(SkyNewswire.com)---US Wellness has earned COLA accreditation as a result of a long-term commitment to provide quality service to their biometric screening clients. "We are proud of this accreditation as a testament to our dedication to laboratory excellence and implementation of only the highest quality standards," comments Tori Tomlinson, the company's President and CEO.

US Wellness, Inc.(www.uswellness.com) provides nationwide health education and screening as part of its extensive corporate/employee wellness programs and its national health awareness campaigns. US Wellness' core business services include consumer health education, coaching and health screenings, online health tools and resources, and interactivity to Microsoft's Health Vault. The company was founded in 1997 and is owned and operated by Tori Tomlinson. Tori may be reached at ttomlinson@uswellness.com.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Albany, OR -- What if your dentist could detect the potential for a cavity to form before it ever happened? A new testing device called the CariScreen from an Oregon company, Oral BioTech, now makes early detection possible. Cavities are caused by a bacterial infection called dental caries. New research by leading experts worldwide confirms that this infection while complex, is identifiable and treatable, no needles or drills necessary.

The CariScreen is a hand-held meter that utilizes ATP bioluminescence technology to detect the levels of acid-producing, decay-causing bacteria residing in an individual's plaque. Contrary to popular belief, not all plaque is bad plaque. Only when there has been a shift from the normal healthy micro flora of the mouth to an unhealthy acidic bacterial population does dental decay become possible. The CariScreen technology allows dentists to take a quick, painless swab sample of patients' plaque and using the meter, get a reading within 15 seconds as to whether there are too many of these acidic bacteria present. The revolutionary aspect here is that this shift in bacterial population can now be identified and health restored before a cavity ever has a chance to form.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Rochester, MN -- Nicotine dependence is the physical vulnerability to the chemical nicotine, which is potently addicting when delivered by various tobacco products. Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains thousands of chemicals, including nicotine. Being addicted to tobacco brings a host of health problems related to the substances in tobacco smoke. These effects include damage to the lungs, heart and blood vessels.

According to the American Lung Association, smoking cost the United States over $193 billion in 2004, including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct health care expenditures, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker.

When people inhale, they are ingesting a chemical parade that marches through the body's vital organs. Mayo Clinic.com reviews the negative health effects throughout the body, including:

Lungs. Smoking is the cause of most cases of lung cancer. Smoking also is the primary cause of other lung problems, such as emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- London, UK -- This week, as the world's attention turns to issues of good mental health for Friday's World Mental Health Day, BBC Learning's own mental health and wellbeing campaign - BBC Headroom - celebrates with the transmission of Alastair Campbell's moving film, Cracking Up, some new faces at bbc.co.uk/headroom and a dedicated action line: 08000 933 193

Launched in May 2008, BBC Headroom is a two year mental health and wellbeing project which aims to raise awareness of the importance of good mental health and de-stigmatise the problems surrounding the mental illness issues which face up to one in four of the population including anxiety stress, depression and nervous breakdown.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Chicago, IL -- Forty-five thousand runners will be pounding the pavement during the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 12. Training for the 26.2-mile-run can put a tremendous amount of stress on the body, especially the knees. In fact, statistics show that about one-third of injured runners struggle with knee pain.

But a new complimentary guide introduced by the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital (NOHC) of Chicago can help reduce the risk of knee injuries. The pamphlet, entitled "Runner's Rescue: Managing Your Knee Pain," includes information on common knee injuries in runners and tips for preventing those injuries.

According to doctors at NOHC, there are three primary types of knee pain that runners can develop. They include:
1. Runner's Knee or Patello-Femoral Pain Syndrome

Pain is concentrated under the kneecap and/or around the kneecap. The kneecap is designed to move smoothly over a groove on the (femur) thigh bone. When the patella is not moving properly over the femur, PFS can develop. This commonly occurs in runners and athletes, although non-athletes can develop it too.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Evanston, IL -- Billions are spent annually on the treatment of pain but often with unsatisfactory results. In his latest instructional DVD, internationally recognized Thai massage teacher Chuck Duff emphasizes the fact that many pain issues are a result of physical and energetic imbalances within the body, and that traditional Thai Massage remains one of our most powerful tools in the treatment of pain and dysfunction. A complete, 2.5 hour therapeutic Thai massage sequence is taught in this beautifully produced title, Therapeutic Thai Fundamentals with Chuck Duff (138 minutes, $49.95 SRP).

