TENILLE TOWNES TAKES HOME FOUR WINS AT THE 2022 CCMA AWARDS PRESENTED BY TD
TONIGHT’S WINS BRING TOWNES’ TOTAL TO FIVE, MAKING HER THE MOST AWARDED ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Calgary, AB, Sept. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DALLAS SMITH CONTINUES STREAK WITH FOURTH MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR WIN AND CELEBRATES WITH AMAZON MUSIC AND ALEXA FANS’ CHOICE AWARD
THE REKLAWS EARN GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR WIN FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
ANDREW HYATT WINS FIRST CCMA AWARD TAKING HOME THE TITLE OF RISING STAR
2022 CCMA Awards presented by TD media assets available HERE
Commemorating its 10th year in Calgary, the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) celebrated the 40th Annual CCMA Awards presented by TD tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary’s own Tenille Townes owned the night with four award wins, including the coveted Entertainer of the Year and holding on to her title of SpotifyFemale Artist of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.
In addition to her win from last night (Songwriter(s) of the Year), tonight Alberta’s Townes also celebrated wins in the FORD F-150 Album of the Year (Masquerades) and Single of the Year categories.
Taking home the title of Male Artist of the Year, Dallas Smith also celebrated with fans when he earned the Amazon Music and Alexa Fans’ Choice Award. His win was preceded by The Reklaws celebrating a second Group or Duo of the Year win. The evening was rounded out with Andrew Hyatt earning his first-ever CCMA Award in the Rising Star category.
OFFICIAL 2022 CCMA AWARDS PRESENTED BY TD WINNERS:
Entertainer of the Year
Tenille Townes
FORD F-150 Album of the Year
Masquerades — Tenille Townes
Amazon Music and Alexa Fans' Choice
Dallas Smith
Spotify Female Artist of the Year
Tenille Townes
Group or Duo of the Year
The Reklaws
Male Artist of the Year
Dallas Smith
Single of the Year
“Girl Who Didn’t Care” — Tenille Townes
Rising Star
Andrew Hyatt
For more information regarding the Canadian Country Music Association and the 2022CCMA Awards presented by TD, please visit https://www.ccma.org/.
To view a full list of the 2022 CCMA Awards presented by TD winners, visit ccma.org.
About the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA)
Established in 1976, the CCMA is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization committed to the promotion and recognition of Canadian country music. Built upon the foundation to educate, elevate and celebrate Canadian talent, the CCMA progressively heralds the spirit, community and creativity that country music fosters through year-round initiatives, culminating every fall with Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Sponsors of Country Music Week 2022 and the 2022 CCMA Awards Show include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund,” Radio Starmaker, Tourism Calgary and the Government of Alberta.
About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of digital and streaming assets, animation software, technology and media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns innovative full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and children’s book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca , Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV, Nick+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit www.corusent.com.
About TD Bank Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (“TD” or the “Bank”). TD is the fifth largest bank in North America by assets and serves more than 26 million customers in three key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe: Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth (Canada), TD Internal Direct Investing, and TD Insurance; U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank ® , TD Auto Finance U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.), and an investment in The Charles Schwab Corporation; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with more than 15 million active online and mobile customers. TD had CDN$1.8 trillion in assets on April 30, 2022. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol “TD” on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
If you have ever attended your freshman year at college or sent a child off to school, you are well acquainted with the term “freshman 15.” Those extra 15 pounds that creep on in the fall are not just the domain of co-eds. Adults are subject to it as well as colder climates bring us indoors and less body-conscious clothing has us dressing in layers. While weight gain should never come with judgment, it is far more challenging to lose weight than it is to prevent it from occurring in the first place, with some mindful tips people can follow as the days grow shorter and colder. Dr. Haley Perlus is a Sports and Performance Psychology Ph.D. who provides healthy advice people of any age can follow to maintain their health year-round.
