Lourdes Specialty Hospital Offers Unique Treatment Option for Medically Complex Patients with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Willingboro, New Jersey (PRWEB) May 14, 2013

In a bustling South Jersey medical community, Lourdes Specialty Hospital (LSH), the first Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) in southern New Jersey and the largest facility of its kind in the Delaware Valley, distinguishes itself as the areas only LTACH offering an inpatient treatment that is unavailable elsewhere in the region -- hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).

As a provider of intensive acute care services to medically complex and critically ill patients requiring extended hospital stays, LSH gives patients access to comprehensive services and progressive treatment options such as HBOT to treat a gamut of complex medical conditions.

HBOT works by increasing the amount of oxygen the blood carries to organs and tissues, thereby helping patients heal faster and more effectively. This therapy can be highly beneficial for treating conditions such as non-healing wounds. With HBOT, patients breathe 100 percent oxygen inside a chamber with air pressure greater than normal atmospheric pressure. Oxygen so essential to healing travels through the bloodstream to damaged tissue. When oxygen reaches the injury site, healing accelerates. Along with dramatically boosting the bodys healing time, HBOT also strengthens the immune system.

HBOT is largely unavailable on-site at most area hospitals, requiring ill patients to travel to an off-site facility for treatment. LSH is pleased to be able to provide this service to patients in the convenience of the hospital setting. With the success of the first hyperbaric chamber at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, the Willingboro hospital recently added a second hyperbaric chamber to give inpatients greater access to this cutting-edge therapy.

The list of conditions that benefit from HBO therapy has grown exponentially, particularly in the area of chronic-wound care and diabetes treatment. HBO therapy is commonly used in the treatment of:

Wound healing (especially for problem wounds, such as foot ulcers related to diabetes)
Decompression sickness (the bends)
Healing after trauma or surgery or both, including healing of skin grafts or flaps
Bone infections called osteomyelitis
Tissue damage from radiation therapy
Carbon-monoxide poisoning
Burns
Significant blood loss

Lourdes Specialty Hospital of Southern New Jersey (LSH) is a 69-bed Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospital, providing acute care to critically ill and medically complex patients. The hospital provides specialized acute care to patients who require an extended hospital stay averaging greater than 25 days. LSH occupies an 8 million dollar, newly renovated hospital on the campus of Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County. Lourdes Medical Center is a 249-bed facility, which is part of Lourdes Health System. Lourdes Specialty Hospital's interdisciplinary healthcare team and a medical staff of approximately 300 physicians serve the regional communities and meet the unique needs of each patient. LSH primarily serves the Delaware Valley region, including Mercer, Salem, Gloucester, Burlington, and Camden Counties, as well as Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Bliss Baby and Maternity Offers Trendy Maternity Clothes, Fun and Unique Gifts

West Des Moines, Iowa (PRWEB) May 21, 2013

Bliss Baby & Maternity knows that pregnancy changes everything. Skin takes on a change when a woman becomes pregnant and there are so many items that to choose from. Planning to be a mom, strikes thoughts about skincare and how the body and skin will react to the pregnancy. Stretch marks are a big concern to most pregnant women and a wonderful product that Bliss Baby carries is the Earth Mama Body Butter. This body butter is all organic with pure essentials oils with rich shea butter. The smell wont aggravate morning sickness either. It will be a favorite for all the moisturizing needs and will encourage the skins elasticity for the stretching and itchy body. Earth mama products are all organic and made with all natural ingredients. For pregnancy peace of mind, our selective choice of Earth Mama Baby Angel products are perfect for a mom to be and for all the baby needs after the baby arrives.

Other items that Bliss Baby & Maternity carries are gifts for pregnant moms. There are joys of going through the first pregnancy also there are frustrations. The first time the jeans wont button calls for the Belly Belt so regular jeans will fit a bit longer.

How about new moms? Bliss Baby & Maternity has the perfect necklace or bracelet to announce the joys of the new baby. Birthstone bracelets or a mothers necklace are always favorites of any mom. One of the best-selling items is the Mom & Baby Initial Necklace.

And then who can forget the new baby! There are many gifts for the new little one. There are toys and clothes and skin care for baby on the website. Another favorite of moms to use on baby is the Earth Mama Angel Baby Lotion. Bliss Baby offers Mud Pie, Little Giraffe, Loved Baby and other lines of quality baby clothing.

