| Spa Sentiments Launches Custom Spa Gift Baskets in Time for Mother's Day
No one knows the person you are buying for better than you. Now, just in time for Mother's Day, Spa Sentiments is offering fully customizable spa gift baskets to fit every budget. These unique spa baskets are made to order after the customer personally selects each item from the company's extensive line of professional body treatments, natural skin care and natural spa products. The baskets are then packed, sealed and shipped in a chrome, keepsake basket in time for this very special occasion. Cordova, TN (PRWEB) April 18, 2008 -- Spa Sentiments (www.spasentiments.com) is proud to announce their fully customizable made to order spa gift baskets. With Mother's Day fast approaching, finding the perfect gift for Mom can be a tedious task. Adding in a tight budget and time constraints can make shopping for a gift that someone will actually use and enjoy overwhelming for some people.
Geologix Announces the Launch of new Mineral Essentials Website
New mineralessentials.com website offers skin care lotions and pain relief products using formula from 34 natural minerals. Birmingham, MI (PRWEB) April 10, 2008 -- Geologix, Inc announces the launch of its new website - Mineral Essentials. The online store features lotions and body products to moisturize and provide anti-aging protection for great skin. .
Rising India cannot shake its bias for boys / Gender imbalance widens in 2nd most populous country
Standing in front of his small brick home, in a courtyard where the dirt has been packed down by generations of barefoot children, the middle-age mustard farmer doesn't bother to hide his exhaustion. "Only someone who has been through something like this can understand the size of my catastrophe," said Sukhpal Singh Tomar. For years, he has struggled to find some reason for his suffering, but has come up with little. He shrugged: "It must be my karma." The catastrophe? His daughters - all eight - so many he sometimes stumbles over their names. But his wife, Shanti, never forgets, and the words spill from her like a breathless prayer: "Anu, Jyoti, Poonam, Roshni, Sheetal, Bindu, Chandni, Shezal." They have been born in a country leaping headfirst into the globalized world but still holding tight to a preference for boys, enlarging an ever-widening gender imbalance in the second most populous nation on Earth.
Green products sprouting all over
We've been showered with news of green products. Here is a sampling: • The Eco 'brella from Totes has a canopy made of recycled PET plastic bottles, frame that is from 70 percent recycled materials and a bamboo handle. The packaging is environmentally friendly, too: just a paper sleeve. $30 • Isotoner has bamboo and polyester-blend clogs, $24, and ballerina slippers, $22. Men's styles are $30. • Keds has printed slip-ons selling for $50 made from organic and recycled upper materials and rubber outsoles, and a pattern printed using water-based printing inks. In addition, $1 per pair will go to Artists for Humanity. • Guess by Marciano is launching Guess Green organic cotton men's T-shirts, $39, women's .
FDA Approves Cimzia To Treat Crohn's Disease
A new drug has been approved to help sufferers of Crohn's disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today. Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) received approval for adults with moderate to severe Crohn's disease who have not responded to conventional therapies. This product was approved with a Medication Guide.
Crohn's disease is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than 1 million men and women worldwide. It has no cure and its cause is unknown. Crohn's can cause diarrhea, fever, rectal bleeding, malnutrition, narrowing of the intestinal tract, obstructions, abscesses, cramping, and abdominal pain. It also can lead to abnormal connections (fistulas) leading from the intestine to the skin or internal organs.
"Crohn's is a debilitating disease that disrupts the quality of life for its sufferers," said Julie Beitz, M.D., director of the Office of Drug Evaluation III for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
It's Earth Day - Time to Think Green!
With Earth day almost upon us, it's nice to recognize companies, organizations, brands and individuals who go above and beyond what is required to keep things green. It's not only motivating to learn about their practices and beliefs but it's encouraging to know that there's a growing group of people out there who care enough to make changes that make an impact. On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 LOHAS (acronym for Lifestyles of Heath and Sustainability)(www.lohas.com) will kick off its 12th annual networking forum in Boulder, CO at the St. Julien Hotel & Spa. For more than a decade, the LOHAS Forum has served as the global gathering of the premier businesses, thought leaders, market researchers, media executives and opinion makers seeking to participate in the $209 billion LOHAS market. The focus on eco-friendly and sustainable business practices is becoming more the norm, which makes the need for communication and networking resources more vital than ever.
Trinidad sisters find burn treatment here
It has been a long journey to recovery for sisters Samdaye Hanooman, 56 and Savitri Pandeosingh, 58. First, they suffered devastating burns -- improbably, while riding to the hospital in an ambulance with Hanooman's daughter, a cancer patient. Then they lingered, suffering hallucinations and nightmares, amid prolonged squabbles, played out in public, over their medical care. The sisters' plight became a cause celebre in Trinidad and Tobago, their homeland and the scene of the freak accident. Finally, after more than two weeks the ambulance company arranged for their transport and care at Jackson Memorial Hospital's renowned burn unit, ending one phase of their ordeal and opening a new, more hopeful chapter. At Jackson, the women are undergoing grafts aimed at regenerating a new healthy layer of skin.
Scientists Identify Novel Way to Prevent Cardiac Fibrosis
In a study that points to a new strategy for preventing or possibly reversing fibrosis – the scarring that can lead to organ and tissue damage – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have determined that a molecule called Epac (Exchange protein activated by cAMP1), plays a key role in integrating the body's pro- and anti-fibrotic response. .
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