Pay attention to emotional eating
The start of fall brings more time spent at home. More time at home can lead to boredom and possibly seasonal depression. For some, this comes with emotional eating, leading to weight gain. To prevent weight gain, it’s important to learn your habits and patterns and make the necessary adjustments. For example, if you know you emotionally eat at 8pm, either eat something healthy at 7:45pm to eliminate the 8pm binge or take yourself far away from food and engage in a more healthy behavior such as going for an evening stroll, journaling, or talking to a loved one.
Experiment with new healthy recipes
Fall brings so many healthy vegetables. Research and experiment with cooking new healthy meals to keep you engaged, entertained, and healthy.
SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder Derailed Your Eating Habits
As daylight savings rolls around, you’re not alone if you feel blue. Seasonal depression not only impacts your mental health but can impact your weight. People with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) are more prone to emotional eating than people who don’t have the condition. If you struggle with SAD, do your absolute best to get outside for a moment of fresh air and human movement. Even five minutes can have an impact on your mood. As far as food and emotional eating go, try embracing mindful or intuitive eating. Every time you have the urge to eat, take a moment to reflect on how you’re feeling physically and mentally.
Control your Stress Levels
Summer is typically a less stressful time for most of us. However, when fall comes, our schedules tend to ramp up again. Stressed individuals tend to have high cortisol levels, hormones released in response to stress. Chronically high cortisol levels can cause weight gain, as they have been linked to greater food consumption. Additionally, a stressful lifestyle may cause more cravings for junk food. Techniques can help you reduce stress. Some options include exercise, meditation, yoga, and deep breathing.
Take phone meetings while walking.
Taking a 30-minute phone call on the go can help you burn an extra 100 calories.
Make Small Changes in Your Eating Habits
Taking a small changes approach can have many benefits for weight management. First, small changes are easier to incorporate into everyday life than large ones. For example, eating 100-200 fewer calories daily is more manageable than eating 500 fewer calories daily (basically, an entire meal). Minor changes are also easier to maintain in the long run, which is key to managing weight. And successfully making these small changes may lead them to more significant changes in their life.
Change Your Comfort Foods
Enjoying food is a primal desire for all human beings. However, you don’t have to eliminate your favorite foods and treats to keep winter weight gain low. Instead, experiment by substituting foods with higher quality ingredients to upgrade the health value of your favorite comfort foods by including more whole-food, low-sugar, and healthy ingredients. For example, switch out white sugar for honey, maple syrup, or even monk fruit. Instead of white flour, you can use whole-wheat, gluten-free, or almond flour. Upgrade oils by avoiding processed oils such as trans fats and hydrogenated oils and use less refined options such as coconut, olive, or avocado oil.
Don’t Forget to Sweat
Many exercises and strategies can help you avoid seasonal weight gain while offering several other benefits for overall health and well-being. Regardless of the kind of physical activity you choose, research shows that consistent exercise, when combined with healthy eating, helps prevent weight gain while helping maintain weight loss in the long term. Variety also helps; by sweating your calories off with different types of exercise throughout the week, it will be harder to get bored of it. For example, try including some cardio, resistance training, and strength and flexibility (such as yoga) in a given seven-day period.
Dr. Haley Perlus knows what it takes to overcome barriers and achieve peak performance. As an elite alpine ski racer, she competed and trained with the best in the world, pushing herself to the limits time and time again. Now, with a PhD in sport psychology, Haley continues to push boundaries and drive peak performance, helping athletes and Fortune 100 executives reach their goals.
Haley works with individuals and teams to manage and expand their energy capacity while increasing resilience, focus and drive. Dr. Perlus is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, professor, author and consultant to Division I athletes. She has spoken at many events some of which include VISTAGE, Tec Canada, Elite Fitness and Performance Summit and Trilogy Athletes. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado lecturing on applied sport and exercise psychology at the graduate level. She has authored several books including The Ultimate Achievement Journal and The Inside Drive and her articles have been featured in publications such as Thrive Magazine, Fitness Magazine, IDEA Fitness Journal, EpicTimes, Telluride Inside, MyVega and BeachBody®.