Shirlee Hallman, along with her husband Eric, is the proud owners of the website. Shirlee has a passion for babies and loves any new products that can be found. After some thorough discussion, Shirlee decided that an online store designed to be a one-stop shop for maternity necessities and everything needed to get ready for the arrival of a new baby would be a great opportunity.

Online shopping is a convenient and easy alternative for expecting mothers and new moms who wish to avoid the crowds and hassles of shopping centers and the seasonal elements to find the items they need. Convenience and simplicity are the primary drivers behind having an online destination for all baby and maternity essentials for any new mother. Offering a complete line of baby and maternity products enables anyone who visits the site to find the necessities and gifts they need.

http://www.blissbabyandmaternity.com is extremely attractive, fun and easy to navigate. The website focuses on high quality brands and centers on the essential needs for nurseries to include clothing, bedding, decorating, storage, and toys. This site is truly a one-stop shop for any baby needs and maternity needs.

Shirlee stresses the importance of customer feedback and welcomes customer interaction and new ideas that can enhance the baby boutique. The site is made to be flexible and customers are encouraged to give feedback on new ideas for products that would be a good addition to the store.

Come shop at http://www.blissbabyandmaternity.com and for a limited time get a 10% discount by adding MAY10 at checkout.

Columbia Healing Cream develops a unique old world technique for processing aloe that honors traditional methods used to make wine.

(PRWEB) May 30, 2013

But first: what exactly is aloe vera?

As a member of the cactus plant family, aloe vera grows in arid climates and stores moisture in its leaves. The healing qualities of aloe gel have been utilized for centuries - the ancient Egyptians even called aloe the "plant of immortality." The clear gel found in its leaves has widely been used to maintain healthy skin. Most are familiar with the soothing effect of applying aloe to a sunburn.

Aloe gel contains more than 75 naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids and enzymes known to help with a number of skin-related issues (1). For example, Aloe contains C and E vitamins that fight aging by keeping skin firm and tight. It has healing and anti-inflammatory hormones that treat acne, burns, dry flaky skin, small cuts, abrasions, itchiness making it an effective treatment for skin (2). According to the Mayo Clinic, topical aloe gel has immunomodulatory properties that may improve wound healing and skin inflammation (3). Medical studies how that aloe has even been known to soothe persistent conditions such as eczema, dandruff, and psoriasis (4,5,6).

So what's the problem with most skin care products containing aloe?

The way in which aloe is extracted and processed has profound implications on how much of the original natural benefits of the plant are maintained in the final product (7). When aloe is extracted under high heat and thrown in a blender, it loses its potency. Much of the benefits are diminished and rendered ineffective in the process, leaving the consumer with a much weaker product (8).

Does it make sense to use a dehydrated product to hydrate your skin?

Not surprisingly, but widely unkown, many companies use powdered aloe to keep costs down since the dehydrated aloe doesn't need to be processed fresh and storage is easy. This makes it cheaper but at the cost of effectiveness. And unlike the orange juice at the grocery store, they don't have to claim that the aloe they are using is made from concentrate so consumers are unaware they are purchasing a product that has been processed to a degree that reduces it's potency (9).

Columbia Healing Cream has taken a quite different approach.

Columbia Healing Cream has developed a specialized way to extract essential aloe through a process called "Cold Pressing" that yields the most effective and least processed aloe isolate. Cold pressed aloe is far more potent than other aloe products that are processed with heat (10). Columbia's process is more time consuming and costly, but it leads to a product that is of superior quality and far more efficacious. With no corners cut, you can liken their delicate old-world methodology to finely crafted wine.

Columbia Healing Cream uses only the most effective ingredients, carefully picked after years of testing for purity and their ability to work in harmony with, and actually enhance the effectiveness, of the other ingredients in the formula. They choose these ingredients, not so they can sport the latest fad ingredients in bold lettering on their packaging, but because Columbia strives to produce the most powerful skin care product on the market. This attention to the most minute detail in their labs, yields twice the healing enzymes, twice the vitamins, twice the soothing amino acids for enhanced skin repair.

People are rightly concerned about the products they put into their bodies as evidenced by the scrutiny they apply when reading the ingredient labels on food products. Columbia believes a product that is absorbed into your skin should be made with equal care and attention to its components. After all, skin is the largest vital organ in the human body. With Columbia brand products, consumers can finally treat it as such.

