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Bravo TV Celebrity Hairstylist Julius Michael Becomes VOLOOM's 1st Brand Ambassador

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VOLOOM is proud to announce celebrity hairstylist Julius Michael as their first Brand Ambassador. In addition to owning Julius Michael - Scarsdale Hair Salon, Julius is part of the go-to glam squad for numerous Bravo TV stars. This includes the uber popular Housewives franchises, Vanderpump Rules, Summer House, Southern Charm and more. His work includes styling many of the network's top Bravolebrities for public appearances, photoshoots, reunions and guest spots on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen." Fans can keep up with his work by following his Instagram @juliusmichael1.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VOLOOM is proud to announce celebrity hairstylist Julius Michael as their first Brand Ambassador.
  • In addition to owning Julius Michael - Scarsdale Hair Salon, Julius is part of the go-to glam squad for numerous Bravo TV stars.
  • As Brand Ambassador for VOLOOM, Julius Michael will continue this momentum and serve as a consultant, assisting with product development, photo shoots, and live appearances.
  • According to Julius, "I couldn't be more thrilled to join VOLOOM as a brand ambassador.

Glue ear: there's a better alternative to grommet surgery

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Glue ear or secretory otitis media, to give it its medical name, is caused by a build up of fluid in the middle ear.

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  • Glue ear or secretory otitis media, to give it its medical name, is caused by a build up of fluid in the middle ear.
  • The default treatment for glue ear is grommet surgery, which is where a small tube is inserted in the eardrum to regulate the pressure in the middle ear.
  • There is also a lack of good-quality evidence that surgery achieves a long-term solution to recurrent bouts of glue ear.

Evolutionary glitches

    • In contrast, birds and reptiles only have one little ear bone and no empty middle ear space.
    • The first evolutionary glitch is the development of the Eustachian tube – which connects the middle ear to the nose and throat and thus the outside, ensuring pressure equalisation and the clearance of secretions.
    • The second evolutionary glitch is caused by how the middle ear was created in the first place.
    • The third evolutionary glitch is related to the lack of maturity in the child’s immune system against viruses and bacteria.

Auto-inflation

    • Several auto-inflation devices to treat glue ear in children were developed including the nasal balloon, first introduced in 1968 by Professor Hunt-Williams.
    • All the devices focused on autoinflation by nose, which is efficient in adults but difficult to perform in children.
    • So there is no consensus about the effectiveness of auto-inflation, and grommet surgery remains the most common surgery performed on children.
    • The new generation of devices have a face mask that is used to cover the nose and mouth of a child.

Giant sea lizards: fossils in Morocco reveal the astounding diversity of marine life 66 million years ago, just before the asteroid hit

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster?

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  • Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster?
  • Georges Cuvier, working in the early 19th century, was one of the first palaeontologists.
  • In part, his ideas were formed by study of a giant sea lizard, Mosasaurus, that lived and went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.
  • Massive numbers of species disappeared near the end of the Cretaceous, rapidly, around the world, both on land and in the sea.

Cretaceous marine reptiles

    • Near the end of the Cretaceous, sea levels were high, submerging much of Africa underwater.
    • And an extraordinary diversity of marine reptiles sat atop the food chain: giant sea turtles, long-necked plesiosaurs – and the mosasaurs.
    • These beds, in what’s now Morocco, are today mined for fertiliser, in the process revealing an extraordinary marine ecosystem from the last days of the Cretaceous.
    • Far from declining at the end of the Cretaceous, marine reptiles – especially mosasaurs – evolved to become increasingly diverse.
    • This arrangement is unique among lizards, or even reptiles.

Resilience and adaptability

    • The reason so many mosasaur species could coexist was that they specialised, targeting different prey with different hunting strategies, avoiding competition.
    • The diversity of mosasaurs suggests the marine ecosystem was healthy and stable in the last million years before the Cretaceous period ended.
    • Seen on longer timescales, over millions of years, life shows remarkable resilience and adaptability, and a certain orderliness.
    • But even the most successful, well-adapted species is only one catastrophe away from extinction— one asteroid, one volcano, one ice age.

Dominican President Addresses UN to Defend His Nation’s Measures Against Haiti’s Illegal Canal Construction Project

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Friday, September 22, 2023

If completed, the canal would draw water from the Dajabon River, violating a Dominican-Haitian border treaty dating from the 1920s.

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  • If completed, the canal would draw water from the Dajabon River, violating a Dominican-Haitian border treaty dating from the 1920s.
  • “This is to guarantee our security and national interest, as well as to protect our rivers, environment, and agricultural production,” the Dominican president explained to his counterparts at the United Nations.
  • In his speech, President Abinader also explained other important negative impacts that could result from this illegal construction project.
  • “This project could cause flooding in the CODEVI (manufacturing) industrial park, located 300 meters downstream from the canal site, endangering its 19,000 Haitian workers.

Align Technology Connects With Over 1,000 Doctors and Practice Staff at the 2023 Invisalign™ GP Summit Where Leaders in Digital Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry Share Best Practices for Leading Transformation in Dentistry

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Together these technologies further revolutionize digital treatment planning for orthodontics and restorative dentistry by providing doctors with greater flexibility, real-time treatment plan modification capabilities and digital solutions to help improve practice productivity and patient experience.