Each technique is explained carefully, and supported with closeups and animations showing the energy lines and points used. This DVD is useful as a learning aid on its own, and is an adjunct to the Level 2 Thai Massage training at Chuck's School, ThaiBodywork School of Thai Massage in Evanston, IL.

Chuck's teaching emphasizes body mechanics, using core energy and sensitivity to the body's language, and places each technique in context as to its relationship to Sen lines, effects on specific muscles and pain conditions. The beautiful production values in this exquisitely produced DVD bring Chuck Duff's expert therapeutic insights to life.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Las Vegas, NV -- Cenegenics Atlanta opened its doors to "The Big Peach" metropolis with a 21st century approach to aging. Hailed as the "next medical paradigm," the Cenegenics program offers established protocols that lengthen health span and prevent or delay age-related disease. Dr. Randy Smith, a former Cenegenics Physician Affiliate, heads the Alpharetta-based center as CEO and chief medical officer.

Smith partnered with Cenegenics� Medical Institute, the world's largest age management medicine practice, to found the Atlanta center, which is one of several centers Cenegenics is launching over 2008-2009.

Cenegenics tailors programs to patient needs, using proactive lifestyle interventions and a highly comprehensive evaluation process. Their science-based approach has garnered significant media attention, such as 60 Minutes, 20/20, Nightline and GQ, among many others. Other Cenegenics centers are Las Vegas, NV (headquarters); Charleston, SC; Boca Raton, FL; Bloomington, IN; and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Nashville, Tenn. -- SHOUTAmerica, a new non-profit organization that encourages youth to implement solutions to the impending healthcare crisis, has tapped change:healthcare, an emerging leader in healthcare consumerism, to provide its members with urgently needed healthcare transparency information.

"The rising cost of healthcare has made our current system unsustainable and without major reform, this nation faces a healthcare crisis," said Landon Gibbs, Executive Director of SHOUTAmerica. "We believe this partnership will provide individuals critical resources for more informed healthcare decisions on the part of these future leaders."

(SkyNewswire.com)---Fort Lauderdale -- Beginning December 1, 2008, the Whole Health Retreat will begin sessions for this all encompassing holistic retreat. 14 participants of this new wellness adventure will eat, sleep and breathe health and fitness, meditation, holistic nutrition and stress free spa treatments for six nights. Getting away from much of the conventional fitness classes normally offered at their retreats, Vita Vie Retreat will push clients with shallow water walking and running, pilates, sunrise beach yoga, body sculpting at the beach, classes on environmentally friendly practices for the home and the body, metabolic typing, holistic nutrition and disease prevention and more. �It�s time for us to really start educating people on their bodies, their environments and what they can do to protect themselves from disease and how to promote long, healthy lives,� says retreat owner, Margot Rutigliano. Long days of hard work will be rewarded with healthy, gourmet spa meals, candlelit cobblestone walking at sunset on the rooftop, relaxation and meditation. �It will be the perfect combination of kick butt workouts and total relaxation,� adds Rutigliano. Spacious guest rooms boast fine linens, dark wood furnishings, granite countertops, in room refrigerators stocked with spring water, in room washer and dryer, view of the ocean, private balcony, complimentary coffee and tea and spa robes.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Wayland, MA -- Earlier this year InfanteSano officially launched their Sponsor a Birth program to coincide with Mother�s Day. Globally and every year over 10 million mothers and children die during or soon after childbirth - mostly from preventable causes. Four million of these deaths occur in the first four weeks of life which is commonly referred to as the newborn period. Providing simple, effective and low-cost health services could prevent over half of these deaths.

