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Nemaura Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD) ("Nemaura" or the "Company"), a medical technology company focused on developing micro-systems-based wearable diagnostic devices and digital solutions for the medical and consumer markets, announced it is planning to launch a digital healthcare subscription service in the USA under the brand name proBEAT.
proBEAT is expected to be available without the need for a prescription and appeal to a broad range of adults encompassing pre-diabetic and Type 2 diabetics, numbering 88 million, and 26 million people respectively1, as well as those seeking to lose weight and/or seeking a healthier lifestyle.
proBEAT is expected to help users improve their knowledge of how a range of lifestyle, dietary and health and wellbeing factors impact their sugar levels by acting like a black box flight recorder. Big data about the multitude of factors that affect glucose levels will be gathered from all users and employed in developing and subsequently fine-tuning predictive algorithms and artificial intelligence based feedback and prompts. These will then be able to both educate and provide motivational tools to the user to encourage them to lead a healthier lifestyle.
Nemaura is now prioritizing launch plans for its proBEAT digital health platform in the U.S. and is considering various options to expedite the launch, including potential partnering with multi-national companies.
Nemaura intends to market this device as a general wellness product as described in the FDAs guidance document on the subject. General Wellness Products outlined in current FDA guidance are those which have either: (1) An intended use that relates to maintaining or encouraging a general state of health or a healthy activity, or (2) an intended use that relates the role of healthy lifestyle with helping to reduce the risk or impact of certain chronic diseases or disease conditions and where it is well understood and accepted that healthy lifestyle choices may play an important role in health outcomes for the disease or condition2. Further details are provided on Nemauras website: https://nemauramedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NMRD-Welness-PDF-Final-30Mar2020.pdf
1 American Diabetes Association2 General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (September 27, 2019)
About Nemaura Medical, Inc.:
Nemaura Medical Inc. (NMRD) is a medical technology company developing micro-systems-based wearable diagnostic devices and currently commercializing sugarBEAT, and proBEAT. sugarBEAT, a CE mark approved Class IIb medical device, is a non-invasive and flexible continuous glucose monitor (CGM) providing actionable insights derived from real time glucose measurements and daily glucose trend data, which may help people with diabetes and pre-diabetes to better manage, reverse and prevent the onset of diabetes. Nemaura is planning to submit a PMA application for sugarBEAT during the second quarter of 2020 for FDA review of this device under medical device regulations. proBEAT comprises a non-invasive glucose monitor and a digital healthcare subscription service and is due to be launched in the US as a general wellness product.
For more information visit: http://www.NemauraMedical.com.
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While kidney function can decrease gradually over time as people age, many people with healthy lifestyle habits maintain good kidney function throughout their lives. People who smoke, are obese, have a family history of kidney problems, or who have heart disease all are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.
One limitation of the study is that researchers assessed exercise habits by surveying participants, not by using activity trackers to objectively measure how much or how intensely people exercised.
Also, researchers identified people with chronic kidney disease based on the results of a single lab test. Clinicians typically diagnose the condition based on two or more tests.
Still, the results build on earlier research suggesting that exercise might help avoid kidney disease, said Dr. Michal Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.
"This is important for patients because physical activity is easily modifiable," Melamed, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email. "So, if people are concerned about their kidney function, if they have a family or personal history of kidney disease, it is probably a good idea to not lead a very sedentary lifestyle."
Doctors typically recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week.
While these guidelines don't directly address the risk of kidney disease, they are not a bad goal.
"It seems to be important to exercise regularly, every week and probably several times every week," Melamed said. "The people in this study, in the highest group of physical activity, either walked a little more than an hour every day or ran at least 2 hours a week, while the people in the lowest group walked less than 15 minutes a day."
SOURCE: https://bit.ly/2uOhfO9 British Journal of Sports Medicine, online January 22, 2020.
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Whitewater Ski Resort is not following drastic measures of closing operations to combat COVID-19 outbreak that some companies in BC are choosing.
Instead the local ski hill is implementing new policies and procedures staff believe will curb the spread of the novel coronavirus while allowing customers to continue to enjoy a healthy lifestyle on the mountain.
