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Sleep health dictates success of practicing mindfulness

October 13, 2020

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Credit: University of South Florida

Sleeping an extra 29 minutes each night can be the key to improving mindfulness, a critical resource that has benefits for daily well-being and work performance. Mindfulness is achieved by purposefully bringing an individual’s awareness and attention to experiences occurring in the present moment without forming an opinion. Unlike previous studies, new research published in Sleep Health looked at how multiple dimensions of nightly sleep impact daily mindfulness, rather than just focusing on sleep quality or duration.

The study led by the University of South Florida found better sleep improves next-day mindfulness, which in turn, reduces sleepiness during the day. The research focused on nurses, the largest group of healthcare professionals whose need for optimal sleep and mindful attention are particularly high. Sleep problems are common in this population due to long shifts,

The Key To Health Care’s Success Post-Pandemic? Decentralization

October 13, 2020

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Sarah is the CTO of Sight Diagnostics, a company transforming healthcare through fast, accurate and less painful blood testing.

Pakistani female doctor working on tablet computer — getty

Technology experts have long known that decentralized systems, while sometimes more unwieldy and expensive to manage, are far more adaptable and resilient to disasters. The health care industry has historically lagged behind in such reform, but the Covid-19 pandemic has entirely changed the way patients interact with their health. It’s clear to me that post-pandemic, we will see a shift toward the decentralization of care.

Transforming Traditional Care Delivery Models

A clinical model based around a centralized hospital that provides diagnosis, treatment and disease management may no longer make sense. The American Hospital Association reports that hospitals are losing more than $50 billion per month as a result of canceling procedures and redirecting focus to treat Covid-19 patients.

In order to survive these bleak financial projections, hospitals should adapt

24 Hour Fitness Announces Restructuring Support Agreement to Position Company for Long-Term Success

October 7, 2020

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Restructuring Support Agreement Approved by Approximately 73% of Prepetition Secured Lenders

24 Hour Fitness (the “Company”), an industry-leading fitness brand for over 35 years, today announced that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement (the “RSA”) with lenders beneficially holding approximately 73% of the Company’s secured debt and approximately 65% of the Company’s senior unsecured notes on the terms of a comprehensive restructuring plan (the “Plan”). The RSA sets forth terms for a financial restructuring that will reduce approximately $1.2 billion dollars of funded debt, provide increased financial flexibility to help navigate through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and better position 24 Hour Fitness for long-term success.

24 Hour Fitness is continuing to reopen clubs and welcome members and guests in locations nationwide as allowed by state and local governments. During this process, the health and safety of 24 Hour Fitness team members, club members, guests, and club communities remain

Rising Temperatures Undermine Academic Success and Equity

October 7, 2020

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Hotter daytimes are thwarting students’ academic progress and exacerbating long-standing educational inequities for people of color, according to researchers who examined the issue in more than 50 countries.

The report, published yesterday in the journal Nature Human Behavior, used two major datasets to track the relationship between students’ exposure to soaring temperatures and their learning outcomes. The data revealed that additional days above 80 degrees Fahrenheit inhibit students’ performance on standardized tests that are meant to measure educational achievement and cognitive ability.

“Temperature has been shown to affect working memory, stamina and cognitive performance, and to lead individuals to reduce time spent engaging in labour activities,” the researchers wrote. “This suggests that, in addition to the channels above, heat may directly affect students’ capacity to learn or teachers’ ability and willingness to teach.”

Co-author Joshua Goodman, a professor of education and economics at Boston University, said the findings have

Elle and Meyers Leonard relish the success of Level Foods

October 7, 2020

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Elle and Meyers Leonard are well known in Rip City.

Meyers, for playing seven seasons with the Trail Blazers, and Elle for being a social media queen.

From hitting trick shots to trolling her husband, Elle’s tweets are sure to go viral.

Unfortunately for Blazers fans, Meyers was traded to the Miami Heat in the offseason and the first couple of Rip City packed up and moved across the country.

Thanks to social media, fans can still see what the duo is up to.

When she isn’t tackling social media, Elle is taking on the health food game.

