San Francisco Writers Conference Announces a Writing Scholarship for Survivors of Domestic Violence

The Ellen Taliaferro, MD, Scholarship: Dedicated to the Prevention and Intervention of Domestic Violence and Abuse. Survivors of domestic violence--and the advocates and professionals who support them--can apply for a full scholarship to the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference (February 12th-14th, 2010) where they will have their nonfiction writing recognized and reviewed by literary agents and publishing houses.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2009 -- The 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference has been endowed a remarkable scholarship that will shine a light on the lingering health consequences for victims of domestic violence. The Ellen Taliaferro, MD, Scholarship Dedicated to the Prevention and Intervention of Domestic Violence and Abuse will be awarded to a writer who is writing as a survivor of domestic violence or an advocate or professional who is working with them. The scholarship will pay for a full registration to the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference to be held February 12-14, 2010 at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. The scholarship will include a private appointment with a nonfiction editor and agent. There will be a small stipend to partially cover travel and accommodations.

Writers who wish to apply for the scholarship must submit a 250-word explanation of why they want the scholarship, four (4) pages of their work in progress, and a single-page proposal outline for their project. The story can be written as a personal story, memoir, nonfiction book or novel. Contact information, including an email address, must be included with the entry. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2009. There is no entry fee required. Entries for The Ellen Taliaferro Scholarship for Survivors of Domestic Violence should be directed electronically to Ellen Taliaferro, MD via email at DrTSpeaks (at) gmail (dot) com. For questions about the scholarship, contact Dr. Taliaferro at 650-393-3660.

The 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference will take place February 12-14, 2010 at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. Donations from individuals and companies (including John Wiley & Sons) also make scholarships available each year for Bay Area high school students and students studying for their MFA degrees. The Kevin Smokler Scholarships are awarded to talented and deserving adult writers. The San Francisco Writers Conference is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information about the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference program, writing contests and scholarships go to San Francisco Writers Conference Website (http://www.SFWriters.org).

The scholarship was created by Dr. Ellen Taliaferro, Project Director of the Health After Trauma Project, author of WellWriting For Health After Trauma and Abuse and co-author of The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Respond to Intimate Partner Violence - 10 Action Steps You Can Take to Help Your Patients and Your Practice (See bio below).

"My goal in funding this scholarship is to highlight awareness to the issue of domestic violence assault, and in particular the issue of manual strangulation as a form of domestic violence physical abuse, through a domestic violence survivor or advocate or professional writing their story in the form of a nonfiction book or novel," said Dr. Taliaferro.

She adds, "I chose the San Francisco Writers Conference for this scholarship because it excels in offering opportunities for writers attending the conference to interact with the faculty--authors, editors, agents and publishers."

Individuals and companies can create scholarships in their own name or donate to existing San Francisco Writers Conference scholarship programs. Go to SFWriters.org (http://www.SFWriters.org) and click 'Sponsorships' for more information.

Short Version of the Release:

Scholarship Name: The Ellen Taliaferro, MD, Scholarship Dedicated to the Prevention and Intervention of Domestic Violence and Abuse

Details: Submit a 250-word explanation of why you want the scholarship, four (4) pages of your work in progress, and a single-page proposal outline for the project. Work must be nonfiction. There is no entry fee required. Electronic submission is required.

Prize: Full scholarship to the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference, private meeting with a nonfiction agent and editor, and a small stipend.

Contact: Dr. Taliaferro at 650-393-3660 or DrTspeaks (at) gmail (dot) com

Deadline: December 15, 2009

BIO: Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD, FACEP, is the Project Director of the Health After Trauma Project of Creekside Communications. She is an author, speaker and expert witness in the area of the medical response to intimate partner violence. In 1998 she founded the Parkland Hospital Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center in Dallas, Texas and served as its Medical Director until returning home to California in 2001. She was the co-founder and former Executive Director of Physicians for a Violence-free Society (PVS). Dr. Taliaferro is the author of WellWriting For Health After Trauma and Abuse and co-author of The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence: How to Ask the Right Questions and Recognize Abuse--Another Way to Save a Life and Respond to Intimate Partner Violence - 10 Action Steps You Can Take to Help Your Patients and Your Practice.