(1) http://saveyourworld.com/Organic-Aloe-Vera-s/48.htm

(2) Shelton RM. Aloe vera. Its chemical and therapeutic properties. Int J Dermatol. 1991 Oct;30(10):679683. [PubMed]

(3) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aloe-vera/NS_patient-aloe

(4) Zawahry ME, Hegazy MR, Helal M. Use of aloe in treating leg ulcers and dermatoses. Int J Dermatol. 1973 Jan-Feb;12(1):6873. [PubMed]

(5) Vardy AD, Cohen AD, and Tchetov T. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Aloe vera (A. barbadensis) emulsion in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis. J Derm Treatment 1999;10(1):7-11.

(6) Syed, T. A., Ahmad, S. A., Holt, A. H., Ahmad, S. A., Ahmad, S. H., and Afzal, M. Management of psoriasis with Aloe vera extract in a hydrophilic cream: a placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Trop.Med Int Health 1996;1(4):505-509.

(7) P. Hemalatha, E. Vadivel, T. Saraswathi and K. Rajamani Role of Preservatives and Storage Temperature on the Post Harvest Quality of Aloe vera Gel

(8) Ivan E. Danhof, M.D., Ph.D. Aloe Vera Leaf Handling And Constituent Variability

(9) http://www.naturalnews.com/022016_aloe_vera_gel.html

(10) Alfred Garbutt, D.C. The Rediscovery of Aloe Vera - Processing the plant with high heat also

destroys many of the beneficial ingredients of Aloe.

SEBO Vacuum Cleaners Launches a Unique Website for Asthma, Allergy Relief, Pet Vacuum Cleaners, Canister and Upright Vacuums, Made in Germany

Centennial, CO (PRWEB) March 01, 2013

SEBO vacuum cleaners has launched a unique website for consumers that address the most common problem in the vacuum cleaner industry . . . not enough information or detail given on a single page to consider when buying a vacuum cleaner. Today, most consumers appreciate having information available in a consolidated format for viewing when shopping online for a vacuum cleaner. SEBO believes the consumer should get to choose if they want more information, or not. They do not want to guess at which vacuum cleaner is the best vacuum for their home and if it is suitable for their floor-care needs. In addition, the consumer may be disappointed and may have to go through the hassle of returning the vacuum. Most consumers are not aware of the air quality health issues with typical bagless vacuums. SEBO informs the consumer of the importance of a sealed bagged vacuum cleaner with a three-step filtration system with hospital-grade microfilters that keep the dirt in the bag, not in the air they breathe.

SEBO realized that the consumer was not able to see all model-related shopping items on a typical vacuum cleaner website, and the consumer was forced to leave the product page to hunt for vacuum bags, vacuum filters, attachments and accessory items, or simply to learn more about the product. The other problem was the consumer may be limited to viewing advertising text only, and were void of vacuum cleaner videos, brochures, or personal assistance for them in determining the best vacuum cleaner for their home.

SEBOvacuums now offer that cutting-edge solution for the American consumer in the form of a unique website that is not available from other worlwide vacuum cleaner manufacturers. The consumer can watch product videos from the home page, and also from the product pages. SEBO has taken care of their customers by creating How-to Videos to explain basic maintenance procedures, such as changing a filter bag, easy brush roller removal for cleaning, and how to remove a clog. Customers can access this information 24 hours a day so they can watch the videos as many times they like. The website also includes vacuum reviews, helpful links, product accolades, and customer testimonials to help the consumer make an informed decision.

SEBO vacuum cleaners has also created a pet club on their website that provides resource links for pet lovers to non-profit pet organizations that offer pet services such as pet adoption, animal rescue, pet shelters, veterinary services, pet care grants, educational resources, etc., in the USA. Donations to these charities are extremely important to our pets health and survival. SEBO has featured six pet charity organizations: The Humane Society of the United States, ASPCA, PETA, PetAid Colorado, MuttSavers Rescue, and Petfinder. SEBO invites other pet service organizations to participate in this pet awareness program for their community, and encourages volunteers to help their local pet charity organizations.

The SEBO Pet Club was also created to showcase pets of all kinds, and to encourage SEBO product owners to share their pet experiences or floor-care ideas, when pets are family members. Pet club members are also eligible for free product giveaways. To participate in their program, pet lovers can upload their pets' photo to the SEBO Pet Club for the whole world to see, and will remain indefinitely for the enjoyment of others.