Dr. Perlus earned her PhD at the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis on social psychology of sport and physical activity, her MS at the University of Florida in sport pedagogy and her bachelor’s degree at the University of Western Ontario in kinesiology. Haley loves both water and snow skiing, and hiking. Her favorite meal is anything that requires only chopping or blending.
TELUS Health opens mental health support crisis line through LifeWorks for those affected by Saskatchewan tragedy
24/7 free crisis hotline now available to those in need at 1-844-751-2133
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TELUS Health has opened a free 24/7 crisis support hotline through LifeWorks to offer professional emotional support to individuals dealing with the impacts of the recent stabbings that occurred in Saskatchewan.
As a leading provider of mental health and total wellbeing services, we want to support the communities in which we live and work. We know that a crisis or traumatic event like this can trigger overwhelming emotional responses.
When calling the crisis line, individuals receive crisis counseling support and/or referral to community resources. Anyone in Canada affected by this event can reach this free crisis support line at: 1-844-751-2133.
LifeWorks is a wholly owned subsidiary of TELUS now operating as part of TELUS Health as a result of its recent acquisition, The LifeWorks’ employee assistance program is also available to the employees of existing clients through the designated toll-free number, or by visiting workhealthlife.com and login.lifeworks.com.
About TELUS Health TELUS Health is a global healthcare company serving people in more than 160 countries delivering both digital innovation and clinical services to improve total physical, mental and financial health and wellness across the full spectrum of primary and preventative care. By leveraging the power of technology to deliver connected solutions and services both in-person and virtually, TELUS Health is improving access to care and revolutionizing the flow of information while facilitating collaboration, efficiency, and productivity for physicians, pharmacists, health authorities, allied healthcare professionals, insurers, employers and people globally, progressing its vision of transforming healthcare and empowering people to live healthier lives.
Our clinical team is composed of renowned and passionate health professionals around the world delivering best-in-class people-centric care to hundreds of thousands of employers, professionals and their families.
Muvon Therapeutics Announces Successful Phase I Clinical Study in Female Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence using a Novel Regenerative Cell Therapy
Zurich, Switzerland, September 8, 2022 -- Muvon Therapeutics AG, an innovative clinical-stage biotechnology company announced results from a Phase I clinical trial. This first study evaluating a proprietary cell therapy platform demonstrated the safety, feasibility and potential efficacy of autologous skeletal muscle injections into the bladder sphincter of women suffering from Stress Urinary Incontinence with the goal of naturally restoring strength and function over 6 months.
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) is defined as the complaint of any involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion. It is a highly prevalent and untreated disorder which affects over 200 million people worldwide. It has a severe impact on both physical and psychological health and imposes a high burden on quality of life on affected individuals. Up to 60 percent of women above the age of 40 are affected and twice as often as men following prostate surgery. All existing treatment options from conservative to interventional including Kegel exercises, bulking agents and surgical devices exhibit drawbacks ranging from limited, short-term relief to potentially serious adverse events.
Professor Daniel Eberli, MD PhD, the sponsor-investigator and Dr Florian Schmid, MD PhD, the co-investigator of this study from the Department of Urology at the University Hospital Zurich stated:
"We believe this cell therapy platform represents a truly unique mechanism to repair damaged sphincter muscle tissue using the body's own precursor cells without the need for any foreign body placement through surgery. We will be presenting our findings at the International Continence Society Annual Meeting (ICS) in Vienna, on Friday, September 9 at 11.45-11.52 in Hall D. Furthermore, we have submitted a manuscript reporting our complete findings to a leading scientific peer-reviewed journal."
Dr Deana Mohr, CEO of Muvon Therapeutics added: "We have cleared the first major hurdle in our development program in the field of regenerative therapies where there is an extremely high unmet need and limited satisfaction with solutions. These results underscore rigorous pre-clinical testing and our ability to successfully extract muscle precursor cells from a patient, expand them in GMP laboratory conditions and inject into the sphincter muscle."
