MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --1271 Partners, Streamline Medical Group, and RayBiotech have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing to the NFL Alumni Association and its members. The partnership is offering Coronavirus (COVID-19) IgM/IgG Dual Antibody Rapid Test Kits as a member benefit to NFL Alumni members with telemedicine consultations to help families screen and possibly prevent the spread of the virus.

1271 Partners and Streamline Medical Group have executed a distribution agreement that provides an exclusive license to provide RayBiotech's IgM/IgG Dual Antibody Rapid Test Kits to all of the professional sports leagues and arenas, such as the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. In addition, 1271 Partners and Streamline can distribute the Rapid Test Kits in North America, South America, and Europe on a non-exclusive basis.

"As an ongoing effort to fight the COVID-19 crisis we are fortunate to offer, our members and NFL Alumni families,an option for a rapid screening test, thanks toRayBiotech, 1271 Partners and Streamline Medical Group's relationships," said NFLA CEO Beasley Reece.

"Streamline Medical Group has always been on the forefront of optimal health and wellness through our blood testing for our patients. Streamline now has the opportunity to address the emergency need for valid COVID-19 rapid screening in partnership with the NFL Alumni Association Athletica and 1271 Partners," says Gary Brecka, CEO of Streamline Medical Group. "Along with 1271 Partners, we chose to become a distribution partner with RayBiotech because of their location right here in the USA and their history of providing cutting-edge array technologies for the discovery of regenerative medicine and disease-related protein biomarkers. We have a very high degree of confidence in their testing capabilities."

"As a managing member of 1271 Partners and a fellow NFL Alumnus, I am more than thrilled to offer our constituents, families and consumers-at large through the NFL Alumni Athletica platform, the opportunity to distribute COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits manufactured right here in the U.S. We are all living in challenging times and to provide a quick solution for some peace of mind is very satisfying," said 1271 Partners Managing Member, Billy Davis.

"We are very excited to partner with this excellent group of organizations to help provide access to COVID-19 screening kits for its members, the sporting community, all the fans and businesses that surround them. Specifically having the ability to work with the NFL Alumni and the 35 chapters throughout the country, will provide a gateway of solutions not only for the Alumni members but also the consumers and local businesses trying to get back to work in a safe and effective manner,"said RayBiotech Senior Business Development Manager, Jarad Wilson.

About NFL Alumni:NFL Alumni, a non-profit organization founded in 1967, is comprised of former NFL players, coaches, staffers, cheerleaders, spouses, and associate members whose mission is to serve, assist and inform former players and their families. The NFL Alumni offers a variety of medical, financial, and social programs to help members lead healthy, productive and connected lives, as well as community initiatives under its "Caring for Kids" programs. Pro Football Legends is the commercial marketing arm of the NFL Alumni. For more information, please visitwww.nflalumni.org.

About 1271 Partners:1271 Partners LLC is the managing entity for the NFL Alumni Athletica. Empowering healthcare consumers with leading scientific, evidence-based treatment options. The same standards of medical care received by elite and professional athletes should be made available to all. 1271 Partners LLC is a premier distributor of tissue and medical device products to the healthcare markets. We have deep experience in sales, operations, and logistics to lead the industry in effectively innovating in order to serve evolving market demands.

About Streamline Medical Group:Streamline Medical Group, along with Streamline Wellness, an organization with anti-aging and regenerative medicine clinics across the U.S., is focused on empowering patients to take control of their health and wellness to help them reach optimal wellness and reduce their healthcare costs. Streamline bases its personalized treatment protocols on each patient's unique biomarkers and prescribes a variety of products and services to help that patient reach their health and wellness goals. Streamline's ability to educate and empower the patient is enhanced with its proprietary report called the Streamline360 that simply explains how each biomarker ties in to specific bodily functions and, when optimized, how that correlates to optimal wellness. For more information, please visithttps://www.streamlinewellness.com

About RayBiotech:RayBiotech is a leading life sciences company providing proteomic discovery tools. RayBiotech has nearly 150 employees whose objectives are to provide excellent products and service worldwide to RayBiotech customers which include scientists in industry, academic and research institutes in over 41 countries. RayBiotech is committed to accelerating customer success through innovation and leadership in the Life Sciences. For more information, please visithttps://www.raybiotech.com

MEDIA CONTACT:Benjamin LeeStreamline Medical Group561.628.8488ben@streamlinemedicalgroup.com

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Sunscreen is an incredibly important part of any daily skincare routine, but if youve skimped out on applying the protectant in the past, you may have begun to see the results of your mistake appear in certain areas on your body. The hands and neck are both extremely delicate areas, and may often be overlooked when it comes to shielding from harmful rays, paving the way to be the first displays of aging, sagging skin. Sun damage is no laughing matter, but theres no need to panic right away. Many shoppers have claimed this one anti-aging treatment is a life-changer for just such concerns, and it happens to be on sale.

NIA24 Age Recovery for Decolletage and Hands is like a potion in a bottle for healing all your sun-damage needs, from firming skin after loss of elasticity to subduing dark spots and soothing blotchiness and redness that wont disappear. The brands own niacinamide (vitamin B) complex sinks into skin to remove any indication of discoloration or pigmentation issues. The anti-inflammatory blend of licorice, mulberry, bearberry, and evening-primrose extracts brighten dull skin, while reversing unwanted dark spots over time. Lovely Skin shoppers have left behind five-star reviews, claiming to notice a huge difference in dry patches and skin tone on their mature skin.

The texture and feel of the cream is so luxurious, wrote one reviewer. It is a special treat for my hands and decolletage each and every time I use it (which is often!). It is a bit pricey, but I feel the results are worth it. If you use the cream faithfully you will notice an improvement in skin tone and texture. I make sure that my 83 year old mother always has it on hand, as well.

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It takes time to heal such serious damage, time to see results, but it seems to be working, writes another. And certainly much better than any product Ive tried previously, and there have been several through the years! Ive just re-ordered this product, believing it will continue to heal the damaged skin with continued use. My arms look better already.

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Its recommended you apply the fragrance-free cream morning and night, smoothing over your neck and hands generously. While the cream specifically targets those susceptible areas, it can be applied on any part of the body that has fallen victim to sun damage. Get the age recovery cream on sale for $51, and have a look at NIA24s other discounted skincare, too.

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Instead of a cooped-up quarantine, think of this as a self-care staycation. What better time to commit to a skincare overhaul?

We asked Lady Gagas skin expert Ada Ooi, along with celebrity aestheticians Vicki Morav (who works her magic on Kyra Sedgwick) and Mimi Luzon (skin savior to Gigi and Bella Hadid), to weigh in with their best skincare advice, routines and brands.

If you follow their expert tips, you may actually emerge from this anxiety-ridden time looking refreshed. (Or at least distract yourself in the meantime.)

London-based Ooi whose Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) techniques are beloved by Mother Monster, Kate Middleton, Ellie Goulding and Rooney Mara (to name a few of her famous clients) recommends massaging your face with oil while youre #stayinghome.

It may seem counterintuitive, but she says the strategy will balance stressed skin and prevent pesky pimples and blackheads.

A lot of my customers with acne dont realize that the excessive sebum or blocked pores are actually created by their skin layers being too dry and sending a wrong signal to the brain that the skin needs more oil, she explains. Oil attracts oil, oil melts oil, and a good face oil with small oil molecules doesnt clog pores.

Our pick? This reparative product by Skyn Iceland, composed of 99.9% camelina oil, which is rich in fatty acids, antioxidants and anti-inflammatories.

Skyn IcelandArctic face oil, $42 at Dermstore

Ooi also suggests moisturizing your skin with a pro-level serum. A pea-size drop of Alpha Glow Flash Facial a three-in-one serum, primer and mask from her cult-favorite 001 Skincare line works like a spa visit in a bottle.

Its nine powerhouse ingredients, including hyaluronic acids, phospholipids, aloe vera and rose extracts, perk up dull and dry skin and aid in optimal water retention.

It also contains a low dose of salicylic acid and retinyl palmitate for breaking down stubborn sebum and providing gentle exfoliation, Ooi tells The Post.

Alpha-Glow Flash Facial, $144 (50 ml) at 001 Skincare

One essential to add to your sunlit WFH office space? SPF.