We released the information linkFriday the changes and adjustments were making at the resort, said Peter Lonergan, Sales and Marketing Director at Whitewater Ski Resort.
We will continue to be in talks with the Canada West Ski Areas Association(CWSAA) as well as of course closely monitoring the situation here in Canada but no official plans to change anything else at this time.
Changes at Whitewater, which include increased cleaning, reduced lodge capacity, no longer offering a public shuttle the kids shuttle for spring break camps will continue to operate and avoiding accepting cash transactions came prior to some ski hills in BC deciding to close down operations.
Vail Resorts, owner/operator of Whistler/Blackcomb, will cease operations from Sunday, March 15 to Sunday, March 22.
Two other ski resorts, SilverStar Mountain Resort near Vernon will close March 15-22 while Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver will close at 4 p.m. Sunday until further notice.
We urge everyone in the Whitewater community to be vigilant of their own health and conscientious of others, the release on the Whitewater website said.
If you are experiencing any symptoms concurrent with COVID-19, please do not put others at risk by entering public areas. If you are at-risk individual of contracting the virus, please carefully consider whether you visit Whitewater for the rest of the season.
Whitewater Ski Resort is a resort nestled in the Selkirk Mountainssituated in Ymir bowl, beneath the 2,400-metre-high Ymir Mountain,located a 25-minute drive from Nelson in southern British Columbia.
"We appreciate your support in limiting the spread of this virus, and we hope that by taking these steps, we are able to reduce its impacts on our community, while also enabling everyone to stay active and enjoy the mountain," the Whitewater website release said.
Red Mountain in Rossland, other than cancelling some larger events to conform with Public Health recommendations, will also continue operations during the upcoming spring break holiday.
"The good news is that we are open and continue to operate as usual, while taking all the additional precautions recommended by the health authorities including increased cleaning and sanitization of all public areas, signage, and hygiene procedures around handwashing, the release on the Red Mountain Resort website said.
"While we are disappointed to cancel these events, the safety and health of our guests and employees are very important to us. We will continue to monitor this changing situation on a daily basis and will update as required."
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February 12, 2020 -Making improvements to public housing may not have an impact on any specific healthcare condition, but housing quality certainly does affect net quality of life, according to data published in the latest issue of Health Affairs.
The healthcare industry has become increasingly concerned with affordable housing in recent years, as industry experts tout the importance of the social determinants of health and access to affordable, quality, and stable housing. Leaders say that individuals experiencing homelessness have more difficulty managing chronic illness as well as a higher likelihood of incurring costly acute care crises.
To address this issue, many hospitals, health systems, and payers have invested billions of dollars into creating affordable housing units. The logic holds that improving access to quality housing will save the stakeholders in downstream healthcare costs.
But what of older affordable housing units that have been serving vulnerable populations for decades? How can addressing the quality, not necessarily the amount, of affordable housing units impact patient health?
This is a real and pressing problem, the researchers explained. Currently, about 1.1 affordable housing units are facing nearly $50 billion in capital needs, per estimates from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Conditions in these buildings including broken elevators, leaks, old heating systems, and lead paint exposurepotentially threaten the health of the roughly 2.3 million low-income children and adults who live in public and other HUD-assisted housing, the researchers said. Moreover, many of these units will deteriorate further and become uninhabitable unless they are renovated.
And while making these repairs may not have a measurable impact on any one healthcare condition, it could have a significant effect on tenants quality of life, a key measure in patient experience and wellness.
Looking at a case study in New York City, the researchers specifically found nominal change in individual outcomes or utilization for asthma, anxiety or depression, injury, hypertension in adults, and acute respiratory infection.
However, they did find improvements in disease burden for each of those diseases, excluding hypertension in adults. This finding illustrates an improvement in quality of life, which is essential on the road to patient wellness and healthy lifestyle.
The researchers specifically looked at a New York City Housing Authority move from back in 2015, during which the Housing Authority sold 50 percent stake in six delipidated housing units to two private real estate development groups, establishing a public-private partnership for housing.
Through the partnership, the housing units received a renovation, including improvements to elevators, stairway handrails, heating and hot water systems, emergency generators, and roofs. The project also tackled more cosmetic changes, such as bathroom and kitchen repairs complete with new appliances, window replacements, painting, and air conditioning units.