Dr John Coelho, Medical Affairs Leader noted: "The results of the Phase I feasibility study show that administration of this cell therapy is safe and well tolerated. We can now advance to the larger, adequately powered Phase II study with the intent of bringing a transformative option to patients with stress urinary incontinence."
Summary of Results:
Ten female patients were included in the study, of which 9 received treatment and completed all follow-up visits during the study period. Patients had a median age of 45 years and a median BMI of 24kg/m2.
Importantly, the median functional urethral length (FUL) under stress was significantly longer with 30mm at 6 months follow-up compared to 25mm baseline (95% CI: 2.5 to 7, p = 0.009).
Median maximum bladder capacity was 610ml at baseline and 670ml at follow-up (95% CI: -45 to 140, p = 0.343).
Finally, quality of life (QoL) questionnaires showed an improvement ICIQ-scores from median 7 points at baseline to median 4 points at 6 months follow-up (95% CI: -7 to -2.5, p-value = 0.035).
Eight adverse events (AEs) were registered, of which 2 were potentially related to the treatment. One urinary tract infection (UTI) was diagnosed three weeks after injection and was successfully treated with a single dose of oral Fosfomycin. No serious AEs were registered.
The evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis revealed no evidence of aberrant tissue formation or necrosis and moreover showed increase in muscle volume in all patients.
Muvon Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company, was founded as a spin-off from the University of Zurich. Muvon Therapeutics is dedicated to the discovery and development of personalized regenerative treatments as the primary standard of care. Our goal is to help the millions of patients suffering from serious debilitating diseases regain control of their lives by offering them minimally invasive treatment for regeneration of skeletal muscle. For more information about Muvon Therapeutics, please visit: About Us | Muvon Therapeutics | Switzerland
Microquest EMR First to Integrate PrescribeIT® V5.0
TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2022 /CNW/ - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Microquest are pleased to announce that Microquest's Healthquest electronic medical record (EMR) has become the first EMR to integrate V5.0 of Infoway's PrescribeIT® electronic prescribing service, and close to 1,200 prescribers in Alberta will soon benefit from the new features.
PrescribeIT® enables prescribers to send prescriptions and renewals electronically to a patient's pharmacy of choice, resulting in more efficient patient care, enhanced safety and improved communication between clinicians.
In direct response to customer feedback, PrescribeIT® V5.0 offers a number of improvements to the functionality of the service, including:
Enhancements to streamline prescriber e-renewal responses and more closely align them to prescriber workflows;
Functionality to reduce confusion with dispense notifications when multiple medications are dispensed for a single prescription;
Enhanced and automated search and matching functionality to enable prescribers to efficiently update local pharmacy records within the prescribers' EMRs; and
A streamlined log-in feature to enable prescribers to enter two-factor authentication when they log into their EMR instead of at the time of prescribing.
"We are very excited to integrate PrescribeIT® V5.0 into our Healthquest EMR because it's essential to ensure that our EMR is always current and at the forefront of technology," said Brandon Blanck, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Microquest Inc. "V5.0 will offer tremendous benefits to our hundreds of prescribers and clinics in Alberta, and we look forward to a mass deployment in the near future."
"We are thrilled to work with Microquest to ensure that its EMR is leading the way in integrating new and improved features of our PrescribeIT® service," said Jamie Bruce, Executive Vice President, Infoway. "We are also grateful to all prescribers and EMR vendors who have provided us with such valuable insights and suggestions to improve the functionality of PrescribeIT®. We will continue to seek and respond to this feedback to ensure that PrescribeIT® always meets their needs and makes the e-prescribing process as convenient and efficient as possible."
PrescribeIT® is now live in 677 communities in six provinces (Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba), and Infoway is working with other provinces and territories to develop roll-out plans. More than 10,000 prescribers and 6,000 pharmacy sites are enrolled in the service. See the interactive locator map.