While glass used in cars and home windows are usually designed to block most UVB rays long-length UV that directly damages DNA and skin cells it does not offer protection from all UVA rays shorter-length UV that can contribute to skin-cell aging, leading to wrinkles and sunspots, explains Ooi. If youre indoors sitting close to a window you still run the risk of exposure to UVA rays and possible skin damage.

Our sunscreen loyalty lies with Supergoop! Zincscreen, a lightweight, pink-hued and non-nano zinc oxide formula composed of winter cherry, coconut and blueberry extracts.

Luxury lovers should opt for Mila Moursis broad spectrum sunscreen SPF 30, an antioxidant-packed gel with a splurge-worthy silky matte finish that doubles as a makeup primer.

Supergoop! Zincscreen SPF 40, $42 at Nordstrom

Broad spectrum sunscreen SPF 30, $148 at Mila Moursi

If youve tried every over-the-counter or derm-approved medication for troublesome cystic breakouts and still cant find relief, Ooi suggests trying LED light therapy. This powerful, noninvasive treatment triggers your bodys natural cell processes to accelerate skin rejuvenation, destroy acne-causing bacteria and eliminate scars.

I recommend starting with a blue light, which targets overactive oil glands and kills acne-causing bacteria beneath the skin, followed with a red light, she says. Once the epidermis absorbs the red light, it stimulates collagen protein growth to help scars heal, reduce inflammation and improve circulation leading to more oxygen and nutrients to speed up recovery.

Achieve similar results with Dr. Dennis Gross Skincares #stayhome version. The Darth Vader-like contraption calms inflammation, reduces wrinkles and eliminates sun spots, all while you lounge on the couch.

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare SpectraLite FaceWare Pro, $435 at Dermstore

Jade rollers are so 2019. This years millennial must-have is a gua sha gadget (based on a 2,000-year-old Chinese technique) which promises to improve nearly every skin affliction, from rosacea to adult acne.

Its one of the easiest ways to boost micro-circulation, says Ooi. More blood circulating to the skin means more oxygen delivery, which rids toxins and excessive fluids that might be creating unnecessary weight in combination with gravity.

Snag this therapeutic massage tool with your next Sephora order to reduce fine lines (including marionette and nasolabial laugh lines) for a better-than-Botox effect.

Mount Lai gua sha tool, $34 at Sephora

Your routine must begin (and end) with a clean canvas, so choose a daily cleanser that will remove dirt, leftover makeup, sweat and dead skin cells without drying you out.

New York-based expert Morav, whose Upper East Side spa draws celebs such as Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon and Kelly Rutherford, agrees: Cleansing is one of the most important starters during the skincare regimen, she tells The Post. My favorites are Forlled creamy foam for deep cleansing but not stripping, MBR enzyme booster for a mild to deep exfoliation, and Valmont White Falls for a creamy and gentle experience for sensitive skin.

Forlled Hyalogy creamy wash, $86 (148 ml) at Vicki Morav

MBR Medical Beauty Research enzyme cleansing booster, $227 (83 ml) at Vicki Morav

Valmont White Falls cleanser, $75 (124 ml) at Vicki Morav

If you already have an eye cream in your beauty arsenal, enlist it for double duty to perk up your pout. We can treat lips [the same way] we treat the areas around the eyes, says Morav. The skin has no oil glands, so it really depends on everything we put around it and on it.

Dab your go-to eye potion around your mouth and lips twice a day to hydrate and smooth fine lines.

Our hero product is Sisley-Paris eye contour mask: Work it into your lips to improvise a Kylie Jenner-inspired pucker before your next virtual date.

For extra kiss-worthy lips, add another layer of regenerating balm. Moravs pick is Perfect LipID from MBR.

Sisley-Paris eye contour mask, $149 at Saks Fifth Avenue

MBR Medical Beauty Research Perfect LipID balm, $102 at Vicki Morav

Yes, you can emerge from quarantine with a supermodel glow. This Irina Shayk-approved gold-leaf mask by Luzon (facialist to the Hadid sisters and many a Victorias Secret Angel) leaves skin radiating for more than a week.

Our 24-k gold mask is very popular among A-list celebs as it gives an instant glow to the skin that is visible in the eye for at least 10 days, Luzon tells The Post. This means that it is a real treatment, not just a beauty treatment.

24-k pure gold treatment, $149 (for one treatment), at Mimi Luzon

24-k pure gold treatment, $349 (for four treatments) at Mimi Luzon

For more quarantine skincare tips, check out our chat with celebrity makeup artistSheika Daley, whos spent years perfecting the complexions of Zendaya, Beyonc, Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony.

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If youre as beauty obsessed as I am, then you most likely have an infinite number of reasons to justify the (not so) occasional skincare splurge. Perhaps youve exhausted the products in your daily regimen, or youve begun to notice unwelcome changes to your complexion that need a little boost beyond your favorite eye cream. While regular visits to the dermatologist may not be an option for most, at-home beauty devices very well can be. And since many of these tempting tools can still err on the pricey side, it helps to keep an eye out for the occasional sale (wink, wink).

Raffaele Ruberto R-Lift X-Calibur Firming and Contouring Device is a micro-massaging device that delivers a more youthful complexion instantly, and it happens to be 50 percent off at Nordstrom right now. The sleek anti-aging tool firms and lifts the skin, particularly around the eyes, neck, and cheek bones. Just turn the device on and glide the t-bar head effortlessly across your skin for 10 minutes, letting the micro-currents do their work.

This device can be the perfect handy tool before any major event or your everyday makeup application, giving you plump, healthy-looking skin in minutes. You can also run it across both your top and bottom lips for a temporary plumping effect. Since the tool claims it provides an immediate difference in the lift and plumpness of skin, it left us curious what wonders this device can do after consistent daily use, so we turned to some Nordstrom shoppers to fill us in.

I incorporated the device into my serum routine and it immediately showed results by evening out my skin tone and texture, tightening and firming my skin, and helping with my pores, writes one shopper. Its definitely an investment. If youre spending $$$ using high-end beauty products, this device will elevate the return. I am a fan.

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Another says, I have every tool in the industry and this is a game changer! I'm already obsessed with this brand's No. 9 R-lift face and eye serum, which gives me that glass-like finish every time I put it on...but this tool, gives me an instant lift around my entire face and jawline, and plumps my lips! I always put my skincare on first then use this for increased penetration. I swear after two weeks, its taken my skin to the next level!

While the beauty tool normally goes for $125 dollars, weve caught it just in time for a major discount. For even better results, pair the firming and contouring device with the brands own face and eye serum, alongside the neck and decollete serum.

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What does it mean to teach during a global pandemic? Even beyond the shift to Zoom classrooms and virtual lectures, it has for many Yale professors meant rethinking how a course can serve as a shared intellectual pursuit and also a chance for finding much-needed community.

Ive missed my students a great deal, said Anne Fadiman, the Francis Writer in Residence. At the beginning of every class, I ask each student to tell us how they're doing. That's probably more to reassure me than for them.

Faculty across disciplines have reexamined their course materials and found new opportunities to engage students in reflection on the current historical moment through the lenses of literature, history, languages, sociology, art, economics, and the law. Professors and instructors are encouraging students to document their responses to the global pandemic, compare it to plagues of the past, and consider how it affects communities differently based on demographic factors such as race and socioeconomic status.

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Students understand themselves as being part of a historical time, said David Engerman, the Leitner International Interdisciplinary Professor of History.

Heres a look at how some Yale faculty have adapted their spring courses in light of the pandemic.

When we were forced to move our classes online, we talked as a group about how best to address the current health crisis, and it was decided that the pandemic itself would become the focus of the students' weekly journal prompts, said graphic design critic Pamela Hovland 93 M.F.A., who teaches the course On Activism: The Visual Representation of Protest and Disruption.

Typically, students in the class engage with primary source material from Yales archives and collections pertaining to social issues, choosing one as the basis for creating a personal visual journal. Now, they are using the pandemic as an opportunity to enter a graphic tradition of recorded activism, adding their own reactions to the pandemic to the archives, Hovland said.

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Yale's students, staff, faculty, and administration must be included in the university's archives as part of Yales own history and for future research, Hovland said. My hope is that my students visual responses to the impact on their personal lives as well as their now virtual collaborative efforts will be part of that still-unfolding story.