The public-private partnership also resulted in exterior improvements.
Finally, New York City Housing Authority relinquished building management responsibilities to the private real estate firms, which revamped rent collection and other management issues.
On the whole, these changes improved patient experiences, quality of life, and in some cases, health.
This pattern of findings was not surprising, since we were examining the impact of broad-based renovations not targeted to address any particular health conditions or populations, and we observed people for only three years after the renovation was completed, the researchers reported.
It is possible that over a longer period and with a larger sample, we might have seen a significant impact on individual diseases as well as larger impacts on overall disease burden.
Of note, measures about emergency department or hospital utilization remained largely unchanged, the team found.
Patterns of health system usesuch as the proportion of residents visiting the ED or hospital appeared to be less sensitive to the renovations than disease outcomes were, the team said. This may indicate that peoples manner of engaging with the health care system is persistent, even when their mix of exposures, conditions, and overall well-being changes.
These housing interventions also made an improvement with overall patient satisfaction with their housing options.
Compared to individuals living in nearby affordable housing complexes, more intervention patients said they would recommend their complex to a family or friend, 54 percent versus 83 percent, respectively. Only 18 percent of intervention residents reported plans to move, compared to 34 percent of those in nearby affordable housing complexes.
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BY ADIA PALMER/ VN STAFF WRITER
As a college student, my mental health is always teetering.
Some days I am happy and filled with light.
On those days I ate a good breakfast, got to class on time, had a productive day at work, completed my homework at a decent hour and ended the night watching one of my favorite shows on Netflix.
Those days are my best.
Other days I feel low and fail at taking care of myself. I fall off my daily routine.
I will eat too little or eat so much I dont want to move.
I will go to work and everyone will ask if I am okay. I will say yes but we all know the truth.
When I get home I sleep, but not a peaceful sleep.
I wake up every few hours, anxious and sad.
I know I should do my homework, but my accumulating feelings of sadness wont allow me to do anything necessary besides sleep and eat foods that would thrill a kid.
The state of my mental health was not been diagnosed but I would call my mental state in fall semester 2019 anything but healthy.
My health was a concern for me mentally and physically.
My face was rounder.
I noticed my clothes did not fit properly.
I avoided clothing with buttons.
Sweat pants and hoodies are in-style street wear but I wore them because they were the only clothes I didnt feel stuffed in.
The semester was over but my disastrous habits didnt change and the pounds kept creeping up on me.
The final indicator that I had fallen off the deep end was when I realized it had been months since my checkup in September and I still hadnt gotten my bloodwork done.
As the days and weeks passed, my fears took over because I knew what I was feeding my body was not conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
What if my cholesterol or blood sugars were high? What if I am pre-diabetic or, even worse, diabetic?
These questions arent farfetched because most of my family have health issues related to being overweight.
I saw how big I was in the Christmas photos and decided to step on a scale. I was at my heaviest.
So, in January 2020 I committed to a healthier lifestyle.
I didnt want to be on a diet because they didnt seem to last and only made me binge eat.
I wanted this to become a long-term solution.
Granted, those with a severe mental health diagnosis or those who feel the urge to harm themselves should speak to a professional for help.
But I wanted to try to deal with my issues on my own.
I wanted to take back control of my life, so I began with the one thing my family doctor said I needed: exercise.
My new lifestyle change was going to be active.
Though it has only been a month, my new lifestyle of clean eating and exercise is making a remarkable difference in my mental stability.
I exercise three to five times a week for at least 30 minutes and I make no excuses for myself.
If I cant make it to the fitness center or a gym, I exercise at home.
I can feel a rise in my energy levels.
This the best I have felt mentally and physically since the start of my college career.
Seasonal depression and stress are difficult to overturn but I have done it (so far) with fitness.
I have lost ten pounds and my days are a lot brighter.
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There's been a boom in mega-churches with thousands of members over the past two decades, but that massive growth has come with a cost. A survey of pastors shows the demands of the job are creating greater stress, and some pastors are feeling overwhelmed or even burned out.
Pastor Howard John Wesley, the leader of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, is a gifted preacher and teacher who uses popular culture in his message to young people. But, he told his 10,000-member congregation that he decided to take a break.