About Microquest
Operating since 1993, Microquest is the developer of Alberta's premier electronic medical record (EMR) software, Healthquest. We pride ourselves on our customer service, offering superior products and unrivaled support to more than 430 EMR clinics and 1,200 prescribers across Alberta. Microquest enjoys being innovative within the health care space and works tirelessly to ensure we are fully integrated with the latest opportunities available, such as PrescribeIT® V5.0. Microquest is a privately held company, owned and operated within Alberta with a focus purely on health care software. Visit us online at https://www.microquest.ca.
About Canada Health Infoway
At Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) we believe a more connected and collaborative system is a healthier system, and we work with governments, health care organizations, clinicians and patients to make health care more digital. We're working to ensure that everyone is able to access their personal health information, book appointments, get prescriptions, view lab test results and access other health services, online. We're working with our partners to transform the health system because we know that digital in health can be as transformative as digital has been in other aspects of our lives. We're an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government. Visit us online at www.infoway-inforoute.ca.
About PrescribeIT®
Canada Health Infoway is working with Health Canada, the provinces and territories, and industry stakeholders to develop, operate and maintain the national e-prescribing service known as PrescribeIT®. PrescribeIT® will serve all Canadians, pharmacies and prescribers and provide safer and more effective medication management by enabling prescribers to transmit a prescription electronically between a prescriber's electronic medical record (EMR) and the pharmacy management system (PMS) of a patient's pharmacy of choice. PrescribeIT® will protect Canadians' personal health information from being sold or used for commercial activities. Visit www.PrescribeIT.ca.
We looked among the 190 biggest U.S. cities for abundant chocolate factories and high-quality shops selling chocolate, including chocolatiers, dessert shops, and patisseries. We also considered chocolate-themed entertainment like museums, tours, theme parks, and events.
Check out the 10 sweetest (and 10 bitterest) cities for chocolate lovers below, followed by key insights from our report. (See where your city ranks.)
Best Cities for Chocolate LoversRankCity1New York, NY2San Francisco, CA3Las Vegas, NV4Hershey, PA5Los Angeles, CA6Seattle, WA7Chicago, IL8Orlando, FL9San Diego, CA10Dallas, TXWorst Cities for Chocolate LoversRankCity1Sioux Falls, SD2Columbus, GA3Mesquite, TX4Garland, TX5Fayetteville, NC6Clarksville, TN7Surprise, AZ8Hayward, CA9Hampton, VA10Newport News, VA
Key insights:Big-city bonbons: New York takes the crown of the chocolate empire at No. 1 overall and in the Access category. The city is home to over 100 chocolate shops and the most chocolate manufacturers in the country.
Las Vegas, at No. 3, is its own Chocolate Sin City, far outnumbering the competition in dessert shops, candy shops, and ice cream shops. Chicago (No. 7) follows closely behind, with the second-highest number of chocolate stores and bakeries.Willy Wonka’s West: Indulgent San Francisco (No. 2) is home to industry icon Ghirardelli in addition to a number of smaller artisans and manufacturers. Head to Los Angeles (No. 5) and San Diego (No. 9), boasting plenty of patisseries, candy stores, and dessert shops to satisfy your cocoa-flavored cravings.
Up north, cities like Seattle (No. 6) and Portland (No. 14) also impress with many high-quality chocolate shops and bakeries, coffee shops, and dessert shops. Charming confections: The Sweetest Place on Earth — Hershey, Pennsylvania (No. 4) — might not have a variety of tasty chocolate shops to choose from, but it’s the perfect place to go if you’re looking for the ultimate chocolate-based entertainment: a chocolate theme park.
If you’re just searching for a good bite of chocolate, you might unexpectedly find it in small cities, such as Des Moines, Iowa (No. 19), Pomona, California (No. 26), and Garden Grove, California (No. 16). Desolate desserts: You won’t have many choices for combatting your chocolate cravings in small cities like Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Columbus, Georgia, and Mesquite, Texas, our three worst cities overall.