She is the editor of The Journal of Emergency Medicine Section on Violence: Recognition, Management and Prevention which published a series of articles on manual strangulation in October 2001. For that series of articles, she wrote the lead article, Walking and Talking Victims of Strangulation. Is There a New Epidemic? Health After Trauma website (http://www.healthaftertrauma.com)

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Chiropractor, Dr. Christopher Anselmi Releases New Video on Active Release Technique®

Dr. Christopher Anselmi, a certified chiropractor and expert with the Spine Care and Mobility Center in New York, NY, has released a new, informational video on the benefits and reasons for being treated with the Active Release Technique®.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 22 – Are you experiencing muscle pain or have developing scar tissue? Have you not found relief with other treatments or want to try a technique that has been shown to provide a quick response? Dr. Christopher Anselmi has released a new informational video on Active Release Technique, so listen and find out more. Throughout the video you can see how a patient is treated with ART® and find out if it would be right for you. To view Dr. Anselimi’s ART® video go to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9k0B-0HaIE).

Just some of the soft tissue injuries that Dr. Anselmi treats with ART® include:

•    Arthritis

•    Bunions

•    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

•    Headaches

•    Muscle pulls, strains or weakness

•    Scar Tissue Formation

•    Swimmers Shoulder

•    Tendonitis

•    Tennis Elbow

•    TMJ

•    General pain in the back, foot, hip, knee, neck, rib, and shoulder

Dr. Anselmi is a Certified Chiropractor and Expert on Active Release Technique (ART®). He is the Director and Owner of the Center for Spine Care and Mobility in NYC. ART® is a hands-on soft tissue or massage technique which allows the practitioner to feel tight or stuck tissue within a muscle, ligament, or tendon group. Stuck tissue occurs when it is not gliding properly; one muscle on top of the other.

Overuse of muscles can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength and pain. If a nerve is trapped, you may also feel tingling, numbness and weakness.

As a chiropractor, Dr. Anselmi stretches the tissue in order to gain motion in a particular region. ART® specifically targets the athletic and active community, as their muscles are commonly overused, which can result in scar tissue. The goal of ART® is to restore optimal texture, motion and function to the soft tissue, and release entrapped nerves or blood vessels. One of the many benefits is the patient will respond in a relatively short period of time.

ART® can also be combined well with other methods like massage therapy, physical therapy, Pilates, or pain management to alleviate common conditions like neck or lower back pain.

About the Center for Spine Care and Mobility

The Center for Spine Care and Mobility was founded by Dr. Christopher Anselmi to alleviate spinal and peripheral joint pain and to improve his patients' overall health and quality of life. Dr. Anselmi's non-invasive and non-surgical approach to musculo-skeletal medicine integrates chiropractic care with massage therapy, physical therapy and Active Release Techniques. We customize treatment protocols to address your specific needs based on an extensive physical and lifestyle evaluation. Visit Anselmi Chiropractic (http://www.anselmichiropractic.com/index.html) for more information.

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The American Medical Money Machine, the Destruction of Healthcare in America and the Rise of Medical Tourism, a New Book by James R. Goldberg

Homonculus Press, Mexico City, announces the publication of The American Medical Money Machine, Goldberg's extensive investigation of his son's suspicious death revealed two sets of parties of interest: A complaint against the first party for his son's death was filed by Goldberg in Bangkok 24 Feb 2006 at the Lumpini Police Station against Bumrungrad International Hospital and now under police investigation. (The Complaint number is 1484/2549.) According to Goldberg, the second party of interest is the U.S.Healthcare insurance and medical industry cartel who are actively beginning to export U.S. patients overseas for cheaper and unregulated medical procedures as a part of their private and Medicare insurance coverage. According to the author, "the book reveals collusion between the U.S. Government and the Healthcare Industry Cartel who will feast while patients suffer and doctors starve. Little known facts are revealed in this new work which include astounding revelations concerning international organ trafficking and the Medical Tourism Industry. The book examines all these topics in microscopic detail" the author stated.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 22, 2009 -- James R. Goldberg has spent three years investigating hidden corruption in the healthcare industry. This information has been deliberately been secreted from the public by the U.S. Government and the all powerful healthcare insurance cartel" stated its author, James R. Goldberg

The American Medical Money Machine is a 400 page non-fiction book which takes a bold and courageous examination of a healthcare system and a country gone terribly wrong according to Homonculus's publisher Maria Cuevas.

Goldberg expressed concerns "that before the politicians destroy the delivery of real medical care beyond rescue, The American Medical Money Machine is a must read for every citizen concerned with real medical care."

This thoroughly researched book examines SEC documents, corporate announcements and press releases, publications by the Department of Justice , world-wide news and numerous academic research studies. The American Medical Money Machine reveals Goldberg's assessments of the secret dealings of the healthcare system and its collusion with the United States Government.