"There's not been a day in these past 11 years that I have not woken up and knew that there's something I had to do for the church, that I have to be available for a call, that I journey with people through the highs and the lows of life," he said. "Now I want you to hear me clearly, I'm not exhausted, I'm tired. There's a difference."
With those words, Wesley announced that he is taking a 3-month sabbatical from the church he loves.
"I'm just tired, running a little bit on empty," Wesley said.
Explaining the distinction between being tired and burned out, he said, "The joy. I've not lost my joy."
"There's just some of the fatigue that comes along with it that requires a re-plugging in and charging up," he said. "So that I can continue to do what I think I've been called to do."
Eleven years ago, Wesley was called to lead Alfred Street Baptist Church, and he has done it well. Church membership has quadrupled to 10,000 during his tenure, but the demands some self-imposed have taken a toll on the fourth-generation preacher.
Asked if he felt compelled to work 24/7, Wesley said, "It's the only model I've ever known ... I was raised by a dad who, God rest his soul, told me, 'Never turn down a preaching engagement.'
"Here I am at 47, with 21 years in pastoring ... and going, maybe that wasn't the best advice," he continued. "That collar, that robe doesn't grant you any immunity from mental disease and depression and anxiety."
"Preacher burnout" has been an issue in the Christian community, according to a 2015 survey of 1,500 evangelical pastors by LifeWay Research. The survey found that 54% of pastors feel their role is frequently overwhelming and 33% feel isolated, but 71% of churches have no plan for a pastor to receive a periodic sabbatical.
"What pushed me this year was that Pastor Jarrid Wilson who took his life," Wesley said.
In September, Jarrid Wilson, the associate pastor at the 10,000-member Harvest Christian Fellowship in California died by suicide. He was just 30 years old.
"There's an unhealthy addiction to standing in that pulpit," Wesley said. "You can delude yourself into thinking that that's what life is all about."
Wesley said he sees a therapist regularly and he plans to use his sabbatical to begin a healthy lifestyle of exercise, a plant-based diet and most of all, tending to his own need for personal time with God.
"The greatest thing that has come from that sermon and this sabbatical is receiving hundreds of emails and texts from other pastors who said, 'Thank you ... I need to do this as well,'" Wesley said.
The pastor said he "absolutely" feels freed.
"Because I'm not ashamed," he said. "Free that I don't have to be Superman. I don't have to be perfect. I don't have to be super anointed every time I walk into this building. That I can be Howard John and not just pastor."
The congregation welcomes Wesley's sabbatical. It starts Januray 1, and he will be back just before Easter.
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CHICAGO To help the millions of Americans currently living with high blood pressure reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, the American Medical Association (AMA) is offering six tips that Americans can take to improve their heart health. The release of these tips coincides with the start of Februarys American Heart Month this week.
In February, American Heart Month, we encourage all Americans to take control of their heart health by better understanding and monitoring their blood pressure levels and making healthy lifestyle changes that can significantly reduce their risk of serious health consequences associated with high blood pressure, said AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A. High blood pressure is the nations leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke, yet an overwhelming number of U.S. adults are living with uncontrolled high blood pressureplacing them at increased risk for both conditions. By empowering more patients to monitor and control their blood pressure, we will continue to improve health outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs.
The AMAs six tips for improving heart health to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, include the following:
The AMA is committed to improving the health of the nation by leading the charge to prevent and reduce the burden of chronic diseases, like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The AMA will continue its efforts aimed at helping the U.S. achieve no new preventable cases of type 2 diabetes and helping all adults meet their blood pressure goals to ensure patients live richer and fuller lives.
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Maintaining a healthy lifestyle not only includes following a healthy diet but also means taking care of your daily routine and living in a happy surrounding. It is also very important to take care of your mental health because everything that goes on in your body is controlled by the mind. Here are the five most important things to follow in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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Include a lot of vegetables and fruits in your diet. A healthy diet does not mean consuming only expensive organic food. A traditionalhome-cooked food also works best to maintain your overall health. With the easy availability of junk and processed foodin the market, one must avoid consuming these products toa large extent.