To address these issues Infante Sano has designed a program that partners with existing hospitals to provide training courses and the necessary medical equipment for health care workers to do their jobs. The core values of the organization (Respect, Improve, Sustain, Empower) drive the program which builds upon local capacity, promotes sustainability and recognizes every person's right to basic health care. The cost is $25 per birth which is a small price to pay for providing mothers with clean and safe environments in which to deliver their babies.

(SkyNewswire.com)---As a trainer I have heard thousands of excuses why exercise didn�t make it off a client�s to-do list. It is true we live in a very high paced, over-worked society and we are often stressed for time. One of the excuses I hear most often from my clients is that their exercise routine was interrupted because of travel whether it was for business or for pleasure. However, being away from home is not an excuse to ditch your exercise program. Here are some tips to help you avoid the �travel excuse� pitfall.

Make a commitment - Approach your workout time as if it is an important meeting that you cannot get out of. Put your workout on your schedule and be sure to keep your appointment!

Plan ahead � Preparation is the key. Make reservations at hotels that offer a pool or workout facility. Pack workout clothes, sneakers, and any travel-ready exercise equipment. Schedule flights so you have enough time to exercise when you arrive. While on your trip, wake up early so you can do 20 minutes of cardio before breakfast. Plan your work engagements around a lunch time strength training session. Skip happy hour and squeeze in workout before dinner.

(SkyNewswire.com)---If someone asked you what good nutrition is, would you know the answer? We all know to eat our fruits and veggies, but what about everything else? How often should we eat � 3 meals a day? Forgo meals for snacking throughout the day? Eat carbs, don�t eat carbs? And with all these messages seemingly changing from one day to the next, who has time to weed out fad from fact?

The reality is that most of us are so busy that eating right becomes incredibly difficult, and with the wrong foods so readily available it is not a surprise that as a nation we are increasingly eating out and steadily gaining weight. Here is what you need to know about good nutrition as well as a few strategies to help keep you fueled all day and avoid the emotional rollercoaster of energy highs and lows.

(SkyNewswire.com)---While buying physical fitness equipment for home is a risky business, HeartFlex says it's possible to find a quality machine that will give a multifaceted workout without breaking the bank. Despite good intentions, most workout items are rapidly discarded because of severe limitations, because they are hard to use or because they give at best a limited workout. With that in mind, HeartFlex offers six considerations to ponder before buying exercise equipment.

1. Does the device work for both strengthening and conditioning? "Many pieces of workout equipment either work your muscles or give good cardio exercise," said John Corbin, inventor of the HeartFlex. "The HeartFlex is designed to provide both muscle strengthening and cardio, either at the same time or sequentially given the wide range of exercises possible on the device. Using the HeartFlex while walking or using the treadmill both increases the cardio component of the exercises."

(SkyNewswire.com)---London -- Cancer Research UK is today releasing a viral video aimed at educating women on how to be breast aware. The comedic video features a woman explaining how best to check breasts, the twist being that her assistant is a beautiful and obliging male model.

The video features Tommy, the "Breast Awareness Guy"and will precede Cancer Research UK's fundraising and awareness activities for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which starts on 1st October. Cancer Research UK hopes that Tommy will help get across an important message by capturing people's attention in a fun and memorable way.

Sarah Pickersgill, fundraising manager at Cancer Research UK, said: "Every day a staggering 120 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Although the number of cases of breast cancer has increased, more women are now surviving the disease, thanks to better treatment and earlier detection.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Thanksgiving has come and gone and all of a sudden the holiday season is upon us. So begins the gauntlet of celebrations for which we must prepare. The weeks surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas are considered to be the most stressful time of the year for many. All the travel, family visits, and shopping that are involved can cause undue stress that compounds our already stressful lives. In fact, the stress associated with the holiday season can lead to many ailments. According to an article by the National Mental Health Association, people develop stress reactions during the holidays such as headaches, excessive drinking, over-eating and difficulty sleeping or even depression. Though the holiday season may bring an inordinate amount of stress, many people respond to the excessive stress and anxiety once the holidays have passed. This post-holiday let down after January 1 can be the result of emotional disappointments experienced during the preceding months as well as the physical reactions caused by excess fatigue and stress.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Brentford, Middlesex, UK -- UK travellers are being urged to arrange their antimalarial medication before they leave the country following alarming increases in either fake or poor quality malaria medicines in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Already a major concern in Southeast Asia, where up to 53% of some antimalarial medicines contain no active ingredient, poor quality treatments are also becoming a problem for Africa's nations. In Kenya, for example, 38% of antimalarial drugs were found to be substandard and 16% were fake.

