Remote patient monitoring, using the smartphone as a hub, will also lower the cost of mHealth services by reducing the need for costly tailored devices.

Cardiac Monitoring Leads the Field
The new Juniper report finds that the monitoring of cardiac outpatients is currently leading the field, as insurance reimbursement in the US market plays a key role. However, in time the management of diabetes and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder) and other chronic diseases will play an important role in the remote patient monitoring market.

“Remote patient monitoring will step in to reduce the cost burden of unhealthy lifestyles and aging populations,” says report author Anthony Cox. But while remote patient monitoring is already showing both positive medical outcomes and cost savings over outpatient care, more trials would still benefit mHealth in order to further convince the medical establishment of its benefits, finds Juniper Research.

Further findings from the report include:
• Mobile Healthcare and medical App downloads will reach 44 million in 2012, Rising to 142 Million in 2016
• Clarification from the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) on which mHealth apps will require FDA approval is still required but is expected to add further impetus to the market.
• Developing markets continue to benefit from SMS-based education programmes and stand to benefit in medium term from app-based healthcare services such as mobile ultrasound that are now being developed
• EHR (electronic health records) have yet to gain significant traction even in developed markets but in the long term will become an important component of mHealth offerings

A complimentary mHealth whitepaper and further details of the full study can be downloaded from the Juniper Research website.

Juniper Research provides research and analytical services.

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TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient education solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Centra Health (Centra) to deploy the TIGR interactive patient education system across the health system’s acute care facilities. Centra is a technology driven, award-winning health system with state-of-the-art hospitals and health center facilities well known nationwide for their excellence in clinical and patient care. The partnership is focused on developing resources to transform patient care at Centra Lynchburg General and Centra Virginia Baptist Hospitals. In a campaign to motivate patient involvement in their recovery and educating patients about their role in the process, Centra has integrated the system across 1060 beds in the system as well as interoperability with their McKesson EMR system.

Looking to enhance its facility technology services and overall patient experience, Centra embarked on a detailed search process for a new interactive patient care system provider. After comparing providers, Centra chose TeleHealth Services for offering the only enterprise platform that could be deployed across the system, while providing a three-tiered integrated solution for future expansion of the system. TeleHealth Services’ reputation of providing leading support and flexible financing options also played a big role in the decision. TIGR’s unique communication system will allow clinicians and staff to provide 24×7 access to condition- specific educational content as well as important patient safety information and other hospital messaging. Centra’s integrated strategy for patient engagement involves both patient education and entertainment.

TeleHealth was also impressive in staffing internal development professionals to architect a bi-directional interface with our EMR system for clinical workflow efficiencies and the ability to document the educational session to the patient’s health record. TeleHealth provided a full entertainment and education solution consisting of the TIGR system, Samsung healthcare televisions, and Gen 4 direct access pillow speakers. The package was designed to deliver the familiar comforts and amenities of home, while making patients active participants in their own recovery. “TIGR’s value as a foundational technology that is customizable to meet changing healthcare requirements and government incentives in a manner that simultaneously furthers complementary business objectives was key in our decision,” said Vick.

As the nation’s leading interactive patient education solution, TIGR enables hospitals to improve the patient experience while increasing the value, quality and service of healthcare delivery. TIGR’s enterprise system value is to provide a patient-centered technology, providing coordinated and consistent care across the whole health system to aid in improving the quality of care and the patient experience. TIGR simplifies education delivery while providing automated service recovery for systems to proactively respond to patient feedback. These process improvements and system engineering principles enhance outcomes, ensure safety and increase patient satisfaction across the system’s footprint.

In addition, clinicians will be able to prescribe patient education curriculums, track patients’ comprehension of content and automatically transcribe the educational session into the patient’s record through integration with the facility’s EMR system. This functionality, along with the increased patient entertainment options, will aid Centra in increasing CMS reimbursements and improving patient outcomes.