Robert J. Shiller, Nobel laureate and Sterling Professor of Economics, began a recent lecture by breaking from his syllabus to show a video from one of President Trumps COVID-19 Task Force briefings, and engage students in a discussion.

I would call these two epidemics what epidemiologists call co-epidemics, he told his students via Zoom. You have an epidemic of disease, and an epidemic of economic anxiety, which is inhibiting spending. Shiller also held a previously unscheduled open discussion session, during which students explored how finance and insurance could lessen the impact of the coronavirus.

Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, Ahyan Panjwani, a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the course, said hes noticed students being a lot more interested in the inner working of financial markets as a result of the crisis. Panjwani has fielded questions on a range of subjects, including actions by the Federal Reserve, food rationing, commodities futures, and market volatility. On net, the enthusiasm among students has increased, Panjwani said.

Professor Daniel HoSang shifted the focus of both of his graduate and undergraduate courses to anti-Asian violence and the racialization of disease as the pandemic took hold, hosting weekly Zoom webinars with prominent scholars, writers, artists, and critics.

In a recent graduate seminar, HoSang, associate professor of American studies and ethnicity, race, and migration, hosted Natalia Molina, a historian who focuses on the intersection of race and public health, who discussed how historical notions of immigrants as disease-bearing have shaped responses to COVID-19. In his undergraduate seminar, HoSang said, they are discussing histories of anti-Asian violence and collective responses to it.

Undergraduate students are also changing their capstone projects to reflect the current crisis, he said, including a comparative examination of the racial responses to outbreaks of Ebola and the coronavirus.

Students are researching 17th-centurytextson epidemics and are analyzing these in light of the current pandemic, said Christophe Schuwey, who teaches an advanced undergraduate seminar called Fake News and True Stories, centered on early modern France.

The rhetoric is strangely similar to todays, said Schuwey, assistant professor of French. The plague, for instance, is compared to a military enemy not unlike many heads of state and media institutions do today. Students are gathering information and comparing these early sources to current news stories in ongoing research projects. In particular, he asks students to look for the way untrue statements may be packaged in with one or two established facts to keep the news circulating.

It is important to understand what happened 400 years ago because this gives us a better perspective on what we are going through today, Schuwey said. By the end, I am hoping we will have a research dossier with pamphlets from the 17th century compared to todays epidemic media.

In Origins of Global Power, historian David Engerman added an assignment about the coronavirus and the American response to the pandemic.In that assignment, students locate and look at current news stories as though they were historical artifacts which in due time, said Engerman, they will be. Students relate current media coverage of coronavirus to broader themes around American power and how that power is exercised overseas, he said.

The course begins with the birth of the nation and ends with President Donald Trumps inauguration, with a final reading, suggested by a student, on the coronavirus. In their reflections so far, students have written about the United Nations and international cooperation, and compared the American response to COVID-19 to 1930s isolationism. Engerman recorded a lecture segment about the impact of disease on international relations, foreign policy, and the creation of the World Health Organization.

Students were moved beyond what I had to say to reflect on what the coronavirus response says about American power and this administration, Engerman said. Ive found it really rewarding.

Nina Kohn, visiting professor of law at Yale Law School, said the pandemic immediately raised questions pertinent to her spring seminar Aging and the Law.

The pandemic has made tangible many of the ethical and legal questions we ask students to grapple with, and thus had a profound effect in shaping the conversations we have with students, she said.

One of the courses key themesis the requirements for intergenerational justice. In other words, said Kohn: What do generations owe one another? And When can and should the law differentiate on the basis of chronological age?

With COVID-19 patients overwhelming hospital intensive care units and forcing medical professionals to make difficult decisions, Kohn said that the lessons of her course have never been more relevant.

We ask students to focus on the tough and uncomfortable questions, she said. Should ventilators be rationed based on age? Should it be lawful to refuse to resuscitate older COVID-19 patients? These are hard questions but necessary ones, and they have certainly affected the tenor of the class.

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It would be odd if I didnt talk about COVID-19, said Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science and professor of internal medicine, who is teaching the undergraduate sociology course Health of the Public. In addition to designing a lecture devoted to COVID-19, delivered just before students left for spring break, he began prompting students to think about the historical significance of the moment.

We are experiencing the sort of event that happens rarely in a lifetime like 9/11 or like an economic depression or the Vietnam War, Christakis wrote to students on March 20.I am 57 and I have never seen this myself, despite teaching about such matters for nearly 30 years.

In lieu of a second midterm, students are keeping Plague Journals. These are diary entries that can be personal or impersonal, and touch on the themes from our class, such as networks, social support, inequality, Christakis said. Not only could the journals serve as useful historical archives, but the act of writing them, he said, creates a sense of shared community, even though we are physically apart.

For her writing seminar (Re)Defining Family, lecturer in English Alison Coleman had students tour the digital interactive exhibit Your Story, Our Story at the TenementMuseum in New York City.

My students are really thinking about what constitutes family and how a familys traditions and sense of identity form who you are as a person and your place in the world. That's become a very direct concern, Coleman said.

Students have been posting narrative stories related to how families are connecting, reconnecting, or dealing with separation during the pandemic. For their final project, her students will create a written portrait of a family member.

Im asking them to include a photograph or other piece of visual imagery to accompany their writings, she said. The final assignment has always been a conscious shift away from a scholarly view and instead a look at the personal view of family this is especially relevant now.

Interested in more? Learn how professors at Yale School of Public Health have incorporated COVID-19 into their courses here and how one mechanical engineering class shifted gears from robots to ventilator designs in response to the pandemic.

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FORT MYERS, Fla., Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Dr. Kamii, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCwins Top Aesthetic Injector East in the Aesthetic Everything 2020 Aesthetic and Cosmetic Medicine Awards. Voting was held online between January 13th and February 7th, 2020, with winners being announced on February 8th, 2020. All votes were counted to obtain the list of winners.

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WATERTOWN, Mass., June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tufts Health Plan Foundation board approved an additional $900,000 to support recovery and rebuilding efforts addressing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The Foundation's commitment to COVID-19 response now reaches nearly $2 million.

"Even as we grapple with the effects of the virus, we must consider future implications," said Tom Croswell, president and CEO of Tufts Health Plan. "This crisis draws attention to deeply rooted systemic health disparities. This additional funding will support nonprofit organizations in their work to address the health and wellbeing of people in communities across the region."

The Foundation also announced 13 new grants, totaling $1.7 million for support of collaborative community efforts and systems change to advance healthy aging.

"We need to learn from this experience," said Nora Moreno Cargie, president of Tufts Health Plan Foundation and vice president for corporate citizenship at Tufts Health Plan. "We have an opportunity to think differently about how our systems are addressing community needs and how we can change the conditions that hold problems in place."

The new grants go to:

The Foundation continues a two-for-one match for donations by Tufts Health Plan employees and board members to organizations addressing the coronavirus pandemic. This match now is expanded and includes donations to nonprofits working on anti-racism and social justice efforts. Since March, more than $245,000 has been contributed to community organizations.

About Tufts Health Plan FoundationEstablished in 2008, Tufts Health Plan Foundation supports the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve. The Foundation has given more than $40 million to Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island nonprofits that promote healthy living with an emphasis on older people and will give more than $5 million to community organizations this year. The Foundation began funding in New Hampshire in 2016 and in Connecticut in 2019. Tufts Health Plan Foundation funds programs that move communities toward implementing age-friendly policies and practices that are relevant, focus on older people, and include them in community solutions. Visit http://www.tuftshealthplanfoundation.org for grant program information and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

About Tufts Health PlanTufts Health Plan is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage. Staying true to our mission of improving the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve, we touch the lives of more than 1.14 million members in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut through employer-sponsored plans; Medicare; Medicaid and Marketplace plans, offering health insurance coverage across the life span regardless of age or circumstance. We are continually among the top health plans in the country based on quality and member satisfaction. Our Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO and Senior Care Options plans received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the highest rating possible.* Our commercial HMO/POS and Massachusetts PPO plans are rated 5 out of 5 the highest rating possible by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).** Our Medicaid plan is rated 4.5 out of a possible 5.***

To learn more about how we're redefining what a health plan can do, visit http://www.tuftshealthplan.com/whatwedo. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTubeand LinkedIn.