There has been a nearly 200% increase in travel to malarious destinations over the past 10 years, and with more and more UK travellers visiting exotic parts of the world they need to be aware of where risks exist, and how to protect themselves from malaria. Travellers can obtain advice about malaria from malaria hotspots and details of regions where there is a malaria risk can be found at the malaria map.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Houston, TX --Although Hurricane Ike has already wreaked havoc through southern Texas, the final monetary and life-impairing impact of this devastating hurricane has yet to be determined. It may be months before Galveston, Houston, and surrounding communities know what the true toll of the storm will be.

Hurricane Ike has brought more than destruction to coastal Texas; it has stirred up allergies or asthma for many Houstonians. Joseph R. Perez, M.D., an allergy and asthma specialist in Sugar Land, Texas ( www.aachou.com ), has seen a influx of patients into his office after Hurricane Ike. "Storms in general can worsen allergies and asthma because increased winds mobilize mold spores and pollens and send them flying through the air. But imagine sustained hurricane force winds of up to 110 mph and one can see why so many people are having problems," says Dr. Perez.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Chicago, IL-- NuU Medspa has earned the reputation of the Medspa Industry Giants of BOTOX� and lasers � now they can add all-natural treatments and services to their already impressive line-up of services.

NuU Medical Spa brings Naturopathic Medicine into their centers to help you feel beautiful on the outside and inside. Preety Shah, ND, is the on-staff professional at the NuU Schaumburg location across from Woodfield Mall. Dr. Shah offers complimentary consultations for a range of diseases/aliments including; Weight Management, Fibromyalgia, Menopause, Hormone Testing, Osteoporosis, Anxiety/Depression, Anti-Aging and more.

Dr. Shah says, �We treat people from the inside out; which stimulates the body to heal itself.� Dr. Shah has been practicing naturopathic medicine for several years and is active in the Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians and American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.

(SkyNewswire.com)---New York, NY -- Mamaherb.com (www.mamaherb.com) today announced its partnership with RightHealth (www.righthealth.com), the second most visited (according to Hitwise) and the fastest growing health site (according to comScore) on the web, with 6.2 million unique visitors per month.

RightHealth offers consumers a 360-degree view of health topics, integrating web health applications for that topic into a single page. Mamaherb.com supplies RightHealth exclusive content regarding alternative and natural treatments.

The content supplied to RightHealth is based on the data accumulated in Mamaherb.com. That data consists of the largest natural health resource freely available on the web, all built by its worldwide user base, aggregating statistical information regarding the efficiency of the treatments, as provided by Mamaherb.com�s users.

(SkyNewswire.com)---CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- An estimated 150 people from throughout the Charlotte area will walk Saturday to benefit awareness and treatment of obesity issues. The event, co-sponsored by Southeast Bariatrics, begins at 9 a.m. on the front lawn of Presbyterian Hospital at 200 Hawthorne Lane in Charlotte.

The Walk from Obesity is a national fundraising event that raises awareness and provides funds to improve the quality of life and health of those affected by obesity. The mission of the Walk is to bring together all who are affected by obesity to draw national attention to the need for awareness, treatment and advocacy initiatives.

�We are thrilled with the response we�ve received from sponsors and walkers for this event,� said Dr. Voellinger, the founder of Southeast Bariatrics. �Those affected by the disease of obesity, loved ones, friends, colleagues, healthcare professionals and many others will join forces and walk in recognition of the obesity epidemic.