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How many people do you know who have been affected by heart disease or stroke? How many have been your family members? Fifty-five-year-old Gail had lost nearly everyone in her family to cardiovascular disease and when she lost her father, too, she fell into poor eating habits that made her cholesterol and blood pressure levels soar. Her risk for heart disease and stroke had never been higher.

The Problem

Heart attacks and strokes cause one of every three deaths in the U.S. Americans suffer more than 2 million heart attacks and strokes each year, and every day, 2,200 people die from cardiovascular disease. If you’re over 20, there’s a 50 percent chance that you, like Gail, have at least one of the major risk factors for heart disease and stroke—high blood pressure, high cholesterol or you smoke.

What’s Being Done

To help Americans understand these risks and control them, there’s now a national initiative by the Department of Health and Human Services called Million Hearts™. It aims to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. over the next five years. One in three Americans has high blood pressure and one in three has high cholesterol and many don’t even know it or realize they can take steps to control both blood pressure and cholesterol.

What Gail Did

Gail knew she had to make a change when she realized her daughter was sneaking into her bedroom in the middle of the night to be sure her mother was still breathing. She started with small steps—five minutes of physical activity every day, eating more fruits and vegetables, and monitoring her blood pressure. These simple changes rewarded her with big results. She now has healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

What You Can Do

Take the Million Hearts™ pledge:

• Prevent heart disease and stroke in your family by understanding the risks.

• Know your ABCS—Appropriate aspirin therapy, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol control, Smoking cessation.

• Fuel your body by eating a heart-healthy diet, high in fresh fruits and vegetables and low in sodium, saturated and trans fats, and cholesterol.

• Take control of your heart health by following your doctor’s instructions for medications and treatment.

“Heart disease takes the lives of far too many people in this country, depriving their families and communities of someone they love and care for—a father, a mother, a wife, a friend, a neighbor, a spouse,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “And I know that sense of personal loss, because my mother is one of those statistics.”

A commitment to better cardiovascular health from millions of Americans will mean lives saved for years to come and a possible savings of more than $400 billion in health care costs.

Learn More

Visit http://millionhearts.hhs.gov to discover more about your risk for heart attack and stroke, and take the Million Hearts™ pledge, as Gail did.

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Piedmont Healthcare sought a solutions provider that embraced utilizing the latest in technology to enhance quality of care. Knowing that improved patient engagement reduces preventable readmissions and could help them meet their care coordination objectives, the system decided to implement a system-wide interactive patient education system. By aiding education adherence during key transitional periods during the recovery, patients are better equipped to manage their conditions and health behaviors. Based on their ability to provide a full technology solution and a wealth of experience in the healthcare industry, Piedmont immediately turned to long-time partner provider, TeleHealth Services.

TeleHealth is equipping the system with a full enterprise TIGR™ system, providing on-demand patient education and patient engagement solutions to the hospitals in the system. Additionally, the TIGR system features patient surveying and reporting to facilitate immediate service recovery and aid in Piedmont’s quality and patient satisfaction efforts. Piedmont’s patient-centered solution also includes enhancements to their healthcare television system. Samsung healthcare-grade televisions and new Curbell Gen4™ direct-access pillow speakers will help to create a home-like atmosphere for patients, while providing scalability for future entertainment options.

“The dedication and hard work of our clinicians, leadership and IT teams have enabled PHC to use healthcare information technology to improve our clinical effectiveness, as evidenced by the system’s awards for nursing and clinical excellence,” said Beth Nault, corporate director of training and development at Piedmont Healthcare. “By integrating support tools such as interactive patient education systems within the clinical care environment, our patients are making more informed decisions about their care, which creates better, safer outcomes for our patients. Additionally, TeleHealth has truly shared our vision of using technology as an aid in creating improved staff workflow efficiencies. Our nurses,“ Nault added, “are invaluable resources, and TeleHealth’s TIGR on-demand interactive patient engagement solution allows them to spend more time providing care at the patient’s bedside. We look forward to our continued collaboration, working together to improve patient care, satisfaction and workflow efficiencies.”