These cities gave a bittersweet performance across the board, with scarce options for their small-town chocolate lovers. Our full ranking and analysis are available here: https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-chocolate-lovers/
Health Association Nova Scotia announces partnership with Indigenous Treaty Partners
HALIFAX, NS, Sept. 8, 2022 /CNW/ - Health Association Nova Scotia (HANS), today announced a new service offering, in collaboration with Indigenous Treaty Partners (ITP). Indigenous Treaty Partners will provide insightful Indigneous cultural awareness training with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, for all HANS members—at no charge.
"Our for-profit subsidiary, Igility Services, provides an annual dividend to HANS to make this training possible," said Mary Lee, CEO of HANS and Igility Services, "We are an industry driven by people—and that's why we recognize the need to build our workplace capacity with First Nations leaders and communities. We sought input from our members and they indicated the need for this support."
The announcement was made at a staff recognition event, held earlier today. HANS established its subsidiary, Igility Services, to benefit their members with the goal to redirect additional revenues back to HANS, to help reduce the costs of services or support indirect benefits to their membership.
Houston Barnaby, Partner with ITP added, "Our goal is to bridge the gap between organizations who want to work with Indigenous communities, to bring people to a place of competence and confidence, with the hopes of rebuilding our Nations together in the spirit of Peace and Friendship."
About Indigenous Treaty Partners
The Indigenous Treaty Partners offer a robust Indigenous cultural awareness training program that works to educate and indigenize Corporate Canada for Board of Directors, Corporate Directors, Management, and general staff. For more information, please visit: https://www.treatypartners.ca/
About Igility Services/ Health Association Nova Scotia
A subsidiary of Health Association Nova Scotia, Igility provides services to drive business efficiency. Through our executive search services, safe patient handling solutions, business advisory services, and financial advisory services, we help organizations streamline their processes, so they can focus on their core purpose and focus on what matters most. For more information, please visit: https://igility.services/
Health Association Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit, non-government, membership-based association with 60 years' experience in delivering exceptional human resource shared services, innovative clinical engineering service solutions, policy support and expertise our members can count on. Our membership includes more than 130 organizations from across the health continuum, including the NSH, the IWK Health Centre, the majority of licensed nursing homes and publicly funded home care agencies in Nova Scotia, the province's Adult Residential Centres/Regional Rehabilitation Centres, and other health-related organizations. https://www.healthassociation.ns.ca/
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Samaritan Ministries members offer prayer and financial support for young members with cancer
Over the past five years, ministry members have shared more than $7 million for young ones’ cancer needs
PEORIA, Ill. — Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the challenges and needs for families facing that difficult situation. Members of Samaritan Ministries International(Samaritan) send shares to fellow member families who are dealing with a number of health issues — sometimes a child’s cancer diagnosis — giving spiritual encouragement and financial help for those needs.
“Samaritan Ministries members come alongside families struggling with childhood cancer treatments and diagnoses and connect them with fellow believers who can help share their burdens,” said Anthony Hopp, Samaritan’s chief purpose officer.
“Again and again, our members have comforted other families with notes of sympathy and prayers for healing,” Hopp said. “Jesus is the Great Healer in all matters, and we do our best to carry out His work.”
Cancer is consistently the top health care need that Samaritan members share. From 2017 to 2021, members shared $7,003,217 in cancer-related needs for members under 18.
“Cancer at any stage of life can be devastating, but it’s especially soul-wrenching when it happens to a child,” Hopp said. “Our hearts go out to those children and their families as we observe Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.”
Samaritan gives people of Biblical faith an effective, Bible-driven health care community in which approximately $30 million in medical needs is shared person to person every month. Over the past 27 years, Samaritan Ministries members have aided thousands of families and individuals, sharing more than $3 billion in needs while also praying for and encouraging fellow members through personal notes, cards and letters.