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  • Together these technologies further revolutionize digital treatment planning for orthodontics and restorative dentistry by providing doctors with greater flexibility, real-time treatment plan modification capabilities and digital solutions to help improve practice productivity and patient experience.
  • Dr. Mitra Derakhshan, Align senior vice president Global Clinical said, “We appreciate that doctors are focused on clinical excellence that addresses the unique needs of each patient.
  • Invisalign Personalized Plan (IPP) [link: https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-... ]- automatically applies a doctor’s specific treatment preferences for comprehensive cases, enhancing efficiency and step-changing treatment planning consistency.
  • SmartForce® attachment-free aligner activation feature [link: https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-... ]- reduces the need for attachments and offers a more aesthetic solution for an enhanced Invisalign patient experience.

BariaTek Medical Receives € 1.5M DeepTech Non-dilutive Financing From Bpifrance BariTon™ Device to Enter Clinical Trials to Treat Obesity and Diabetes in the Near Future

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Obesity and diabetes are debilitating conditions affecting more than 1 billion patients worldwide; they are the most costly chronic conditions to healthcare systems surpassing cardiovascular diseases and cancer and their prevalence is increasing.

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  • Obesity and diabetes are debilitating conditions affecting more than 1 billion patients worldwide; they are the most costly chronic conditions to healthcare systems surpassing cardiovascular diseases and cancer and their prevalence is increasing.
  • Obesity and diabetes are pandemics increasingly affecting patients in every corner of the globe.
  • Bariatric surgery remains the only sustainable solution to treat obesity and the resulting diabetes, but surgery is invasive, is associated with complexity, complications, and high costs.
  • BariaTek is now initiating a private fundraising to finance the next steps and make BariTon™ available to patients as soon as possible.”

The Inner Circle Acknowledges, Kari Blankenship as a Pinnacle Life Member for her contributions to the Field of Dentistry

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Friday, September 22, 2023

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Kari Blankenship is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Member for her contributions to the Field of Dentistry.

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  • PLANO, Texas, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Kari Blankenship is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Member for her contributions to the Field of Dentistry.
  • She finished her formal education and training with rotations at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and gained experience in meeting the needs of medically compromised patients.
  • They provide advice and instruction on taking care of the teeth and gums and on diet choices that affect oral health.
  • She asserts that she has never grown tired of helping people bring out the best that their smiles have to offer.

TEAMSTERS TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH: NEXT ROUND IS ON YOU

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch Teamsters and the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference kicked off negotiations on Monday for a new contract protecting 5,000 brewery workers nationwide.

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  • 5,000 Anheuser-Busch Teamsters Begin Talks for Better Wages, Benefits
    WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch Teamsters and the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference kicked off negotiations on Monday for a new contract protecting 5,000 brewery workers nationwide.
  • The Teamsters represent production workers at 12 U.S. breweries for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest beer maker in the world.
  • Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.
  • Visit Teamster.org to learn more and follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters .

The People's Ecosystem Launches Toci Treats Powered by Unlokt™ in New Mexico

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The People's Ecosystem (TPE), a BIPOC women-owned cannabis conglomerate fighting for social-economic equity, today announced Toci Treats™ powered by Unlokt™ from Day Three Labs (DTL), the first proven novel protein delivery technology disrupting the way edibles are developed, delivered and consumed, will hit dispensary shelves in New Mexico before the end of this year.

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  • "As a sixth-generation survivor of the War on Drugs and a native to New Mexico, I experienced the decimation of our communities and am proud to bring edibles powered by Unlokt™ home to help us all heal from that trauma," said Melanie Davis, COO, The People's Ecosystem.
  • "We launched Toci Treats with Unlokt™ last year in California because most edibles available were made with nano-emulsions, included chemicals and surfactants or weren't transparent about the all of their ingredients," said Christine De La Rosa, CEO of The People's Ecosystem.
  • In addition to Toci Treats, TPE is working with Day Three Labs to develop Toci Tabs powered by Unlokt™, a sublingual cannabis edible that melts in your mouth with an onset time of about 5 minutes, the fastest onset of any edible available today.
  • To connect with TPE for more information about manufacturing edibles with Unlokt in New Mexico, please visit https://thepeoplesecosystem.com/the-peoples-manufacturing/ .

Thierer Family Foundation Launches Vivery Community, a Public Charity to Expand Access to Nutritious Food and Benefits Nationwide

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thierer Family Foundation today announced the formation of Vivery Community , a new 501(c)(3) organization established to increase access to nutritious food and benefits for everyone.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thierer Family Foundation today announced the formation of Vivery Community , a new 501(c)(3) organization established to increase access to nutritious food and benefits for everyone.
  • Vivery Community achieves this by providing Vivery technology to food banks, food pantries, and the neighbors they serve across the nation—at no cost.
  • The launch of Vivery Community comes at a time of significant momentum for Vivery technology and its programs.
  • Vivery Idea Lab community programs take the Vivery mission one step further to provide everyone with access to nutritious food, regardless of their circumstances.