“The leadership team at PHC had a true vision of using home-like amenities and interactive patient education to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and overall patient satisfaction,” said Richard Bootes, vice president of development at TeleHealth Services. “We’re proud to be working with Piedmont transform healthcare, and we congratulate them on being recognized as one of the top technology-focused systems in the United States.”

About Piedmont Healthcare:

Piedmont Healthcare (PHC), a not-for-profit organization, is the parent company of Piedmont Hospital, a 481-bed acute tertiary care facility in the north Atlanta community of Buckhead and the top acute-care community hospital in metro Atlanta in the 2011-12 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals list; Piedmont Fayette Hospital, a 157-bed, acute-care community hospital in Fayetteville; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, a 42-bed community hospital in Jasper; and Piedmont Newnan Hospital, a 143-bed, acute-care community hospital in Newnan. PHC also is the parent company of Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI), comprised of more than 100 affiliated cardiovascular specialists in Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians with over 30 locations across north Georgia; the Piedmont Physicians Group, a multi-specialty group with more than 100 primary care physicians in over 35 offices, in addition to more than 20 specialists in over 15 locations across greater Atlanta; Piedmont Clinic, a 700-member physician network; and Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic entity for private fundraising initiatives. Three Piedmont Healthcare hospitals–Piedmont Hospital, Piedmont Fayette Hospital and Piedmont Mountainside Hospital–have received top ratings from patients among metro Atlanta hospitals according to the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey results for the past three years. For more information about Piedmont Healthcare, visit piedmont.org.

About TeleHealth Services:
With more than 2,500 healthcare clients across the country, TeleHealth Services is the nation’s leading provider of integrated technology and communications solutions for the healthcare market. Combining 50+ years of healthcare expertise and partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers, TeleHealth Services is uniquely positioned to offer a full suite of hospital technology solutions that includes:

• Interactive patient- and staff-education platforms
• Healthcare-grade televisions and accessories
• Patient protection and security systems
• Bedside patient-entertainment solutions
• The latest educational and entertainment content
• Custom-designed communication systems
• Comprehensive design, implementation, and service packages
• Flexible financing solutions

Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., TeleHealth Services is a division of Telerent Leasing Corporation. Telerent, founded in 1957, operates as a subsidiary of ITOCHU International, Inc. For more information on TeleHealth, call 877-432-9076, or visit at http://www.telehealth.com/.

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In addition to the abundance of spectators, stars came out to support and compete in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. Ali Vincent came in first in the celebrity female division with a time of 2:09:21, and Ryan Sutter came in first in the celebrity male division with a time of 1:33:04. Team The Lying Game brought home the victory in the Celebrity Co-Ed Relay Division with a time of 1:26:30. Also competing in the Celebrity Division were: Ed Helms, Rainn Wilson, Jon Cryer, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Chris Harrison, Natalie Morales and Tiffani Thiessen, to name a few.

Team Herbalife won the Classic Non-Celebrity Co-Ed Relay Division. Other teams who participated include “The Office” team in addition to teams “The Today Show,” “KTLA,” “Private Practice,” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

Craig Pansing was named the overall victor of the triathlon, finishing the half-mile swim, 18 mile bicycle ride and four mile run in 1:23:41. Bridget Rosolanka was named the winner of the female division with a time of 1:50:42.

Funds raised from the event went to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Pediatric Cancer Research Program which is dedicated to curing and preventing childhood cancers. The program provides groundbreaking treatments and therapies for children with some of the most serious and life-threatening forms of cancers.

In addition to the main race portion of the Nautica Malibu Triathlon family and friends were also able to enjoy games in the Fun Zone or watch their favorite little competitors take on the Nautica Kids Run and Tot Trot. Additional finish times for competitors are available by request or by visiting the official website at www.nauticamalibutri.com.

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Getting been her full-time caregiver, I’m grateful that my Alzheimer’s-affected mother, Mary, bestowed upon me that privilege. Over the previous decade, I concentrated on fulfilling her palliative needs. When she died a few months back, I was overwhelmed by mingled sorrow and awe. The realization stored striking me, how often her unconditional love for me had poured through her, regardless of her eroded brain. I’d never have already been graced with potent, surfacing expressions of my mother’s devotion, had I not chosen the role of dominant guardianship.

