Toronto Doctor

(PRWEB) May 31, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

David Seigel

Edjweb Mediaworks

(416) 618-4422

david@edjweb.com

http://www.edjweb.com

Edjweb Mediaworks launches The Worry Bank; focused online community.

TORONTO, ON – May 25, 2001 – Edjweb Mediaworks is proud to launch its new recreational online community, The Worry Bank at http://www.worrybank.com, which offers people a place to dismiss their worries. This free web site contains many relaxing distractions such as words of encouragement, games, discussion forums, and most importantly it offers a non-medical way for worriers to take their minds off their problems for a while.

Noticing a gap in this category of entertaining web sites, Edjweb Mediaworks Director of Operations, Eileen Seigel felt that The Worry Bank had obvious potential. “Everybody has worries”, says Mrs. Seigel. “I have read so many articles by doctors and therapists that have discussed the negative impact worrying has on peoples’ health. Most of the things people that worry about don’t even end up happening.” Stress relief and a fun site to keep coming back to are the main goals of The Worry Bank, according to Mrs. Seigel. “The Worry Bank is not meant to replace therapists, medicine, or other professional means of help. It’s an entertaining site for amusement. People often say to me ‘I wish someone else could do my worrying for me’ and I thought, ‘why not’? The Worry Bank is a place where people can deposit their worries and withdraw encouragement.”

This is one of the sites being developed under the Edjweb Mediaworks umbrella that will create a focused online audience, allowing for a much more successful means of direct marketing. David Seigel, the Director of Business Development for Edjweb Mediaworks, believes that The Worry Bank can create a market that has not been produced online before. “It gives people a light-hearted place to share and shed their worries,” says Mr. Seigel. “When our community continues to grow and people keep coming back to the site for the same purpose, we’ll be able to suggest larger distractions than games or encouragement. Booking a vacation or buying a lava lamp might help soothe peoples’ frazzled nerves. The possibilities for direct marketing are endless.”

Edjweb Mediaworks is located in Toronto, Ontario Canada. The company strives to provide top quality online marketing and focused community development. For additional information on Edjweb Mediaworks, visit their Web site at http://www.edjweb.com or call (416) 618-4422.

(PRWEB) May 16, 2007

Within the first two weeks of its launch, 30,000 Canadian women have visited http://www.DefineYourself.ca to join the new online community for women dedicated to aging, self-exploration and discovery. Today, the community introduces the fourth webisode in the first series of narrative stories told by six Canadian women aged 40 to 56 years, leading viewers through their personal — and often candid — journey of self discovery and aging. Each with a different perspective reflective of their lifestyles, attitudes and ages, the women portray an accurate picture of the voice of Canada as they grapple with the myriad of implications of self-image and aging.

“Women are embracing the concept of DefineYourself.ca and joining the community to share their vulnerabilities and attitudes on what is a very relevant and real topic,” says Alan Chan, associate marketing director of Medicis Aesthetics Canada, the sponsor of the initiative. “We have tapped into the zeitgeist by encouraging dialogue of a historically taboo subject and seek to facilitate these very important discussions.”

Deliberation, conflict, research, options

This week’s webisode focuses on the outcome of the women’s research and self-examination, and brings the women together for the first time in a roundtable conversation to share their experiences in their journey, to-date. Ultimately, the roundtable will determine what each woman’s next step will be.

Join the conversation and weigh in on the debate

In the first online poll on the site, when asked how the community feels about the aging process, 42 per cent answered that they are “glad to have options.” Twenty-six per cent believe they “wear their wrinkles well” and 23 per cent are in favour of enhancements. The poll launching this week was developed based on feedback coming from the community and prior research conducted with women in this audience. This week’s poll asks women about the need to “keep up” and who, if anyone, they keep up their appearance for.

“We have witnessed an emotional outpouring of personal commentary from the community on aging, beauty influences, myths and motivations surrounding aging, and we look forward to the next chapter of discussion,” comments Catharine Fennell of SWINGThink, the online community’s creator. “Canadian women finally have a forum where they can openly weigh their decisions and choices about coping with the aging process.”

What’s happening this week at DefineYourself.ca

Tuesday May 15th: Launch of “Decisions, Decisions” – Webisode 4 in the series of six
Wednesday May 16th: Launch of new poll: Do we need to keep up and for whom?
Thursday May 17th: “A Few Good Women” contest launch. Women are invited to submit their story for the opportunity to be a future “Define Yourself” woman
Friday May 18th: Registration for a live online chat with the DefineYourself.ca women. Meet the group online and discuss their experiences throughout the series and the impact it has had to-date. Bios and videos of the women may be seen at http://www.defineyourself.ca/cast/php.

Next steps: meet the doctors and follow the consultation

Should the women choose to explore cosmetic enhancement options in the roundtable, they will be introduced to two top cosmetic physicians for personal consultations.

The fifth webisode will look at the consultation process in the doctor’s office, and possibly the treatment experiences of the women. By the sixth webisode airing in early June, the group will reconvene in another roundtable to share the impact of their experiences with the others. By signing up online to join, the community will be advised of each new webisode and community feature through the ongoing e-mail updates.

“It is exciting to witness a coming-to-terms with the topic of aging within the online medium,” adds Chan. “DefineYourself.ca has clearly become a valuable resource for women, and the community is growing robust. We see it building and continuing for years to come.”