Goldberg discovered the healthcare fraud puzzle by doggedly investigating the death of his son, Joshua, who Goldberg says, died under mysterious and unexplained circumstances at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, an American Accredited Hospital. Goldberg believes that Bumrungrad may have intended to harvest the organs of his son-a situation reported in the Thai press at many other Thai hospitals. The book examines Goldberg's research and opinions regarding these important topics.

The American Medical Money Machine according to author, Goldberg, "may turn out to be the mother of all battles fought out on the front porches of America."

"It is time that the public came to understand why they are frightened: the scandal of greed and corruption has gripped the United States of America, yet people perceive that this is an accounting battle which can be won by undertreating or mistreating patients and starving doctors!" Goldberg propounded.

Among key issues examined ïn the American Medical Money Machine by James R. Goldberg are:

* Annual Healthcare System Fraud exceeds the Entire Yearly Budget of the Pentagon.

* Obama's "team" driven by such lobbyist players as Tom Daschle are literally setting a feast fit for a king at the expense of a nation.

* The AARP is a Marketing Facade for UnitedHealthcare Group.

* The US Healthcare Industry has been Investing in Foreign Hospitals for Over 20 Years-Now They Intend to Export American Patients for Cheaper, Unregulated Care.

* As benefits for patients and payments to doctors have plummeted, the insurance companies have never been as profitable-the DOJ estimates over $600 Billiion is stolen annually.

* The Joint Commission Which Accredits Hospitals in the U.S. now Illegally Accredits Foreign Hospitals in Order That They Quality for Medicare and Private Industry Reimbursement.

* Human Organ Trafficking is Tied to Medical Tourist Destinations.

* The "Healthcare system in the United States has nothing to do with successful medical outcomes.

* Healthcare is measured by billing events. Medical care is measured by healing and what is best for the patient. This simple distinction has been muddied and distorted-deliberately. The result is Starving Doctors and Short Changed Patients!

* Since1965, has seen the U.S. fall from the 1st in the world for medical care to 40th and dropping quickly (World Health Organization 2002 Study).

* The elimination of bribery, fraud and corruption would relieve the majority of the imagined financial failure of the current healthcare syndicate."

The American medical system is in ruins; yet the responsibility for "who did it" appears, to most, illusive, Goldberg exclaimed vigorously.

"It is little understood that major health insurance pharmaceutical and hospital industry corporations and government have maintained a cozy and collusive relationship since Medicare was enacted in 1965" Goldberg's book examines the intricate details of this collusion with factual statements and authoratative citations.

Goldberg is concerned that The promise of the new government/industry programs will only increase fraud while denying patients access to quality medical care.""

The American Medical Money Machine proclaims, that industry and government left unchecked, only promises to get worse; much worse.

James R. Goldberg,the author said that "While Washington slogs through the quagmire of healthcare reform, they appear to be going through the agonizing motions and efforts of solving the wrong problem."

Working hard to solve the wrong problem is NOT an accident. It is the result of hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the healthcare industrial complex to keep in motion the biggest heist in recorded history." Goldberg explained that this is a matter of record.

"Our elected officials are paid handsomely to work hard to satisfy the agendas of the healthcare industry, not patients. They are solving business problems, not medical ones," Goldberg propounded.

"Industry and government don't want us to know who they are and how they operate. That would blow their cover and expose their scam." The American Medical Money Machine examines the nature of the covert cooperation between industry and governemt, according to it's author.

The health syndicate wants to hold tight the reins of power and money where even more billions will be put in the hands of the health industry to steal." Goldberg documents statistics and authorities which examine the details of the extent of this alleged fraud.

Goldberg said that "This is a terrible fraud, a contrivance and a stick up."

Cost containment, not medical care is their battle cry!"

"The American Medical Money Machine will be available electronically on November 1, 2009 is published by Homunculus Press , a specialized political and current issues publisher based in Mexico City.

Goldberg explained that "American people and the world must know the extent of fraud in order to stave off the next wave of larceny."

Goldberg went on to say that "In conjunction with the covert and secret Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals in the U.S., foreign hospitals are buying accreditation in order to gain legitimacy and qualify for American government and private insurance reimbursement.

American hospitals and insurance organizations have been quietly funding for years offshore operations which they own, control or with whom they have partnered."

Goldberg states that "Medical Tourism is also tied to the business of black market international organ trafficking.The degree of organ trafficking and "donor" rings in South East Asia are meticulously examined in Goldberg's Chapter on Organ Trafficking." The American Medical Money Machine took over 3 years to write and investigate at a cost well exceeding $1 million dollars.

In the book, Goldberg proposes the absolute need for international treaties and legal oversight.