Is definitely an inchoate call nudging you, to minister for your elder’s suffering, within close proximity to pain, on the round-the-clock basis? Understanding is key.

(A) Self-Query For each 4 Considerations:

Alzheimer’s will be the most typical kind of dementia. The duration and intensity of the affliction, and the individual’s behavior patterns differ. Insurance eligibility obstacles and insufficient income exacerbate an already worrisome scenario. It is noted that near to $175,000 (and it is escalating) in subsistence costs will be expended throughout an Alzheimer’s patient’s lifetime. Presently, since 2002, the amount of instances has crested to five million from four million. More households really feel submerged by conflicted goals. Let’s ponder if an at-home program seems possible for you personally as main attendant.

Initial, Your Feeling of Objective: Does the thought of home treatment evoke a feeling of vocation – or of obligation? Is your relationship together with your mother or father such, that aged inner wounds have healed, and can not jeopardize pragmatic chores? Will you react with patience, fortitude, compassion? Is your real motive, guilt or filial love? Will other instant kin really feel displaced, through the essential ferocity of concentrate you’ll immediate towards the invalid?

Your Aptitude For Tending: Would you stay motivated, throughout intervals – and there will be – when siblings, family members, buddies, can’t or will not proffer assistance? Do you think you can operate devices this kind of as these testing blood sugar? Are you currently as well squeamish to handle injections, bathing, dressing, feeding the shut-in? You love your parent, but do you want her or him – like enough, to relieve the hefty boredom that threatens to plunge the bed-ridden one into despair? Would you read the newspaper for your father, despite the fact you have only had two hrs rest, after allaying his fears all evening? Would you amuse your mom with silly jokes, while secretly dispirited, getting just deciphered the most recent lab reviews on her impairment? Would you remind your self throughout a crisis, whenever your ward rebuffs, even insults you, that it is the illness babbling, not your revered mother or father? Do you emanate balance, trusting when to insist on rules, and when to deviate? Is there sufficient discipline in you to organize doctor appointments, and adhere to fixed intervals for administering medicines? Would you be able to dealing at times, with the ungovernable mind, yours along with the dependent’s?

Your Resilience: Do you encounter claustrophobia, whereby being detained bedside, for hrs on end, would affect you adversely? Have you the stamina to push a wheelchair through a mall? Do you have the physical vigor to lift your mother or father from chair to bed to chair to bed, ad infinitum, throughout the day? Do you have creative inner resources, that will assist you muster fun and laughter for the each of you? For instance, I refused to view my mother like a victim; she was hampered by Alzheimer’s although not exclusively defined by it. Humor and lightheartedness, her essence, would always be considered a component of her life, I had vowed.

Your Learning Capacities: Does a every day routine, a highly structured lifestyle, bore or benefit you? Would you think about your self informed, avid for geriatric research, to ensure that you may confer confidently with experts, for each their diagnoses and recommendations?

Also, could you separate your loved 1 from the realm of figures? Would you uncover the degree to which this unique individual emits what I expression an R and T” element – being Reachable and Teachable? To my delight, my mom diligently recited her name, Mary, and recalled it at any time after. Would you instruct a resilient, and prepared parent? My mom had been an independent person. Confirming my instincts, she welcomed avenues, nevertheless minor, by which I could relinquish control to her. I would cut her food, then create a serving spoon, with which she could scoop the morsels and steer them to her mouth. When radically enfeebled her last couple of weeks, confined towards the armchair she favored more than hospital-type beds, she allow me to curl her fingers about the utensil. Subtly I guided her hand, so that she felt she was feeding herself. It’ll startle you, witnessing a muted personality heralding by itself in opposition to immense odds on uncommon occasions.