One Samaritan member family from Tennessee recently expressed their gratitude for fellow members’ support as their 6-year-old son was finishing more than two years of treatment for leukemia.
“Thank you all for being part of our family’s support system as we walked this road with Gabe,” Jill wrote in the Samaritan Ministries Community Facebook Group. “Being a Samaritan member was a huge blessing to us during this process.
“We are so proud of Gabe and his joyful spirit even during some very challenging few years. Walking beside him as his mama really has been an honor. Thank God for sustaining us through these last two years and thank God for sweet Gabriel Robert’s life. We can't wait to see what is in store for this child.”
Other Samaritan members experiencing cancer also wrote or called in to share their experiences:
Steve and Stacie from Kansas wrote:
“We had to walk a cancer journey and Samaritan and the supporting members were there for us every step of the way.”
Stephen and Amy from South Dakota shared:
“We are so thankful for all the loving and encouraging notes we received with so many of the shares. Amy is recovering well, and they believe the cancer they knew of has been removed. Again, we are so grateful to all the help we received and all the prayers.”
Wallace and Christina, who live in New Jersey, said:
“Thank you for everything you do for all of us as members. This ministry is such a blessing and my family has been blessed to be a part of it for a year now. God is so good! We are so happy to be a part of something that glorifies God. Health insurance does not do that. Because of a share for my husband, we were introduced to a member of our local community. Her son is battling cancer and we have been praying for each other. We appreciate everything Samaritan does and what it represents! All glory to God!”
SamaritanMinistries currently has a membership of 282,541 individuals from 83,700 households.
Samaritan has no limited enrollment period. Government exchange-based health insurance requires signups to occur only during open enrollment periods unless one qualifies for a special enrollment period due to a “life event” such as losing coverage, getting married, moving, or having a baby.
Samaritan Ministries health care sharing offers additional advantages:
No network restrictions. When medical care is needed, Samaritan members choose the health care provider, hospital, and pharmacy that work best for them.
The direct-sharing approach allows members to not only help fellow believers with their medical financial needs but to pray for and connect with them on a regular basis.
Monthly shares are hundreds of dollars less per month than insurance.
Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (CSE:ORIG) (the “Company” or “Origin Therapeutics”), an actively managed, psychedelics industry-focused investment issuer, is pleased to announce the election of Michael Galego as a new director of the Company. Pursuant to the Company’s articles, the board of directors is permitted to increase the size of the board by one-third of the number of current directors between annual meetings of the shareholders.
Michael Galego is an executive, lawyer and corporate director with extensive M&A, corporate finance and governance experience. Mr. Galego is currently CEO of Apolo Capital Advisory Corp. and sits on the board of directors of several public and private companies. Mr. Galego has been the co-founder of several businesses, including ICC Labs, Terrace Global and several other TSXV listed companies.
Mr. Galego was previously the CEO of the Stronach Group, Agricultural Division and an advisor to Mr. Frank Stronach. Mr. Galego commenced his career at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in the Business Law Department. He subsequently was legal counsel to several public and private companies operating in the resource sector in South America. He was previously legal counsel to Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., CGX Energy Inc., Medoro Resources Corp., Alange Energy Inc., Gran Colombia Corp. and involved in more than $3 billion in equity transactions and more than $5 billion in debt financings. Mr. Galego was a co-founder and director of ICC Labs until its sale to Aurora Cannabis Inc. in November 2018.
Mr. Galego holds an LLB. From the University of Windsor and a B.A. from York University. Mr. Galego is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School High Potentials Leadership Program. Mr. Galego was named to Lexpert’s “Top 40 under 40”.
AboutOriginTherapeutics
Origin Therapeutics is an actively managed investment issuer focused on making equity investments in psychedelics industry-related companies to provide investors with diverse exposure to the sector. The Company, led by a team of industry experts, leverages its management expertise, professional network, and due diligence process to identify and invest in leading and emerging companies focused on the emerging psychedelics sector.