In October of last year, the Leonards launched Level Foods, a healthy snack bar for people on the go.

Through word of mouth, the brand grew overnight, generating a revenue of more than $250,000 and an average monthly sales growth of 12%, according to Forbes.

The last three months have been

Sarah De Sonia recognized for success in home health care field

October 2, 2020

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This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

Sarah De Sonia, RN, director of nursing and clinical services for American Advantage Home Care, has been named to the 2020 class of DBusiness Magazine’s “30 in Their Thirties.” It recognizes metro Detroit business professionals who have achieved notable success in their respective fields and are moving their respective organizations forward.

“Sarah is a natural leader and a great source of comfort to our clients, as they know she has their best interest at heart,” said Cleamon Moorer Jr. DBA, agency president.

In a profile in the magazine’s 2020 September/October edition, De Sonia said she knew for as long as she could remember that she wanted to provide direct care to patients, but she has been called into management everywhere she has worked.

With 16 years

A few colleges write the playbook for pandemic success

September 28, 2020

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At Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, just one coronavirus case has emerged from more than 11,500 campus tests administered since August. The flagship University of Connecticut system reports 64 cases among the 5,000-student residential population on its Storrs campus. Clark University in central Massachusetts just spotted its first potential case in more than a month, while a few pricey private colleges in New York also report few infections since the start of the semester.

Several universities have resumed in-person classes and invited students back to live on or near campus this semester while logging few infections, even as other institutions struggle to halt outbreaks or rely on virtual education. These early case studies hint at a potential path to recovery for a bruised higher education industry, as the virus continues to spread across the country and the death toll rises.

Each campus is different. Covid-19 is still a newly discovered pathogen.

Columbia food trucks find success in the midst of a pandemic | Food & Drink

September 27, 2020

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Christopher Sarant’s time working at a local KIA dealership was short-lived. He had just started the job when COVID-19 began to grip the Midlands earlier this year. The pandemic altered the structure and pulse of everyone’s daily life, and promptly led the dealership to lay off its new employee.

Not long after, Sarant, a former Charleston chef, went to a restaurant he declines to name and bought a burger. It was, as he puts it, a terrible burger. His wife suggested that he be the solution — why not start the food truck he had always dreamed of?

In June, Chubby’s Burgers was born, hosting a debut event in Sarant’s driveway and selling out of 100 burgers in three hours.

Since then, the food truck has rapidly risen to greasy prominence behind its smash burgers and fries, regularly spotting up at breweries, neighborhoods, business parks and other spots. Sarant churns

Adapting And Evolving Was Key To Success

September 27, 2020

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MADISON, NJ—On the surface, Amy Peller could not have planned a worse time to start a business. After leaving a job at a large corporation, she decided to open a mobile dog grooming salon and planned to launch last spring.

“I resigned from a job at a consulting firm two years ago,” she explained, “to really seize an opportunity that mixed personal passion with an industry where I saw a big growth potential.”

Peller, a self-described planner, did extensive research and preparation. Things were going well and she was scheduled to launch her new business in April. As February wore on, though, she recognized that it was not the right time.

“I just didn’t feel like we knew enough about about covid,” she said, “to be safe for our clients, both human and canine.”

But Peller had a problem. She was scheduled to pick up a key piece of equipment

As African nations find success in fighting virus, researchers search for answers

September 27, 2020

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One public health official credits relative success in combating the virus in Africa to ‘drastic action’ taken by nations at ‘great cost to their economies’

While much of the world has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, multiple nations in Africa have managed to keep the virus at bay. Now, NBC News reports that researchers are working to figure out how it is being done.

According to Dr. Sam Agatre Okuonzi of Uganda’s Arua Regional Referral Hospital, things looked “very bleak” for Africa in regards to coronavirus. It was initially predicted that several countries would experience “severe devastation.”

“In Uganda, it was predicted that by September, there would be 600,000 cases of COVID-19 and 30,000 deaths,” Okuonzi said. “But the reality is starkly different.”

According to Johns Hopkins University, Uganda has recorded about 7,300 positive COVID-19 tests and about 70 deaths.

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Africa’s regional director of