A4 sheets and batch processing of claims into equivalent EDI data. The eCS internally uses iTech’s proprietary expEDIum X12N Engine and expEDIum Validation Engine for HIPAA validation of claims and creation of complete error free payer ready claims.

Currently this tool is available in two different versions- expEDIum UB92/UB04 Claim Scrubber and expEDIum HCFA Claim Scrubber, they provide a standard UB92/UB04 and HCFA form interface respectively to the user for entering and managing claim data. Both the versions of the eCS are National Provider Identification (NPI) ready.

iTech already has two clients for the eCS who are using this tool to successfully process several hundred claims per day. We also have several prospective clients and resellers for these products.

For more information on this product please visit the Claim Scrubber page on our website at http://itechws.com/claimscrubber.html .

We can also show you a live remote demo of the product, to request for a remote demo please visit http://itechws.com/x12nevaluationsoftware.html

For bulk purchases and pricing enquiries please get back to us through our website at http://itechws.com/contactus.html

Mr. Siva Narayanaswamy, CEO of iTech, says, expEDIum Claim Scrubber is a result of iTech’s sustained effort to make more effective medical claims processing tools and to bring HIPAA validation to the desktop.

About iTech
iTech’s expEDIum suite includes several products covering the provider-to-payer direct connectivity space. iTech is one of the few companies in the world that provides a combination of IT solutions involving Data Integration for Healthcare by means of robust, cost-effective products and with multiple clients from USA & India. iTech can be reached through its website http://www.itechws.com . iTech is a Bangalore, India based company.

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Ten foster children in Sunrise, Fla., soon will sport sunnier smiles, thanks to the cosmetic dentists at Smile South Florida Cosmetic Dentists.

Smile South Florida Cosmetic Dentistry has joined forces with Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options, Inc. (JAFCO) to provide complementary dental care for 10 foster children. The dentists also will take care of any dental emergencies that may arise.

JAFCO provides foster care and rehabilitation for at-risk children in South Florida. JAFCO Executive Director Sarah Franco said they were thrilled with Smile South Florida’s offer. “We’ll use (their services) to treat children who come to our emergency shelter directly after being separated from their parents. I know the children will be grateful, just as JAFCO is very, very grateful.”

Smile South Florida Cosmetic Dentist Dr. Charles Nottingham noted healthy teeth play an important role in a person’s overall health. “We want to help JAFCO and the community in best way we know how, and that’s dentistry,” said Dr. Nottingham.

“My wife is a strong advocate for children, I’m happy we finally made the connection with JAFCO,” said Smile South Florida Invisalign® Dentist Dr. Kenneth Anenberg.

Franco noted this would be the first dental experience for many children participating in the project. “We definitely believe children are the responsibility of the entire community; a belief also held by Smile South Florida, as evidenced by their most generous offer.”

With practices in Boca Raton and Tamarac, Fla., Smile South Florida Cosmetic Dentistry is committed to providing excellent dental care. The dentists specialize in cosmetic dentistry and periodontics, with a focus in extreme dental makeovers, instant orthodontics, porcelain veneers and crowns, Lumineers®, dental implants, Invisalign® and teeth whitening.

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