Certain statements in this news release related to the Company are forward-looking statements and are prospective in nature. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “estimate”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “believe” or “continue”, or the negative thereof or similar variations. Except as required by applicable law, the Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
The Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release and accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy hereof.
Transformative Dementia and Alzheimer’s treatment
company Kurve Therapeutics launches $50 million
equity crowdfunding raise
Next-generation Medtech innovator Kurve Therapeutics begins an equity crowdfunding journey with its $50 million Regulation A+ raise.
Private investors can now invest in a company aiming to disrupt and transform a $1.3 trillion dementia market alone while benefiting millions living with neurodegenerative diseases.
Caption: Transformative Dementia and Alzheimer’s treatment company Kurve Therapeutics launches $50 million equity crowdfunding raise
Diseases like Dementia and Alzheimer's afflict millions of people across the globe, while over 1 billion people worldwide – 1 in 6 – suffer from a neurological disease. Yet, Healthcare sectors lack effective, disease-modifying treatments.
Kurve Therapeutic's patented intranasal drug delivery technology, Controlled Particle Dispersion® (CPD), has been shown to bypass the blood-brain barrier, delivering 30x more medication directly to the brain than infusions.
Marc Giroux, Kurve Therapeutics CEO and founder said: "An IV infusion manages to deliver one-tenth of 1% through the blood-brain barrier. We have measured our success at 30 times more than that. This is not an insignificant achievement.
"Central nervous system disorders are a scourge because they are challenging to treat by their very nature. We have the potential to eliminate this problem, so an unmet need becomes a met need,"
Giroux now hopes to blast Kurve Therapeutics into a new growth period, teaming up with award-winning broker-dealer Rialto Markets' crowdfunding infrastructure and technology for its Regulation A+ offering:
"Following extensive work developing treatments and our CPD technology, we are ready to scale the company and grow our investor community.
"We plan to invest most of our proceeds into our final phase III clinical trials for intranasal insulin for mild cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s. Kurve Therapeutics is ready for Phase III clinical trials in three separate disease states and is one Phase III study away from being eligible for FDA approval."
Caption: Rialto Markets CEO & Co-Founder Shari Noonan
Rialto Markets CEO and Co-founder Shari Noonan said: "Kurve Therapeutics' intranasal drug delivery technology has the potential to transform the lives of millions suffering from neurodegenerative diseases.
"This is a very exciting and important sector which needs this essential innovation, so we are delighted that Kurve Therapeutics chose to work with us to grow and scale."
Rialto Markets' has a capital raising infrastructure for Reg CF and Reg A+ equity crowdfunding as well as Reg D institutional investment offering. Alongside this, Rialto Markets has a pioneering secondary market alternative trading system (ATS) which empowers the buying and selling of shares in private companies or other private securities, which can operate similarly in a regulated framework and environment as a stock exchange does such as the Nasdaq and NYSE for public company trading.
This secondary trading ATS allows private companies and shareholders to potentially create liquidity and trading within a $7 trillion-dollar private securities market set to grow to $30 trillion by 2030, potentially enabling greater access to vital funding and private securities within a fully regulated environment.
Rialto Markets is a FINRA member Broker Dealer (Rialto Primary) and operates an alternative trading system (Rialto Secondary – Rialto MarketBoard™) for private securities including those issued as a Digital Asset Security. Rialto Primary supports companies issuing equity and debt securities through Reg A+, Reg CF, and Reg D exemptions. Rialto Markets is registered in all 50 states including those requiring a broker-dealer to issue Reg A+ securities
Kurve Therapeutics Led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with successful track records in biotech, pharmaceuticals, and device technology, our mission is to pave the way in treating complex CNS disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive aging, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS. The Kurve technology is featured in 18 peer-reviewed publications in leading medical journals. Kurve technology has been used in five double-blind placebo-controlled Phase II studies and is ready for Phase III with Alzheimer’s patients.
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