Your Modified Relationship: Could you bear residing with someone you realize, who doesn’t know you? Will you accept your unsettling new identity, like a stranger who now must generate affection, previously an offspring’s entitlement? Will you risk interactions, with somebody you love who will decide whether or to not adore you back again? Are you able to remain centered, even contented, within the current second, where the dear one resides?

Therefore, are you suited for caregiving? If so, as well as your desire to protect matches, if recognized, your parent’s wishes, and your income sources accommodate the choice, you and your cost are really blessed.

If conditions dictate or else, this type of boon is not unique to at-home environs. You may transfer home treatment abilities to professional facilities. Your purposefulness in showering empathy, inside your responsiveness to particulars others overlook, will matter certainly (going to frequently, unwrapping treasures this kind of as baby-soft blankets; re-adjusting the slant of mattress whenever you surmise your parent’s discomfort; re-filling the water cup, quenching thirst prior to asked; scrutinizing the attentiveness of staff, or just sitting quietly, stroking his/her brow). Your fidelity immeasurably elevates the quality of residing for an or else isolated, inactive, frequently speech-impaired frail becoming.

The proposals beneath may still be germane to your situation, in feeding, guarding, and stabilizing conditions for the mother or father, throughout every of your encounters. Moreover, they enhance the importance of self-care. Even if you dwell a sizeable distance from failing relatives, their fluctuating viability probably weighs palpably in your mind, and also you deserve to feel uplifted.

(B) Preparation:

Peruse publications, books, and web sites on the topic of caregiving. Look for out support groups, to heed the dilemmas and irony of parenting your own parent. If possible, enroll in a class on CPR methods. Discuss with doctors, the merits of depression-screening to avoid confusion with dementia. Evaluate visiting-nurse ramifications. If caregiving is not an option, appraise the value of Alzheimer’s-geared assisted-living over nursing houses; go on-line and Google Alzheimer’s placement referral services” if need be.

Access intelligible content articles from web sites this kind of as alzinfo.org; alznews.org; and AlzheimersDementiaInfo.com. Learn about an intriguing discovery, SORL 1, a potential gene factor that might trigger Alzheimer’s. Discern actions appropriate for early phases, this kind of as strolling, or crossword puzzle-solving.

Investigate totally free transportation along with other services, that governmental agencies implement. A few social, groups sponsor a one-day small scholarship, which means a compensated, carefree caregiver’s vacation spent any way envisioned – purchasing a book, viewing a film, dining inside a café, whatever respite is most life-affirming for you.

Also, consult with close family members and friends. Permit them to vent objections, and also to reveal how they’d prefer to contribute. The greater everyone fathoms Alzheimer’s disordered progression, and what to anticipate from every other, the more harmonious, the outcome.

(C) Value Unexpected Marvels:

All through your services to your parent, recognize the intangible jewels embedded in the experience. Indeed, Alzheimer’s brings beauty also as load.

Since you are supervising 24/7, you may witness wondrous occurrences unavailable to those that sporadically visit. Alzheimer’s drowns memory. In my mother’s case, I perceived that the insidious amnesia was not continuous; forgetfulness flowed in waves. There were moments of billowing joy for us, when she suddenly would turn lucid, pat my cheek, utter my title, and hug me. Numerous days, weeks, months might ebb, prior to cognition upsurged again. But those idyllic moments of re-connection, sustained me.

(D) Accept Stops, And Beginnings:

Because the illness advances, symptoms change, and no two illnesses mirror every other. The weakening results of Alzheimer’s may creep along or erupt in stunning form. A few weeks prior to my mother departed, her legs gave way without any forewarning. I’m thankful that till then, she could appreciate shuffling to the wheelchair, with my help. Before her final 24 months of tribulation, she displayed sufficient agility to stroll with me for early morning constitutionals” 12 months after year.