*Every year, Medicare evaluates plans based on a 5-Star rating system. Star Ratings are calculated each year and may change from one year to the next. For more information on plan ratings, go to http://www.medicare.gov. Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO plans received 5 out of 5 stars for contract years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.**NCQA's Private Health Insurance Plan Ratings 20192020***NCQA's Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2019-2020.

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In the largest study to date of proteins related to Alzheimers disease, a team of researchers has identified disease-specific proteins and biological processes that could be developed into both new treatment targets and fluid biomarkers. The findings suggest that sets of proteins that regulate glucose metabolism, together with proteins related to a protective role of astrocytes and microglia the brains support cells are strongly associated with Alzheimers pathology and cognitive impairment.

The study, part of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership for Alzheimers Disease (AMP-AD), involved measuring the levels and analyzing the expression patterns of more than 3,000 proteins in a large number of brain and cerebrospinal fluid samples collected at multiple research centers across the United States. This research was funded by the National Institutes of Healths National Institute on Aging (NIA) and published April 13 in Nature Medicine.

This is an example of how the collaborative, open science platform of AMP-AD is creating a pipeline of discovery for new approaches to diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimers disease, said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. This study exemplifies how research can be accelerated when multiple research groups share their biological samples and data resources.

The research team, led by Erik C.B. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D, Nicholas T. Seyfried, Ph.D., and Allan Levey, M.D., Ph.D., all at the Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, analyzed patterns of protein expression in more than 2,000 human brain and nearly 400 cerebrospinal fluid samples from both healthy people and those with Alzheimers disease. The papers authors, which included Madhav Thambisetty, M.D., Ph.D., investigator and chief of the Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Section in the NIAs Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, identified groups (or modules) of proteins that reflect biological processes in the brain.

The researchers then analyzed how the protein modules relate to various pathologic and clinical features of Alzheimers and other neurodegenerative disorders. They saw changes in proteins related to glucose metabolism and an anti-inflammatory response in glial cells in brain samples from both people with Alzheimers as well as in samples from individuals with documented brain pathology who were cognitively normal. This suggests, the researchers noted, that the anti-inflammatory processes designed to protect nerve cells may have been activated in response to the disease.

The researchers also set out to reproduce the findings in cerebrospinal fluid. The team found that, just like with brain tissue, the proteins involved in the way cells extract energy from glucose are increased in the spinal fluid from people with Alzheimers. Many of these proteins were also elevated in people with preclinical Alzheimers, i.e., individuals with brain pathology but without symptoms of cognitive decline. Importantly, the glucose metabolism/glial protein module was populated with proteins known to be genetic risk factors for Alzheimers, suggesting that the biological processes reflected by these protein families are involved in the actual disease process.

Weve been studying the possible links between abnormalities in the way the brain metabolizes glucose and Alzheimers-related changes for a while now, Thambisetty said. The latest analysis suggests that these proteins may also have potential as fluid biomarkers to detect the presence of early disease.

In a previous study, Thambisetty and colleagues, in collaboration with the Emory researchers, found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the amount of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as the onset of symptoms such as problems with memory.

This large, comparative proteomic study points to massive changes across many biological processes in Alzheimers and offers new insights into the role of brain energy metabolism and neuroinflammation in the disease process, said Suzana Petanceska, Ph.D., program director at NIA overseeing the AMP-AD Target Discovery Program. The data and analyses from this study has already been made available to the research community and can be used as a rich source of new targets for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimers or serve as the foundation for developing fluid biomarkers.

Brain tissue samples came from autopsy of participants in Alzheimers disease research centers and several epidemiologic studies across the country, including the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), Religious Orders Study (ROS) and Memory and Aging Project (MAP), and Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) initiatives. The brain collections also contained samples from individuals with six other neurodegenerative disorders as well as samples representing normal aging, which enabled the discovery of molecular signatures specific for Alzheimers. Cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected from study participants at the Emory Goizueta Alzheimers Disease Research Center. These and other datasets are available to the research community through the AD Knowledge Portal, the data repository for the AMP-AD Target Discovery Program, and other NIA supported team-science projects operating under open science principles.

This press release describes a basic research finding. Basic research increases our understanding of human behavior and biology, which is foundational to advancing new and better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Science is an unpredictable and incremental process each research advance builds on past discoveries, often in unexpected ways. Most clinical advances would not be possible without the knowledge of fundamental basic research.

The research in this study is funded by NIH grants R01AG053960, R01AG057911, R01AG061800, RF1AG057471, RF1AG057470, R01AG061800, R01AG057911, R01AG057339, U01AG061357, P50AG025688, RF1AG057470, RF1AG051633, P30AG10161, R01AG15819, R01AG17917, U01AG61356, R01AG056533, K08NS099474, U01AG046170, RF1AG054014, RF1AG057440, R01AG057907, U01AG052411, P30AG10124, U01AG046161, R01AG050631, R01AG053960, R01AG057339, U01AG061357, P50AG005146, U24NS072026, and P30AG19610.

Reference: Johnson ECB et al. Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimers disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and astrocyte activation. Nature Medicine. 2020 Apr 13. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0815-6

About the National Institute on Aging (NIA): NIA leads the U.S. federal government effort to conduct and support research on aging and the health and well-being of older people. Learn more about age-related cognitive change and neurodegenerative diseases via NIAs Alzheimer's and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center website. For information about a broad range of aging topics, visit the main NIA website and stay connected.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit the NIH website.

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Whether or not you are going to Scarborough Fair, it might be a good idea to bring home some parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Parsley - multi-vitamin in a leaf

Both the Greeks and Romans gave parsley to their racehorses to make them strong and fast. It is essentially an herbal multivitamin. In The Good Herb (1995), Judith Benn Hurley noted that parsley is essentially a multivitamin in an herb:

A cup of minced fresh parsley (about four ounces) contains more beta carotene than a large carrot, almost twice as much Vitamin C as an orange, more calcium than a cup of milk and 20 times as much iron as one serving of liver.

Other modern uses of parsley are for treatment of kidney stones, as a diuretic, UTI and high blood pressure. National Geographic Guide to Medicinal Herbs (2010).

Rosemary for remembrance

Rosemary has long been credited with having positive effects on the mind. Scholars in ancient Greece tucked fresh rosemary sprigs in their hair while studying, according to The Good Herb.

Science has shown that rosemary is an antispasmodic, anti-depressive and antimicrobial. Rosemary contains a compound called rosmaricine that seems to relieve headaches much the way aspirin does but without irritating the stomach. It has been shown to improve memory and has demonstrable evidence of inhibiting the growth of cancer in lab animals. Desk Reference to Natural Medicine, National Geographic Society (2006).

Sage for salvation

The herbs genus name salvia means salvation or to be saved. Throughout history, there has been a belief in the herbs spiritual powers.

North American Indians would use smudge sticks of sage to purify rooms and to clear negativity. Ancient Arabic and Chinese herbalists believed that drinking sage tea enhanced mental and spiritual clarity. Germanys Commission E, a scientific panel that regulates herbal medicine, states that sage has antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and astringent properties.

It has research supporting its treatment of cold sores, herpes, and Alzheimer. Desk Reference to Natural Medicine, National Geographic Society (2006).

Thyme for courage

Throughout the ages, thyme has been associated with courage. Greek soldiers allegedly rubbed it on their chest before battle. Romans put it in their baths to impart vigor, courage and strength. Courtly ladies embroidered thyme sprigs on the scarfs they gave to their knights. Desk Reference to Natural Medicine, National Geographic Society (2006).

Although thyme can be toxic in high doses, it is rich in a volatile oil called thymol which is a powerful and proven antiseptic, antibiotic and antifungal. From the 15th through the 17th centuries, thyme was used to combat the plagues that swept through Europe and as recently as World War I the essential oil was used as a battlefield antiseptic.

In the 1990s, Scottish researchers found lab animals fed with thyme oil aged more slowly than those who did not receive it. Desk Reference to Natural Medicine, National Geographic Society, (2006).

Herbalist Susun Weed opines that thyme tea gives courage to the heart and slows the aging process. Her recipe for thyme tea is one teaspoon of dried thyme (or one handful of fresh). Fill the teapot with boiling water and the thyme and steep for two to three minutes. Add one teaspoon of honey per cup. Enjoy.