About SWINGThink

SWINGThink is a Toronto-based marketing boutique that works with businesses to help them understand, reach and build communities of women. SWING eliminates the guesswork by bringing women into the research and marketing process early. Visit http://www.swingthink.com for more information.

About Medicis

Medicis is the marketer of Restylane

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 16, 2009

Can vitamin D prevent 80% of the incidence of breast cancer? What is its affect on colon cancer and other major illnesses? These questions and more will be addressed when some of the most prominent vitamin D researchers in North America participate in the “Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency” seminar presented by GrassrootsHealth at the University of Toronto on Tuesday, November 3 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

GrassrootsHealth is the founder of D*action, an international public health project whose goal is to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. GrassrootsHealth and D*action work with over 30 scientists, institutions and individuals committed to educate, test, and study vitamin D levels worldwide.

At the conference, a group of physicians and researchers in the vitamin D field will discuss vitamin D’s role in the potential prevention of many diseases, including breast cancer, colon cancer, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, the ultimate reduction in the incidence of infectious diseases and the economic impact of such action.

Participants will share current research and practices with vitamin D to enable everyone to take action today based on what’s known to solve the deficiency epidemic, and, to start the prevention of many diseases. The importance of testing, what the proper levels are and how vitamin D works for our health will be discussed.

“My goal for every participant at this conference is to walk away understanding that there is indeed a vitamin D epidemic and how they can help,” says founder and CEO of GrassrootsHealth, Carole Baggerly. “Increased intake of vitamin D can drastically improve people’s lives and the world, and we need to start one person, one doctor, one clinic at a time.”

D*action Community Project members participating in the conference include: Reinhold Vieth, Ph. D. (University of Toronto, Mt. Sinai Hospital), Dr. Robert Heaney (Creighton University) and Cedric Garland, Dr., P.H., F.A.C.E, an epidemiologist and a professor of family and preventive medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, John White, Ph.D. professor of physiology and medicine at McGill University and Susan Whiting, Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan.

Registrations are now being accepted for all healthcare personnel, as well as the general public to attend the conference. The attendee fee is $ 55. All registrants who sign up by October 10 will receive a free vitamin D blood spot test with their enrollment.,This activity is being planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development of the University of the Toronto School of Medicine.

GrassrootsHealth, an advocacy organization which launched the D*action Community Project to solve the vitamin D deficiency crisis, is based in San Diego. The D*action Community Project is a consortium of more than 30 scientists, institutions and individuals committed to solving the worldwide vitamin D deficiency epidemic. More information is available at http://www.grassrootshealth.net.

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 5, 2009

The month of October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” but for members of the D*action Community Project, the time is right to rename it “Breast Cancer Prevention Month”. On November 3 at the University of Toronto, some of the most prominent vitamin D researchers in North America will participate in the “Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency” seminar presented by GrassrootsHealth. One of the key messages of the seminar is that if doctors and health care practitioners can work to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic – this will prevent future incidences of breast cancer.

At the University of Toronto conference, Dr. Cedric Garland, UCSD School of Medicine, and Dr. Tracey O’Connor, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, will present information on how to prevent breast cancer with vitamin D and, what a cancer treatment protocol would look like.

“Prevention doesn’t stop with breast cancer,” said Dr. Garland, renowned epidemiologist. “Vitamin D serum levels are at an all time low. If we can get the public to raise its vitamin D serum levels to 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L), then it is estimated we will prevent more than 75-80% of the deaths from breast and colon cancer.”

Vitamin D health doesn’t only relate to decreases in breast cancer, it has also been tracked to prevention of infectious diseases, type 1 diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer, and falls in the elderly.

“These seminars attract the highest level individual – someone who wants to know the latest in science and is willing to act on it and take a preventive role”, says Carole Baggerly, Founder and CEO of GrassrootsHealth. “This seminar will give that individual the information and motivation to act now, within their own community, and to spread this information among their peers. It is so exciting to think about the world when vitamin D health is known by all – and headlines read ‘Lowest Breast Cancer Rate Since 1960.’”

GrassrootsHealth is the founder of D*action, an international public health project whose goal is to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. GrassrootsHealth and D*action work with over 30 scientists, institutions and individuals committed to educate, test, and study vitamin D levels worldwide.

D*action Community Project members participating in the conference include: Reinhold Vieth, Ph. D. (University of Toronto, Mt. Sinai Hospital), Dr. Robert Heaney (Creighton University) and Cedric Garland, Dr., P.H., F.A.C.E, an epidemiologist and a professor of family and preventive medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, John White, Ph.D. professor of physiology and medicine at McGill University and Susan Whiting, Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan.

Registrations are now being accepted for all healthcare personnel, as well as the general public to attend the conference. The attendee fee is $ 55. All registrants who sign up by October 15 will receive a free vitamin D blood spot test with their enrollment. This activity is being planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development of the University of the Toronto School of Medicine.

About GrassrootsHealth

GrassrootsHealth, an advocacy organization which launched the D*action Community Project to solve the vitamin D deficiency crisis, is based in San Diego. The D*action Community Project is a consortium of more than 30 scientists, institutions and individuals committed to solving the worldwide vitamin D deficiency epidemic. More information is available at http://www.grassrootshealth.net.

Contact:

Tom Cosentino, iMedia Public Relations 609-514-2643

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