ABOUT SEBO:

Made in Germany, since 1978, SEBO offers the worlds best vacuum cleaners for pet hair removal, providing allergy and asthma relief, ease-of-use and reliability, and the best vacuum cleaners on the market. SEBO vacuum cleaners have received awards and recognition for the best canister and upright vacuum cleaners from Better Homes and Gardens, Consumer's Digest, TIME, Real Simple, Wired Test and other magazines. Their future-forward, technological breakthroughs in the science of cleaning are without precedent in the vacuum cleaner industry.

The 2013 Native Detox Drink; Kanwa Healing Minerals Tea Contains Unique Detox Clay Minerals for Whole Body Purification: Now Sold at Ermas Nutrition Center in Texas

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 24, 2013

Zion Health, an industry leader in the manufacturing of natural detox products for the skin care and internal body, has announced today that its Herbal Detox Tea(s)-Kanwa Healing Minerals Tea is now available at Ermas Nutrition Center located at 18045 Upper Bay Road in Nassau Bay, Texas.

Health food shoppers may now benefit from natural detox purification remedies derived from clay-based ionic minerals that are known to purify the system by detoxifying harmful metals, unwanted pathogens and environmental pollutants.

Kanwa's Detox Herbal/Mineral Tea is available in mint, jasmine, green tea and chamomile.

This Whole Body Detox cleanse remedy works by combining the healing power of herbs with the stimulating minerals found in - Calcium Montmorillonite clay (edible clay) known to help absorb harmful bacteria, chemicals and toxins trapped in the stomach, colon and small intestines. The 57 minerals found in this unique edible clay has long been used throughout history to help energize and heal the body. Minerals are known to work together to form a natural internal cleanser that uses its negative ionic molecular charge to attract and remove damaging heavy metals and unwanted pathogens that inhabit the body, which can trigger premature aging and sickness.

Ermas Nutrition Center offers enzyme-rich organic vegetables and raw food. The health food store provides its shoppers with the highest quality, whole food vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements, and chemical-free, all-natural health and beauty supplies.

Zion Health's Natural Skin Care Products include an Ancient Clay Face Wash, an Ancient Clay Body Wash, an Eye Cream, Hydrating Cr

Get in Shape for the Summer with Unique Weight Loss Tips from TheDietPlan.com

Hilton Head, SC (PRWEB) April 04, 2013

This is certainly a great time to get started, in order to lose all the extra fat before the summer arrives. The acclaimed health website Thedietplan.com has just come up with a number of easy yet affective weight loss tips to help readers get back in shape in no time. Thedietplan.com is a frequently visited website that provides the most reliable guidelines, updates, offers, and information on the most effective weight loss diet plans. This website is also a highly preferred online destination amongst people looking for the most attractive discount vouchers for different workout plans and diet programs.

One weight loss tip is to slow down the speed of food intake. In a recent study by University of Rhode Island, it has been established that it is possible to save 70 calories simply by eating over a period of 30 minutes, instead of finishing the same in 10 minutes. Surprisingly, it has been suggested that using a smaller plate can also make a significant impact on weight loss. Eating regular breakfast has been recommended because it can make anyone more successful at losing weight. Feeling deprived often leads to overeating. This is why Thedietplan.com has advised readers to plan for small treats. According to Thedietplan.com, the tendency to overeat is also reduced by having meals without distractions like television or computer.

Other useful weight loss tips include eating water-containing food, taking un-shelled pistachios, increasing fiber intake, and dividing the plate amongst low calorie vegetables, fiber rich grains, and lean proteins. 8 hours of sleep has also been recommended because people who sleep less are more likely to go for junk foods. Talking about these weight loss tips, a senior spokesperson from Thedietplan.com recently said, " Weight loss can also be accomplished by growing a few simple habits that may not necessarily involve following difficult exercising schedules or starving for days. We plan to continue coming up with more similar weight loss guides in the days to come." The Diet Plan also offers 7 Ways To Lose Weight that you can try without spending a dime on diet pills and fad diets.

About Thedietplan.com: Thedietplan.com is a health and fitness website that publishes latest information, updates, and offers relating to the most popular diet plans available in the market.

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