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As coronavirus-induced mortality rates feature persistently in the nightly news, life feels more fleeting and fragile than before. Yet Israeli and Azerbaijani researchers are among those investigating the secrets behind longevity.High in the mountain forests of Eurasias Caucasus region and down in the leafy lowlands of Azerbaijan, clusters of superagers generally those age 90 and above have inspired generations of documentarians and scientists alike to plumb the mysteries of living a long life.Storytellers long have circulated tales of groups of Azerbaijanis living to be more than 120; a museum in the city of Lankaran honors the countrys long livers. Since the 1970s, Azerbaijans overall life expectancy has settled into the global-average range of 71. Still, an unusual number of Azerbaijanis, primarily in remote areas, have overwhelmingly defied the average.What exactly affords Azerbaijans superagers the ability to keep on living?ClustersWhy have clusters of superagers not just isolated superagers appeared in Azerbaijan and elsewhere in the world? Genes and family history come into play. Looking at the clusters in Azerbaijan may add to the body of knowledge of medical factors and family patterns that proactively contribute to longevity.A growing number of scientists consider aging to be a preventable condition that can be addressed by gene therapy. Such an approach contrasts with the medical communitys traditional focus on the risk factors that pose impediments to long life. Lessons to be learned from Azerbaijan and elsewhere may contribute to our ability to prolong life.GeneticsThe New York-based Albert Einstein College of Medicines Dr. Nir Barzilai, an eminent leader in longevity research, has not personally examined the Azerbaijani case but points to his long-term research on Ashkenazi Jews in discussing the issue of clusters.Israeli-born Barzilai, founding director of the colleges Institute for Aging Studies and scientific director of the American Federation for Aging Research, has identified or corroborated longevity-associated gene markers that include the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene (CETP). In one form, CETP correlates with slower memory decline, lower dementia risk, and significant protection against heart disease. CETPs appearance is affiliated with higher good cholesterol (HDL). Scientists and pharmaceutical companies such as Merck have looked to CETP and other identifying markers as means to interrupt age-related diseases.Barzilais study of the largely homogeneous Ashkenazi Jewish population has revealed shared genetic elements resulting in patterns. The research has helped Barzilai and others develop mitochondria-based therapeutics for diseases associated with aging.LifestyleLifestyle matters, scientists and laypeople generally agree. Whether it be taking daily walks or turning off the news, people who live a life focused (but not overly focused) on healthy habits tend to live longer.Dr. Anatoly Khaimovich Rafailov, a surgeon with more than 40 years of experience who leads the Azerbaijan-Israel Inter-Parliamentary Work Group in the Azerbaijani Parliament, attributes the high life expectancy in some regions of Azerbaijan to two factors. First: the residents of those regions widely use Berberis (Barberry) in their everyday meal. The anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and other healing properties of Berberis are well-known since ancient times, he says. The second factor is that people there are very active physically daily, they walk about 18-20 kilometers (11-12 miles). And motion is life.Many Azerbaijanis cite a diet centered on unprocessed, organic foods and a lack of involvement in harried debate as keys to long life. Dr. Tahir Amiraslanov, president of the Azerbaijan National Culinary Association and editor-in-chief of the Kulina scientific journal, says, People eat what they grow, use clean water and fresh air, live in a house with a large, multigenerational family, and overall live a natural life and try to do good things.Professor Ulduz Hashimova, director of the Institute of Physiology at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in the countrys capital of Baku, shares that her institute has made understanding superaging an institutional priority for several years. The institutes comprehensive research has spanned disciplines, from genealogy to ecology, neurology, biochemistry, and beyond. Most published works deriving from this effort are written in Russian, which may partially explain the Wests general lack of familiarity with this research.From the pandemic to the futureAzerbaijan has fostered significant partnerships in the humanities and other disciplines, and the West is building an understanding of Azerbaijani culture and contributions. Amid the pandemic and in the coming years, the US scientific community may look to Israel and Azerbaijan who are partners in technical and other arenas for breakthroughs in the understanding of aging.The Azerbaijani superaging phenomenon may also be of particular interest to social scientists, given major societal changes during the past century. Consider this: Someone over the age of 100 might have witnessed what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan as a portion of the Russian Empire, a part of the early Azerbaijani Democratic Republic, and as an S.S.R. of the Soviet Union.As societies become increasingly heterogeneous, we can learn from families and communities with shared characteristics. We may unlock more life-extending therapies. Meanwhile, as research progresses, we can make the lifestyle changes already identified as keys to longevity.Diana Cohen Altman, principal of Cultural Diplomacy Associates, L.L.C., and former executive director of the US cultural non-profit Karabakh Foundation, writes extensively about Azerbaijani cultural and civil-society topics.

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Its still not clear whether Gov. Kate Brown will allow some beauty treatments to resume as part of her decision to allow medical offices to restart elective procedures as early as Friday after more than a monthlong shutdown to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

After several days of questioning from The Oregonian/OregonLive, the governors office said Brown didnt intend to allow aesthetician services, medical spas, facial spas, and non-medical massage services to reopen.

But how about doctors or nurse practitioners who provide medical beauty services such as wrinkle reduction?

Spokeswoman Liz Merah said to stay tuned. The state might have additional guidance on opening day, she said.

In a sampling by The Oregonian/OregonLive, some owners believed they werent allowed to reopen, while others were adamant that the governor had given their industry permission to restart anti-aging or aesthetic procedures meant to improve the appearance of the skin or body.

Neighboring governors also have announced the loosening of some restrictions on the medical industry, albeit on a more limited basis than in Oregon.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that some elective or delayed surgeries -- such as those for cancer or heart problems -- can resume. But Newsom specified cosmetic surgeries are still barred for the time being.

Washingtons Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday clarified a previous order restricting nonurgent procedures. He gave health care providers more leeway to resume some of the procedures if delaying them would significantly harm the patient. Inslees direction appears to offer no wiggle room for Botox businesses or other medical spas to reopen.

The confusion in Oregon arose when Brown announced last week that elective, non-urgent medical and dental procedures could restart but didnt offer a specific list of businesses.

She and Dr. Dana Hargunani, the Oregon Health Authoritys chief medical officer, cited examples instead -- including knee surgeries, fertility treatments, dental cleanings, cancer biopsies and hip replacements.

When a reporter asked Hargunani whether cosmetic procedures would be allowed, Hargunani didnt answer directly yes or no. Instead, she left the door open, saying: We are not telling providers exactly what they can or cannot do. But we know that those that are most urgent and necessary are going to be the first on the list.

That might have looked like a green light to many.

Aesthetic Medicine run by Dr. Jerry Darm -- one of the most recognizable faces in Oregons medical beauty industry -- announced his Lake Oswego office will start seeing customers again Monday.

We are reopening May 4th!!!!! Darms Facebook page reads. We are so excited to see our patients and have our staff back. There will be new guidelines for scheduling an appointment but we are feeling very blessed.

The post was met with a flurry of likes and comments such as Awesome!!!! I can wait to see you again and Thats so good to hear the good news.

Darm and the operators of several other medical beauty businesses contacted by the newsroom didnt return messages asking for details about safety protocols and the reason for their decisions to reopen. That includes Key Laser Institute for Cosmetic Regenerative Medicine in outer Southwest Portland, which posted on its Facebook page that its gearing up to see patients again.

Key Laser Institute for Cosmetic Regenerative Medicine's Facebook Post April 27, 2020. (Facebook screenshot)

Some others said its far too soon. Theyre concerned that meager testing means the state doesnt have a handle on the true scope of the problem or the knowledge needed to contain the virus spread through contact tracing.

While Oregon has by far a lower number of known cases and deaths than some other states -- 2,510 positive tests and 103 deaths it also has tested only about one in every 100 residents.

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Debora Masten, a certified advanced esthetician in Salem, said she wont start offering customers chemical peels, laser hair removals and other treatments Friday because she doesnt think her services are necessary at this stage in the pandemic.

Its supposed to be stuff you cant put off, Masten said. Im anxious to get open again, too, but I think we have to try as best we can to protect the public.

Masten also noted that like many others who perform a range of treatments, shes not a doctor or nurse practitioner and the governor hasnt given her the OK. Thats even though she sees others who also arent medical professionals gearing up to reopen.

