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Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) Mobilizes Advocates on Capitol Hill to Mark the Start of Obesity Care Week 2024

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星期五, 三月 1, 2024

"This Obesity Care Week, we're bringing attention to our most challenging hurdle -- accessing affordable, quality, comprehensive obesity care. Passing TROA would be a major step in the right direction, as most insurance coverage is modeled to match Medicare coverage," said OAC Board Chair Kristal Hartman. "It is time to change the way society cares for and about obesity because we deserve the same dignity and respect as people with other diseases."

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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- To kick off Obesity Care Week 2024, more than 60 advocates with the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) will gather on Capitol Hill to meet with more than 70 legislators to express the importance of expanding access to obesity care by urging legislators to co-sponsor the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).
Obesity Care Week, March 4-8, 2024, is a public awareness initiative aimed at creating a society that understands, respects and accepts the complexities of obesity and values science and clinically-based care.
More than 42% of U.S. adults aged 60 and older live with obesity, and nearly 6% live with severe obesity.
"This Obesity Care Week, we're bringing attention to our most challenging hurdle -- accessing affordable, quality, comprehensive obesity care.

Found, the Obesity Medicine Association and the Obesity Action Coalition Take Steps to Close the Gap in Obesity Care With Launch of Obesity Medicine Scholarship

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星期五, 二月 16, 2024

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The program will help ensure there are more obesity medicine experts to provide care to those in need by offering resources to medical providers interested in becoming American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certified.

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The program will help ensure there are more obesity medicine experts to provide care to those in need by offering resources to medical providers interested in becoming American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certified.
The Obesity Medicine Scholarship program, funded by Found, encourages physicians to become ABOM certified.
The Obesity Medicine Scholarship program aims to bridge the gap by removing the financial barrier of taking the exam.
"Without proper training in obesity medicine, it's easy to overlook the inequities that perpetuate the problem," said Kristal Hartman OAC Chair.

New asundexian Phase III study to include patients with atrial fibrillation ineligible for oral anticoagulant treatment

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星期五, 十一月 10, 2023

Bayer today announced it expanded its Phase III OCEANIC clinical development program for the investigational drug asundexian (BAY2433334) by initiating a third clinical study, OCEANIC-AFINA.

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Bayer today announced it expanded its Phase III OCEANIC clinical development program for the investigational drug asundexian (BAY2433334) by initiating a third clinical study, OCEANIC-AFINA.
OCEANIC AFINA is a Phase III study investigating asundexian as a potential treatment option in patients (≥65 years of age) with atrial fibrillation (AF) at high risk for stroke or systemic embolism who are deemed ineligible for oral anticoagulation (OAC) treatment due to an increased risk of bleeding.
OCEANIC-AFINA complements OCEANIC-AF, an ongoing Phase III study investigating the efficacy and safety of asundexian for the prevention of stroke or systemic embolism in people with AF.
“It is our vision to support patients with atrial fibrillation, including those, that up to now were deemed as not eligible for treatment with OACs.

Doctors and Advocates Call for Better Testing and Labeling of Drugs for People with Obesity

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星期二, 十一月 28, 2023

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The statement, which can be found at obesityaction.org/statement-drug-approval-labeling , calls for the U.S. FDA to close gaps in the testing and approval process for drugs intended for use by people with obesity for conditions other than obesity.

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The statement, which can be found at obesityaction.org/statement-drug-approval-labeling , calls for the U.S. FDA to close gaps in the testing and approval process for drugs intended for use by people with obesity for conditions other than obesity.
The statement also urges drug companies that are currently marketing drugs that have issues with safety or effectiveness for people with obesity to update their labeling immediately to provide appropriate usage instructions.
This means that every day, people with obesity are using FDA-approved drugs without full assurance that they are safe and effective for them.
Drugs that may present issues for people with obesity include drugs in many familiar categories, including emergency birth control, depression, and pain relief.

SUBCO Deploys Ciena to Provide a Secure Gateway from Australia to Europe

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星期四, 十月 12, 2023

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Following the successful upgrade on the Indigo Submarine Cable, SUBCO is once again using Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) technologies to provide a resilient and reliable undersea corridor between Australia and Europe via the Oman Australia Cable ( OAC ).

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Following the successful upgrade on the Indigo Submarine Cable, SUBCO is once again using Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) technologies to provide a resilient and reliable undersea corridor between Australia and Europe via the Oman Australia Cable ( OAC ).
Leveraging Ciena GeoMesh Extreme , powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme in the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform , OAC has now increased its capacity to a maximum of 48Tb/s, helping support increased bandwidth demands.
“We have a long history of working with Ciena and, together, we are proud to provide our customers with an express gateway for onward capacity from Australia to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
OAC provides the market with the most secure and diverse route to connect Europe with Asia Pacific and is important in boosting Australia’s digital resiliency,” said Lee Harper, Chief Operating Officer, SUBCO.