The American Medical Money Machine, available 1 Nov 2009 opens doors previously shut to the public. For further information and ordering contact info at theamericanmedicalmoneymachine.com and visit www.theamericanmedicalmoneymachine.com and www.bumrungraddeath.com

Advance Electronic Press and review copies are available upon request.

Contact 415 877 4280 or info(at)theamericanmedicalmoneymachine.com for interviews, speaking engagements and television appearances.

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Demand Still High for Licensed Practical Nurses in BC

Seats still available for PN program at Vancouver Career College’s Burnaby campus

Burnaby, BC (Vocus) October 26, 2009 -- Licensed Practical Nurses continue to be in high demand in British Columbia. The retirement of current LPNs, combined with an increased need for nursing care from the province’s aging population, is driving the demand in this career field. Anyone looking to launch a health care career can turn to Vancouver Career College Practical Nursing program, which is now taking applications for a November start.

“There is still a major shortage of nurses in BC,” says Rodney King, Nursing Registrar at Vancouver Career College. “The Practical Nursing program only takes one year, so students can be working in the field very quickly.”

The 52-week PN program trains students in a variety of areas, building a skill set that will be transferable to careers in hospitals, private clinics and nursing homes. Students also take part in multiple practicum placements that prepare them to enter the workforce. More information about the program can be found at VCCollege.ca (http://www.vccollege.ca/Campus_Programs/Healthcare_Programs/Healthcare_Programs).

Vancouver Career College will accept applications for the Practical Nursing program starting until November 23, 2009 when the program begins in Burnaby.

About Vancouver Career College

Vancouver Career College (http://www.vccollege.ca) is dedicated to providing students with the highest standard of education and training, with all programs approved by the provincial government of British Columbia. With small classes, industry-relevant programs and seven convenient locations across BC, Vancouver Career College is one of the region’s leading career training schools.

For more information:

Warren Mailey

Manager of Communications

604.915.7288 ext. 2130

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure Partners with Healthcare IT Leader Emdeon for Innovative Breast Health Awareness Campaigns

Partnership leverages Emdeon's vast reach across the U.S. healthcare industry with Susan G. Komen's mission to cure breast cancer.

Nashville, Tenn. (Vocus) October 27, 2009 -- Emdeon® (NYSE: EM) today announced a partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world's largest breast cancer advocacy organization. Through this partnership, Emdeon's Web-based software solution, Emdeon Office™, will feature Susan G. Komen literature about breast cancer.

The printable materials include topics such as "Breast Cancer Risk Factors", "When You Discover A Lump", and "Sexuality and Intimacy" in both English and Spanish formats. There is no limit on the number of times the providers may print the disease prevention and wellness materials.

"Through the Emdeon Office web portal, healthcare providers and their staff can access six different versions of print-on-demand breast health information while interacting with the patient during the normal work flow," said Geoff Pace, senior vice president of product development for Emdeon, whose department created the web solution for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Emdeon Office is an Internet-based solution that enables healthcare providers to conduct everyday administrative transactions, including patient eligibility/benefits verification, claim submission, referrals, authorizations and pre-certifications for care. It is currently in use in professional offices representing nearly 100,000 healthcare professionals across the country.

"This partnership with Emdeon will help deliver potentially life-saving information to providers at the point of care," said Elizabeth Thompson, vice president of health science at Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "It will enable our breast health messages to reach patients when they need them most, helping to bring us one step closer to a world without breast cancer."

In addition to exposing thousands of healthcare providers to readily accessible, print-quality patient education downloads, Emdeon is engaging in another campaign to turn America's mailboxes pink this October. During the month, Emdeon's print and mail facilities will print outgoing consumer healthcare statement envelopes with a hot pink awareness message that reads, "Are you Inspired to Save a Life? Find out how at www.komen.org/inspire."; The envelopes are expected to reach more than twelve million consumers in the month of October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and the focus of numerous Susan G. Komen for the Cure awareness campaigns.

"It is an honor to partner with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to bring together their important breast health message and our vast footprint in the healthcare markets," said Miriam Paramore, senior vice president of corporate strategy at Emdeon. "We are committed to making healthcare efficient, and will continue to layer innovative solutions like these on top of our practical products that are already in the market," Paramore said.

For more information, visit www.emdeon.com or www.komen.org.

About Emdeon®

Emdeon (NYSE: EM) is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Emdeon's product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of its payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon's comprehensive suite of products and services, which are designed to easily integrate with existing technology infrastructures, customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle process. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, more than $1.3 billion has been invested to fulfill the promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.

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