Sharon Griffin, a naturopathic doctor who operates Plush Botox Bar in Northeast Portland, wrote the governor this week urging her to end the confusion.

She asked Brown to specifically require the medical beauty industry to remain shuttered, like so many other businesses ranging from clothing stores to hair salons to dine-in restaurants.

No one really needs Botox in May, but as things stand, theyre gonna get it and possibly a whole lot more in the bargain, Griffin wrote.

She said in an interview that she supports restarting necessary procedures, like her husbands CT scan scheduled next week to diagnose a medical problem.

But she has decided to hold off reopening her own business until at least June 1 to see how the spread of the disease continues to play out, even as she sees competitors around her planning to reopen.

Griffin said shes passionate about what she does -- injectables such as Botox and lip fillers -- but doesnt want to risk the health of customers for procedures that arent life or death matters.

Nobody will die from a wrinkle, Griffin said.

-- Aimee Green; agreen@oregonian.com; @o_aimee

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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --1271 Partners, Streamline Medical Group, and RayBiotech have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing to the NFL Alumni Association and its members. The partnership is offering Coronavirus (COVID-19) IgM/IgG Dual Antibody Rapid Test Kits as a member benefit to NFL Alumni members with telemedicine consultations to help families screen and possibly prevent the spread of the virus.

1271 Partners and Streamline Medical Group have executed a distribution agreement that provides an exclusive license to provide RayBiotech's IgM/IgG Dual Antibody Rapid Test Kits to all of the professional sports leagues and arenas, such as the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. In addition, 1271 Partners and Streamline can distribute the Rapid Test Kits in North America, South America, and Europe on a non-exclusive basis.

"As an ongoing effort to fight the COVID-19 crisis we are fortunate to offer, our members and NFL Alumni families,an option for a rapid screening test, thanks toRayBiotech, 1271 Partners and Streamline Medical Group's relationships," said NFLA CEO Beasley Reece.

"Streamline Medical Group has always been on the forefront of optimal health and wellness through our blood testing for our patients. Streamline now has the opportunity to address the emergency need for valid COVID-19 rapid screening in partnership with the NFL Alumni Association Athletica and 1271 Partners," says Gary Brecka, CEO of Streamline Medical Group. "Along with 1271 Partners, we chose to become a distribution partner with RayBiotech because of their location right here in the USA and their history of providing cutting-edge array technologies for the discovery of regenerative medicine and disease-related protein biomarkers. We have a very high degree of confidence in their testing capabilities."

"As a managing member of 1271 Partners and a fellow NFL Alumnus, I am more than thrilled to offer our constituents, families and consumers-at large through the NFL Alumni Athletica platform, the opportunity to distribute COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits manufactured right here in the U.S. We are all living in challenging times and to provide a quick solution for some peace of mind is very satisfying," said 1271 Partners Managing Member, Billy Davis.

"We are very excited to partner with this excellent group of organizations to help provide access to COVID-19 screening kits for its members, the sporting community, all the fans and businesses that surround them. Specifically having the ability to work with the NFL Alumni and the 35 chapters throughout the country, will provide a gateway of solutions not only for the Alumni members but also the consumers and local businesses trying to get back to work in a safe and effective manner,"said RayBiotech Senior Business Development Manager, Jarad Wilson.

About NFL Alumni:NFL Alumni, a non-profit organization founded in 1967, is comprised of former NFL players, coaches, staffers, cheerleaders, spouses, and associate members whose mission is to serve, assist and inform former players and their families. The NFL Alumni offers a variety of medical, financial, and social programs to help members lead healthy, productive and connected lives, as well as community initiatives under its "Caring for Kids" programs. Pro Football Legends is the commercial marketing arm of the NFL Alumni. For more information, please visitwww.nflalumni.org.

About 1271 Partners:1271 Partners LLC is the managing entity for the NFL Alumni Athletica. Empowering healthcare consumers with leading scientific, evidence-based treatment options. The same standards of medical care received by elite and professional athletes should be made available to all. 1271 Partners LLC is a premier distributor of tissue and medical device products to the healthcare markets. We have deep experience in sales, operations, and logistics to lead the industry in effectively innovating in order to serve evolving market demands.

About Streamline Medical Group:Streamline Medical Group, along with Streamline Wellness, an organization with anti-aging and regenerative medicine clinics across the U.S., is focused on empowering patients to take control of their health and wellness to help them reach optimal wellness and reduce their healthcare costs. Streamline bases its personalized treatment protocols on each patient's unique biomarkers and prescribes a variety of products and services to help that patient reach their health and wellness goals. Streamline's ability to educate and empower the patient is enhanced with its proprietary report called the Streamline360 that simply explains how each biomarker ties in to specific bodily functions and, when optimized, how that correlates to optimal wellness. For more information, please visithttps://www.streamlinewellness.com

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There are a number of reasons why sleeping in the same bed as your S.O. can be less romantic than you'd hope: snoring, tossing and turning, reading with the light on...which has many couples considering a "sleep divorce."

Don't worryit sounds more dramatic than it is. A sleep divorce simply means sleeping in a separate bed as your partner. So if sleeping in the same bed now surpasses annoying and truly interferes with your ability to sleep, it may be time to make some moves.

You wouldn't be alone: Over 30 percent of people say they're ready to file for a sleep divorce in their own homes, according to one survey.

Better sleep, of course. It makes sense to sleep apart any time one partner's sleep disturbs another, whether its because of snoring, different work schedules, or restlessness, says Chris Winter, MD, a neurologist who runs a sleep medicine clinic in Charlottesville, Virginia. "At least from time to time."

And that's because sleep is really freakin' important. High-qual sleep is linked to healthy food choices, better workout performance, more efficient work, and so much more.

Poor sleep can tremendously impact your relationship, says Dr. Winter. People are more irritable, less able to read emotions, more impulsive, and more prone to depression if they aren't getting adequate sleep. So yes, it's worth making sleep a major prio...for your health *and* your relationship.

There also may be certain times, like during pregnancy or a nuts work sched, when it makes sense to sleep divorce for just a short stintnothing needs to be permanent!

You can even take it day by day: Dr. Winter says it could be beneficial to consider sleeping separately, say, the night before a big meeting, which also helps you test out the waters so you know if this is something you wanna do more often.

Dr. Winter encourages people to refrain from thinking of healthy relationships and sleeping in the same bed as mutually exclusive. Sleeping apart is a personal choice, but I also think two people can love one another and not inhabit the same bedroom, he says.

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Licensed couple's therapist Sherry Amatenstein says it's common for one person to get upset when the other wants to sleep in a separate space, but she encourages you to explain that your desire to sleep apart has nothing to do with your feelings for your partner. At the same time, try not to take it personally if your S.O.'s the one who brings it up. Know that the National Sleep Foundation found that 38 percent of people said their relationship was impacted by their partners sleep disorder, so again, this could be a healthy choice on multiple levels.

And as Amatenstein notes, alone time can actually be a good thing. Its nice to have some space and time to yourself, she says.

Not everyone has the luxury of a second bedroom, but if you do, think about the things that contribute to your comfort and invest in items that fit the bill. Having separate bedrooms gives each partner the opportunity to set their bedroom up to their exact specifications, including the mattress, lighting, and temperature, says Dr. Winter, huge contributing factors to a good night of sleep.

Consider a white noise machine or a fan, especially if you notice the space feeling stuffy. This is also a great time to try out a weighted blanket since it wont impact your partner.

If you don't have a separate bedroom, one partner could consider sleeping on the couch temporarily (again, before a big meeting or during a tough time at work!), with the understanding that it won't last forever. Either way, you'll need to schedule sex or prioritize a li'l spontaneity earlier in the day, but hey, you've got the energy now, righttttt?

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Eliminating senescent cells has emerged as a promising anti-aging therapy in the medical field in the past few years. With Alpine Rose Active[1], Mibelle Biochemistry is pioneering the novel senolytics concept in the cosmetics field.

When fibroblasts responsible for the production of collagen either age or encounter too many harmful oxidative stresses (such as UV light and pollution), they become senescent. Senescent cells are also called zombie cells because they no longer divide, but are also far from being dead. These cells continue to secrete signalling molecules that promote inflammation and can influence surrounding cells into also becoming senescent. In younger tissue, senescent cells are usually cleared by the immune system. In aged skin and skin that has been exposed to consistent stress, senescent cells accumulate. The resulting chronic inflammation exacerbates the aging process by promoting collagen degradation, which leads to a lack of skin elasticity.