Access to Obesity Care Means Better Health: Obesity Action Coalition Applauds the Reintroduction of the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act in Congress

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星期四, 七月 20, 2023

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Congress must take immediate steps to prioritize obesity treatment.

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Congress must take immediate steps to prioritize obesity treatment.
More than 42% of U.S. adults aged 60 and older live with obesity, and nearly 6% live with severe obesity.
We all likely know someone whose life would be greatly improved by comprehensive obesity care.
The reintroduction of TROA gives hope that one day we will see a society that prioritizes the improved health of people with obesity by giving better access to obesity care," said Joe Nadglowski, OAC President and CEO.

June 2nd Media Event: Supporting Urban Service Providers is key to addressing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and taking action on the National Inquiry’s 231 Calls for Justice

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星期五, 六月 2, 2023

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OTTAWA, June 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It has been 12 seasons since the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Reclaiming Power and Place was released containing 231 Calls for Justice. The Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition (OAC) and the MMIWG2S+ Urban Action Group are co-hosting an event to honour our MMIWG and to ask the question: where are we now in supporting urban Indigenous service providers who work at the grassroots level to address this issue and often, directly with families at their greatest need?

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“There is a direct link between urban service providers and the support needed by families when a loved one goes missing or is murdered.
And, this crisis never ends, it is a pandemic and like Covid - it can and must be addressed”.
“It is undeniable there is a vital, innovative, resilient and strong Urban *Indigenous presence in Canada.
Family members of missing or murdered Indigenous women and girls and 2S+ who wish to attend can rsvp with [email protected] .

Middle Bucks Celebrates Innovation as Engineering Students Invent Hide Tumbler and File Patent

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星期四, 六月 1, 2023

In the Fall of 2021, MBIT Engineering students collaborated with Dr. Nate Rice, the Ornithology Collection Manager at the Academy, to discuss the construction of a motorized hide tumbler.

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In the Fall of 2021, MBIT Engineering students collaborated with Dr. Nate Rice, the Ornithology Collection Manager at the Academy, to discuss the construction of a motorized hide tumbler.
The students began to prototype their designs in order to create a hide tumbler that met the form factor and specifications of the Academy.
The Engineering students took this on the design challenge and invented a collapsible hide tumbler that was custom-built to the available space.
The students realized the unique and innovative nature of their design, and filed for a provisional patent for the tumbler.

Banco Galicia Streamlines Digital Onboarding With AI Platform Built on Red Hat Technologies

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星期一, 五月 22, 2023

Working with Red Hat Consulting , Banco Galicia leveraged Red Hat OpenShift , Red Hat Integration and other Red Hat hybrid cloud technologies to build a natural language processing (NLP) platform that has transformed its customer onboarding process to be fully digital, transparent and self-managed.

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Working with Red Hat Consulting , Banco Galicia leveraged Red Hat OpenShift , Red Hat Integration and other Red Hat hybrid cloud technologies to build a natural language processing (NLP) platform that has transformed its customer onboarding process to be fully digital, transparent and self-managed.
Banco Galicia turned to Red Hat Consulting to help them create a platform that reduces the time OAC required for analysis, validation and verification.
With the help of Red Hat Consulting, Banco Galicia built a fully digital, NLP platform that uses API-based models deployed in containers to optimize inference processing and subsequent re-training, enabling the models to be available for future banking projects.
The bank also uses Red Hat Fuse , Red Hat AMQ and Red Hat Data Grid to integrate the new platform with internal workloads not running on the cloud.

People with Obesity Share Perspectives on Weight Loss and GLP-1 Medications in Survey from Ro and the Obesity Action Coalition

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星期三, 四月 26, 2023

NEW YORK, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ro, the leading direct-to-patient healthcare company, and the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), today released the results of a nationwide survey of adults living with obesity. The survey reveals people with obesity's perspectives on the benefits of weight loss, their motivations and prior attempts to lose weight, and their satisfaction with those efforts and in-person care. The survey also details what people with obesity know about new glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists medications as well as their interest in using medication to lose weight.

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The survey reveals people with obesity's perspectives on the benefits of weight loss, their motivations and prior attempts to lose weight, and their satisfaction with those efforts and in-person care.
The survey also details what people with obesity know about new glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists medications as well as their interest in using medication to lose weight.
The results also spotlighted the continued biases and challenges that people with obesity often face.
Respondents are not known to be current Ro patients, and were provided incentives for participating in the survey.