Consuming a lot of water throughoutwillkeep you healthy internally. For those who find it boring to drink plain water, you can try infusingfruits or vegetables like watermelon, berries and cucumber to give it a natural flavour. According to the Institute of the Medicine of National Academies, one must consume at least 2 litres of water and 2.7 to 3.7 litres of liquid per day, including all beverages.
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Someone wise had once said, Take care of your mind it is the only place you have to live in. This is an affirmation one should follow every day. With our fast-paced lifestyle, we tend to be on our toes to keep up with this changing world. And thus, it is important to keep our minds healthy. Thiscan be achieved by indulging in any activity of your choice or following a hobby.
It is not every day that you will have a good day. Therewill be days when you have an extremely bad day. On days like these, socialize with your friends, spend time with your family orpartner. This will help you reduce your stress level. Also, ensure you get 7-8 hours of sleep daily.
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Exercise daily for at least an hour. Stretch your body to loosen up your muscles. Thiswill increase the blood flow in your body and increase metabolism. Go for a swim or a walk or play a sport to burn those calories to stay fit and active.
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Its no secret that its hard to quit smoking, and many people who want to break the habit struggle to do so. But new research has found there might be one surprising method that actually works: plastic surgery.
The link seems random, but its not. Smokers who want to undergo plastic surgery are generally advised by their doctors to stop smoking for at least two weeks before their procedure. And, according to a long-term follow-up study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,many patients end up continuing not to smoke, or at least smoke less, in the years after their surgery.
The study included 85 patients who were smokers when they were evaluated for plastic surgery. Five years after the surgery, 47 of those patients (most of whom were women, with an average age of 40) responded to a follow-up survey. The most common procedures were a tummy tuck, breast lift, and face-lift. After excluding five social smokers, the surveyincluded 42 people who reported being daily smokers before cosmetic surgery.
In the follow-up, about 40 percent of those patients said they no longer smoked on a daily basis, and nearly 25 percent had not smoked at all since their surgery. Also worth noting: Most people said they had reduced their smoking habit by some amount, and 70 percent said that discussing their increased surgical risks with the plastic surgeon positively affected their ability to quit or reduce smoking.
But half of the patients said they kept on smoking before their surgery, even though they were advised not to, and nearly a quarter said they continued to smoke up to the day of their procedure. The complication rate was higher in those patients 24 percent of them had post-surgical issues, as opposed to14 percent of patients who stopped smoking. Serious wound-healing complications also occurred in two people, both of whom kept smoking before their procedure.
I think perhaps what we saw with our study is the power of targeted messaging when trying to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients, the lead author of the study,Aaron C. Van Slyke, MD, of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, tells Yahoo Beauty. We showed that specificallydiscussing the adverse effects of smoking on the patients surgical outcome was more influential in helping patients quit smoking than a discussion around the general negative effects of smoking on their health.
He continues: In addition to this, as plastic surgeons, patients often present to us withconcerns about quality of life and appearance. As such, these patients may therefore be more receptive to learning about smoking and other health issues that can impact their future. This might allow plastic surgeons to be more effective at promoting healthy lifestyle modificationsthat extend well beyond the surgeon-patient interactions during cosmetic surgery.
Plastic surgeons usually advise their patients to stop smoking before a procedure because the nicotine in cigarettes affects the small blood vessels of the skin, increasing the risk of complications, plastic surgeon Jacob D. Steiger, MD, of Steiger Facial Plastic Surgery, tells Yahoo Beauty. People who smoke thus have a higher risk of healing issues because the blood flow can be diminished, he explains.
Continuing to smoke when youve been advised not to before a procedure can give you a three-times-greater risk of healing issues after surgery, especially when it comes to cosmetic surgeries like face-lifts, Steiger says.
The phenomenon of plastic surgery prompting people to quit smoking isnt unique to this study. Steiger says hes seen it in his practice too. Most people stop smoking before surgery and continue to be smoke-free afterwards, he says. This is a huge benefit to both their health and appearance.
Obviously, you shouldnt have plastic surgery just so you can quit smoking. But if youre interested in plastic surgery and have been looking for a way to kick the habit, its good to know that there could be an added benefit to going under the knife.
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