Alpine Rose Active eliminates senescent skin cells, reduces redness and increases skin elasticity, rejuvenates the deep layers of the skin and protects skin proteins from oxidative stress (Photo: Mibelle Biochemistry)

Studies in medicine have shown that so-called senolytic molecules can eliminate these "old" cells and prevent disease. In order to adapt this concept in the cosmetic field, Mibelle called on the Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum), one of the most typical and prominent Swiss alpine plants.

Alpine Rose Active was shown to specifically clean-up misdirected, age-promoting senescent cells and in clinical studies to significantly reduce skin redness, increase skin elasticity and protect from UVA induced photo-aging, explains the Swiss-based expert in botanical actives.

To assess the properties of this new active ingredient, Mibelle Biochemistry carried out an in vitro study and two clinical studies.

In vitro, a treatment with 1% Alpine Rose Active significantly reduced the number of senescent fibroblasts in a mixture of senescent and healthy fibroblasts, while not affecting the number of healthy cells.

In vivo, the application of a cream with 2% Alpine Rose Active twice daily on volunteers showed that redness was significantly reduced after 14 days by 8.4%, while skin elasticity significantly increased after 28 days by 16.1% compared to placebo.

In a second in vivo study, using a cream with 2% Alpine Rose Active allowed to completely prevent the oxidation of skin proteins after UVA-irradiation compared to placebo.

Alpine Rose Active is a purified extract of organic alpine rose leaves. This robust and hardy plant grows in the high Alpine regions of Switzerland and is carefully harvested by sustainable wildcrafting. The extract is COSMOS approved and organically certified by EcoCert.

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Monday, April 13, 2020

In the largest study to date of proteins related to Alzheimers disease, a team of researchers has identified disease-specific proteins and biological processes that could be developed into both new treatment targets and fluid biomarkers. The findings suggest that sets of proteins that regulate glucose metabolism, together with proteins related to a protective role of astrocytes and microglia the brains support cells are strongly associated with Alzheimers pathology and cognitive impairment.

The study, part of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership for Alzheimers Disease (AMP-AD), involved measuring the levels and analyzing the expression patterns of more than 3,000 proteins in a large number of brain and cerebrospinal fluid samples collected at multiple research centers across the United States. This research was funded by the National Institutes of Healths National Institute on Aging (NIA) and published April 13 in Nature Medicine.

This is an example of how the collaborative, open science platform of AMP-AD is creating a pipeline of discovery for new approaches to diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimers disease, said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. This study exemplifies how research can be accelerated when multiple research groups share their biological samples and data resources.

The research team, led by Erik C.B. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D, Nicholas T. Seyfried, Ph.D., and Allan Levey, M.D., Ph.D., all at the Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, analyzed patterns of protein expression in more than 2,000 human brain and nearly 400 cerebrospinal fluid samples from both healthy people and those with Alzheimers disease. The papers authors, which included Madhav Thambisetty, M.D., Ph.D., investigator and chief of the Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Section in the NIAs Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, identified groups (or modules) of proteins that reflect biological processes in the brain.

The researchers then analyzed how the protein modules relate to various pathologic and clinical features of Alzheimers and other neurodegenerative disorders. They saw changes in proteins related to glucose metabolism and an anti-inflammatory response in glial cells in brain samples from both people with Alzheimers as well as in samples from individuals with documented brain pathology who were cognitively normal. This suggests, the researchers noted, that the anti-inflammatory processes designed to protect nerve cells may have been activated in response to the disease.

The researchers also set out to reproduce the findings in cerebrospinal fluid. The team found that, just like with brain tissue, the proteins involved in the way cells extract energy from glucose are increased in the spinal fluid from people with Alzheimers. Many of these proteins were also elevated in people with preclinical Alzheimers, i.e., individuals with brain pathology but without symptoms of cognitive decline. Importantly, the glucose metabolism/glial protein module was populated with proteins known to be genetic risk factors for Alzheimers, suggesting that the biological processes reflected by these protein families are involved in the actual disease process.

Weve been studying the possible links between abnormalities in the way the brain metabolizes glucose and Alzheimers-related changes for a while now, Thambisetty said. The latest analysis suggests that these proteins may also have potential as fluid biomarkers to detect the presence of early disease.

In a previous study, Thambisetty and colleagues, in collaboration with the Emory researchers, found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the amount of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as the onset of symptoms such as problems with memory.

This large, comparative proteomic study points to massive changes across many biological processes in Alzheimers and offers new insights into the role of brain energy metabolism and neuroinflammation in the disease process, said Suzana Petanceska, Ph.D., program director at NIA overseeing the AMP-AD Target Discovery Program. The data and analyses from this study has already been made available to the research community and can be used as a rich source of new targets for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimers or serve as the foundation for developing fluid biomarkers.

Brain tissue samples came from autopsy of participants in Alzheimers disease research centers and several epidemiologic studies across the country, including the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), Religious Orders Study (ROS) and Memory and Aging Project (MAP), and Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) initiatives. The brain collections also contained samples from individuals with six other neurodegenerative disorders as well as samples representing normal aging, which enabled the discovery of molecular signatures specific for Alzheimers. Cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected from study participants at the Emory Goizueta Alzheimers Disease Research Center. These and other datasets are available to the research community through the AD Knowledge Portal, the data repository for the AMP-AD Target Discovery Program, and other NIA supported team-science projects operating under open science principles.

This press release describes a basic research finding. Basic research increases our understanding of human behavior and biology, which is foundational to advancing new and better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Science is an unpredictable and incremental process each research advance builds on past discoveries, often in unexpected ways. Most clinical advances would not be possible without the knowledge of fundamental basic research.

The research in this study is funded by NIH grants R01AG053960, R01AG057911, R01AG061800, RF1AG057471, RF1AG057470, R01AG061800, R01AG057911, R01AG057339, U01AG061357, P50AG025688, RF1AG057470, RF1AG051633, P30AG10161, R01AG15819, R01AG17917, U01AG61356, R01AG056533, K08NS099474, U01AG046170, RF1AG054014, RF1AG057440, R01AG057907, U01AG052411, P30AG10124, U01AG046161, R01AG050631, R01AG053960, R01AG057339, U01AG061357, P50AG005146, U24NS072026, and P30AG19610.

About the National Institute on Aging (NIA): NIA leads the U.S. federal government effort to conduct and support research on aging and the health and well-being of older people. Learn more about age-related cognitive change and neurodegenerative diseases via NIAs Alzheimer's and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center website. For information about a broad range of aging topics, visit the main NIA website and stay connected.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH):NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.

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In recent years, a few studies have shown adverse effects of testosterone therapy on the heart: higher risks of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, or stroke.

The findings of adverse cardiovascular effects of testosterone therapy is in sharp contrast with the information emerging from scientific studies on testosterone. A mans heart, arteries, and brain need testosterone to function well. Testosterone is possibly the most important hormone for a mans muscles. The heart is made of striated muscle fibers, and the arteries, also those that go through the brain, are mainly made of smooth muscle cells with a thin layer of endothelial cells inside, all responsive to testosterone.

Only a few low-quality studies show adverse effects of testosterone therapy on the brain and heart

The number of studies that show adverse cardiovascular effects of testosterone therapy is very small in comparison with the much greater number of studies showing protective effects: 5 negative studies (including one study that shows a mixture of beneficial and adverse effects on coronary arteries) compared to 17 studies showing neutral effects (no adverse effects) and 58 published trials that show cardio- and cerebrovascular protection of testosterone therapy. Furthermore, in approximately 100 studies, high testosterone levels are associated with cardiovascular protection, whereas it is difficult to find a single study showing the opposite. Moreover, it is worth noticing that the studies that show cardiovascular adverse effects of testosterone therapy present important biases and quality errors that make them less trustable.