In the preliminary levels of Alzheimer’s, not only my mom but numerous others who remain cellular might tumble into terrifying phases of running away, or hiding. Only uninterrupted monitoring of their whereabouts will anchor them to safe surroundings. A childlike urge to pry goads them. If nonetheless powerful, they may straddle the banister; climb out windows; toss a bowl in the t.v. display to capture the attention with the people trapped within. They may turn out to be caught in the act of tasting inedible curiosities, such like a packet of dishwasher gel my mom chewed, which garnered her a swift go to towards the hospital. You may need to re-think home design and customs. Clearing lower cabinets, fastening safety locks atop bathroom doors, inserting durable gates at stairways. At dinner, no chicken bones, no hefty glassware. How would you safeguard a toddler? Create the same mind-set.

In the acute phases, a persistent discomfort inexplicably might vanish. Occasionally, your loved 1 might appear to rally, only to relapse, then re-group once more. To avert a traumatic jolting from a untrue sense of desire, don’t shed sight of the uninvited but inevitable big image. Unless a new remedy abruptly materializes, a medication or wonder intervenes, overall path for the invalid is downward. Whether you are religious or not, the well-known prayer, Grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot alter, the courage to change what I can, and also the knowledge to know the main difference, proves consoling for many caregivers. I understand it had been and it is for me. Once the second of parting arises, an consciousness fortifies you, which you had supplied, not only an effective home-based hospice, but a haven, for the cherished one.

Within the days before her passing, for precious intervals, my mother would grip my wrist, whilst laboring to formulate the phrase “love.” Our partnership had swirled full circle, with her maternal impulses roused, intent on emboldening me for whatever the future unveiled. Whether or not at the end she was asserting our biological ties or anointing me her “honorary” daughter, our hyperlink proves insoluble.

If you have spiritual inclinations, I encourage you to maintain a constructive, even Larger Image in thoughts – in the event you believe in, as I do, in divine love, a tremendous reassurance will envelop you, With gratitude, we may sense that those whose passing we’ll mourn, shall explore a greater unseen eternal reality, savoring a vast capacity to become present to us, and cherish us. May you and your cherished 1 resonate with peace.

Welcome to the writings – Trusting they help. C. Gia is really a professional free-lance author. The latter has drawn upon, per this essay, over a decade’s encounter, in hands-on overseeing the welfare of her Alzheimer’s mother or father. A brand new website highlighting her varied columns will be furnished within the close to future.

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In the event you do determine to brave it and be your own boss, there are lots of places where you are able to reduce corners. Letting yourself or your loved ones go without health insurance isn’t certainly one of them. Right here are some common options that will make wellness insurance inexpensive if you are a self-employed entrepreneur or crafter.

Protection below a Spouse’s Strategy

Undoubtedly the most typical choice is to cover the family for wellness insurance through a spouse’s employer. So long as 1 member with the few is operating for a business that has a team wellness insurance plan, it is generally the cheapest option for insuring the entire loved ones.

COBRA

COBRA is definitely an choice for your beginning of your self-employment. For the initial a number of months after you depart your job, your employer is required by law to provide you with the option of retaining membership in their health insurance coverage plan. You’ll have to cover the whole month-to-month top quality paid by your company instead than the amount that you are used to paying being an worker whenever your employer was covering a part of the cost. The true price of that insurance coverage can come like a shock to you – a family wellness insurance coverage through a team can effortlessly cost close to $1000 a month. It’s still cheaper than most plans that you can purchase being an person. It’s also only short-term, so you ought to be searching for other wellness insurance coverage options whilst you are nonetheless coated.

A Wellness Insurance Cooperative with Other Self-employed and Little Company Owners

There are nationwide and local organizations of self-employed employees who have banded collectively to combine their purchasing energy and get inexpensive health insurance rates via group policies. You are able to find more details about groups in your area through the National Association for the Self Employed (www.nase.org) or the American Association of Home-Based Businesses (www.aahbb.org).

Team Health Insurance coverage for your Self-Employed

In lots of states like Maine, health insurance coverage businesses provide inexpensive group policies for groups of one. You might have to shop around to find an organization that does, but you will find benefits other than being a less expensive policy. The most important of these is the fact that they Should cover everyone in the group, no matter wellness conditions. This really is important for somebody who may have been turned down for a person wellness insurance coverage because of wellness.