Excessive conversion of testosterone to estradiol may be the explanation behind the unexpected unfavorable results

There might be some truth behind the unexpected adverse effects of testosterone found in the five studies. During testosterone therapy some of the testosterone converts into the female hormone estradiol. In some men, excessive amounts of testosterone can convert to estradiol. Men with high estradiol levels tend to develop significantly more atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, arterial hypertension, and stroke. When estradiol levels become excessive, the estradiol tends to block testosterone receptors, blocking as a result the protective effect of testosterone on the cardiovascular system. If this is the real explanation for why testosterone therapy may cause cardio and cerebrovascular problems in some men, then all studies that examine the effect of testosterone therapy on men should include a measurement of the serum estradiol levels. In fact, because of the risks presented by high estradiol levels in men, the follow-up of any testosterone treatment should include regular measurements of estradiol next to that of testosterone and the other important tests related to testosterone.

To access the relevant data on testosterone deficiency, testosterone therapy, and their association with cardiovascular disease on the International Hormone Society website, in the Evidence-based hormone therapies section (available soon).

To get more references and practical information on testosterone therapy, read my 600-page book for physicians, Testosterone, the Therapy for Real Gentlemen.

To get practical and in-depth training on testosterone therapy and come attend the hormone therapy workshop in Orlando on August 21-22, 2020. Check out the Evidence-based hormone therapy workshop here, which will be available at the A4M 28th Annual Spring Congress being held in Orlando, Florida on August 20-22, 2020.

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Calendula, a flowering plant also known as pot marigold, can be served as a tea or used as an ingredient in various herbal formulations.

While the tea is made by steeping the flowers in boiling water, the extract is derived from both the flowers and the leaves (1).

Despite its slightly bitter taste, calendula tea is a traditional remedy used in folk medicine because of its ascribed therapeutic properties. Meanwhile, you can find the extract in oils, ointments, and tinctures.

Here are 7 potential benefits of calendula tea and extract.

Antioxidants are beneficial compounds that neutralize the harmful effects of oxidative stress in your body (2).

Calendula extract possesses several potent antioxidants, including triterpenes, flavonoids, polyphenols, and carotenoids (1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Additionally, it boasts anti-inflammatory compounds, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). While inflammation is a normal bodily response, chronic inflammation is linked to multiple conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes (7, 8).

In a study in rats fed monosodium glutamate (MSG), calendula extract significantly reduced oxidative stress and reverted the depletion of antioxidant levels by up to 122% (9).

MSG is a popular flavor enhancer that may cause headaches, dizziness, and numbness in sensitive individuals or when consumed in high doses (9).

While these results are promising, further human research is needed.

Calendula contains numerous compounds that may fight oxidative stress and inflammation in your body.

Calendula extract found in oils, ointments, and tinctures may be used topically to treat wounds and ulcers. You can also apply the tea to your skin via a cloth compress or spray bottle. However, its unclear whether drinking the tea offers the same effects.

Test-tube and animal studies indicate that calendula extract may regulate the expression of certain proteins that promote wound healing (10).

One test-tube study determined that calendula extract increased the amount of collagen in wounds as they healed. This protein is necessary to form new skin (11).

In a 12-week study in 57 people, 72% of those treated with calendula extract experienced complete healing of venous leg ulcers, compared with 32% in the control group (12).

Similarly, in a 30-week study in 41 adults with diabetes-related foot ulcers, 78% of participants achieved complete wound closure after daily treatment with calendula spray (13).

You can apply calendula to your skin in various forms to promote wound and ulcer healing.

Calendulas antioxidant content may provide anti-tumor effects.

Test-tube studies suggest that calendulas flavonoid and triterpene antioxidants may fight leukemia, melanoma, colon, and pancreatic cancer cells (14, 15, 16, 17).

Research indicates that the extract activates proteins that kill cancer cells while simultaneously blocking other proteins that would otherwise interfere with cell death (18).

Nevertheless, research in humans is lacking. Calendula tea or other calendula products should never be used as a cancer treatment.

Several calendula compounds may combat certain cancer cells, but human studies are necessary.

Calendula extract is known for its antifungal and antimicrobial properties (19).

Notably, in one test-tube study, oil from calendula flowers proved effective against 23 strains of Candida yeast a common fungus that can cause oral, vaginal, and skin infections (20, 21).

Another test-tube study indicated that calendula extract inhibits the growth of leishmania, the parasite responsible for leishmaniasis a disease that may produce skin sores or affect internal organs, such as your spleen, liver, and bone marrow (22, 23).

You can apply calendula oils, ointments, cloth compresses, or sprays directly to your skin but remember that research in humans is needed, so its unclear how effective these treatments are.

Calendula may offer antifungal and antimicrobial properties, but studies in humans are lacking.

Calendula may help treat oral conditions, such as gingivitis.

Gingivitis, which is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gums, is one of the most common oral diseases (24).

In a 6-month study in 240 people with gingivitis, those given a calendula mouthwash experienced a 46% reduction in their inflammation levels, compared with 35% in the control group (24, 25).

Whats more, a test-tube study determined that a calendula-based mouthwash reduced the number of microorganisms on suture materials used for tooth extraction (26).

The studies attributed these effects to calendulas potent anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.

Furthermore, gargling calendula tea is said to relieve sore throats although the evidence is anecdotal (27).

Calendulas anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties may aid oral health by combatting gingivitis and microbial growth.

Calendula extract is widely utilized in cosmetics, including creams and ointments.

Both test-tube and human studies show that calendula extract may enhance skin hydration and stimulate its firmness and elasticity, which may delay signs of aging (28, 29).

These effects are likely due to its antioxidant content, which may reduce skin damage caused by oxidative stress (28, 30).

Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the leading cause of oxidative stress in the skin. Interestingly, one test-tube study determined that calendula oil has a sun protection factor (SPF) of 8.36 (30).

As such, sunscreens formulated with calendula oil may safeguard against sunburn.

Lastly, a 10-day study in 66 children with diaper rash determined that calendula ointment may work as a safe and effective treatment (31).

Calendulas antioxidants and SPF may reduce skin damage, combat skin aging, and treat diaper rash.

Many people claim that calendula has other uses, but few of these are supported by science.

A handful of studies indicate that calendula may improve heart health, treat muscle fatigue, and relieve sore nipples. However, no scientific evidence supports its other uses, which include regulating menstruation and clearing acne.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers calendula safe for general use (32).

However, while it may improve skin health in some people, skin contact may result in allergic reactions in others. Therefore, you should test your skins reaction by applying a small amount of any calendula-based product prior to using it (27).

People with allergies to other plants from the Asteraceae family, such as German chamomile and mountain arnica, may be more prone to a calendula allergy (35).

Furthermore, it may be best to avoid calendula products while pregnant to reduce your risk of miscarriage, given the herbs alleged menstruation effects.

Lastly, a review of 46 studies determined that calendula may interfere with sedatives and blood pressure medications. If youre taking either of these, you may wish to avoid this herb (36).

While calendula is generally recognized as safe by the FDA, pregnant women and people taking sedatives or blood pressure medications may want to avoid it.

Calendula, a flowering plant, is packed with beneficial plant compounds that may provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and wound healing effects.

Its commonly taken as an herbal tea and used in various topical creams.

Still, further human research is necessary, as most of the evidence relies on test-tube or animal studies.

Lastly, you should avoid calendula if youre pregnant or taking sedatives or medications to lower blood pressure.

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Hailey Bieber is seemingly making green her color for 2020. Just last week, the model was spotted out and about in Los Angeles in a Kelly green vegan leather coat by Staud, capturing the cool, laid-back vibe of the coastal city. But now that she is in Paristhe reputed fashion capital, where she is presumably attending events surrounding Fashion Weekshe is bringing a posh, sultry sensibility to her ensembles.

Green in Pari, Bieber captioned on her Instagram account, followed by a heart emoji in the verdant hue. She was wearing a boxy emerald green blazer and matching mini skirt that both featured pronounced gold buttons by Natalie Ratabesi, a Los Angeles-based designer known for creating sleek looks coveted by industry insiders. The shiny hardware also mirrored the large chain handle of her Bottega Veneta Pouch bag, an accessory that has become a hot commodity amongst showgoers at fashion weeks across the globe.

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Not so prevalent, but equally chic were the BV gold twisted triangle earrings that added an extra shimmer to Biebers look. And rounding all this together was a pair of leather over-knee-boots by Casadei.

Now that St. Patricks Day is a few weeks away, were definitely pinning Biebers outfit to our mood board.

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