No matter what, it is essential which you insure your self and your family against the possibility of sickness or incident. There are inexpensive alternatives to individual health insurance coverage plans for your self-employed.

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“Starting at around 21, I began to gain weight, and it kept increasing each year,” she says. At my heaviest, I weighed close to three hundred pounds!” says Giselle, who is 5’9″ tall. “I tried to lose weight by eating much less, but always ‘rebounded’ and ate even more. I tried over-the-counter diet pills, and eventually managed to lose about 80 pounds. Then I got pregnant and started to pile the weight back on. I had my son in 2007, and was back up to 260 pounds and still gaining.”

Giselle says that after having her baby she decided to do her best to lose weight again. “I bought a set of home workout DVD’s, but I just couldn’t motivate myself to lose the weight. I’d lose maybe 5 pounds, then gain 10 right back.” To make matters worse, Giselle says she also suffered from post-partum depression. “When I looked at myself in the mirror before starting to work out, I’d think ‘Look at me, why even try?’”

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LUNGevity Foundation President Andrea Stern Ferris called the FDA’s approval of XALKORI incredibly positive, saying: “The trial results are remarkable, strengthening the body of evidence that targeted therapies hold great promise in treating this deadly cancer. Lung cancer is the nation’s number one cancer killer. The federal government and the private sector need to invest in accelerating all of the other promising research now underway that can change the way we diagnose and treat lung cancer and save lives.”

XALKORI is a member of a new class of drugs that work by inhibiting the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene. Alterations of this gene are thought to drive tumor development in certain cancers. XALKORI is approved for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is ALK-positive as detected by an FDA-approved test. About 10,000 of the 222,000 Americans diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer each year could be expected to have the genetic abnormality. William Pao, associate professor of medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, said: “The approval of crizotinib is an exciting development. It further validates the idea that lung cancers are very different at the molecular level, even though they may look similar under the microscope, and should be treated accordingly. It also shows how fast translational research is becoming medical practice. ALK fusions in lung cancer were only first reported in 2007, and by 2010, we already had reports on the activity of a specific ALK inhibitor in patients with ALK fusion-positive lung cancer. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of many new benefits for lung cancer patients.”

In December 2010, the FDA granted Pfizer’s XALKORI NDA Fast Track status, a designation that speeds the review of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases and for an unmet medical need. Drugs that may offer major advances in treatment or may provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists usually are given the status. The FDA then granted XALKORI Priority Review status, which shortened the review time from 10 months to six months.

Dr. Charles Rudin, director, Lung Cancer Therapeutics Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and a member of LUNGevity Foundation’s scientific advisory board said: “Crizotinib is a prime example of successful deployment of a targeted inhibitor against a driver mutation in lung cancer. Like the EGFR inhibitors in EGFR-mutant lung cancer, crizotinib is remarkably effective against ALK-translocated lung cancer.” He also pointed out the urgency of additional research, saying, “As with the EGFR inhibitors, acquired resistance to this targeted inhibitor is already emerging as an important problem, and is a focus of ongoing research in the field.”

About LUNGevity Foundation

The mission of LUNGevity Foundation is to have a meaningful and immediate impact on improving lung cancer survival rates, ensure a higher quality of life for lung cancer patients, and provide a community for those impacted by lung cancer.

In order to accomplish its mission, LUNGevity funds the most promising research into the early detection and successful treatment of lung cancer. LUNGevity also supports the largest national grassroots lung cancer network.

LUNGevity seeks to inspire the nation to commit to ending lung cancer.

For more information, please visit www.lungevity.org.

About Lung Cancer

Lung cancer impacts 1 in 14 Americans and is the number one cancer killer.
About 60 percent of Americans diagnosed with lung cancer either never smoked a cigarette in their lives or had quit smoking.
Less than 16 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive 5 years post-diagnosis because of limited early detection opportunities.
There is no widely available, effective early diagnostic test available today.

SOURCE LUNGevity Foundation

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