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EXPERT ALERTS

• Nurse Practitioner Independence May Come to Texas
• Fasting-Mimicking Diets
• How to Avoid Getting Sick When Flying
• Louis Vuitton Missed Joke From Parody Handbag Maker

MEDIA JOBS

• Reporter – MarketWatch
• Reporter – The Bond Buyer
• Reporter, Industrials – The Wall Street Journal

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 10 Steps to Take Your Blog Audience From Fling to Long-Term Commitment
• SEO for Bloggers: 4 Ways to Boost Your Relationship With Search Engines
• Blog Profiles: Over-40 Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Nurse Practitioner Independence May Come to Texas
Bill Hopkins
Health Care Attorney
Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP in Austin
A bill in the Texas House seeks to end regulations that require nurse practitioners to contract with doctors in order to treat and write prescriptions. Similar regulations have been rolled back in other states, with no evidence of increased safety issues. In fact, he says, in some studies, nurse practitioner safety has ranked as high as or higher than doctor care. Says Hopkins: "For many years, NPs have argued that their knowledge, ability and training were more than sufficient to allow them to practice independently, care for patients and ensure safety. The justification for charging NPs for this 'supervision' traditionally has been that it is a necessary cost to ensure patient safety. But thanks to the Affordable Care Act, there are more people with insurance than ever before and access has become a primary concern. With the safety argument becoming less relevant and calls for better access getting louder, it looks like this may be the time for NPs to finally get the independence that they have sought."
Contact: Rhonda Reddick, [email protected]

Fasting-Mimicking Diets
Valter Longo
Chairman and Founder, L-Nutra
Director, USC Longevity Institute
"Fasting done periodically is a very powerful and natural way to help the body first recover from the incremental damages inflicted by an unhealthy lifestyle and then to rejuvenate the body's cells and systems. Fasting-mimicking diets can enable people to live longer, healthier lives."
Based in Los Angeles, Longo can discuss treating aging and reducing risk factors for age-related diseases. He can also discuss the results of a recent USC study published in the Science Translational Medicine called "Fasting‐Mimicking Diet and Risk Factors for Aging, Diabetes, Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease." Longo is fluent in Italian.
Website: http://l-nutra.com
Contact: Danielle Caldwell, [email protected]

How to Avoid Getting Sick When Flying
Glenn Mitchell, MPH, FACEP, M.D.
Professor of Healthcare Informatics
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Want to avoid getting sick when flying? Then sit by the window or don't help pass other passengers' trays or cups to and from the flight attendant. Says Mitchell: "Modern commercial aircraft have effective cabin air recirculation and HEPA filtration systems, and air flows effectively from ceiling height vents to the cabin floor under the window seats. This limits your exposure to most airborne viruses to seatmates on your side of the aisle and perhaps to passengers in the row in front of and behind you. But the infection prevention effects of cabin airflow are easily subverted by individual passenger behavior. No amount of air exchanges and filters can protect against open-mouthed coughing and lack of washing of contaminated hands. Simple measures -- such as seatmates using a handkerchief or tissue, and washing or sanitizing your hands frequently and prior to eating -- will reduce disease transmission risk significantly. Handling used eating and drinking materials from other passengers in the row during cabin cleanup is the most obvious and preventable source of contamination if your hands are not immediately sanitized afterwards."
Dr. Mitchell is past president of the Aerospace Medical Association.
Website: www.HarrisburgU.edu
Contact: Steve Infanti, [email protected]

Louis Vuitton Missed Joke From Parody Handbag Maker
Chris Schwegmann
Intellectual Property Attorney
Lynn Pinker Cox Hurst in Dallas
Louis Vuitton's trademark infringement suit against My Other Bag over an inexpensive canvas tote bag was tossed out of court when the judge said it was clear the parody bag wasn't a typical knockoff copy. Says Schwegmann: "This case is very different from most counterfeit litigation. Just by looking at them, the products sold by My Other Bag are clearly not Louis Vuitton bags. That is part of the joke. This is lawsuit is a cautionary tale that trademark holders need to pick and choose their targets carefully. Sometimes by suing, you bring more attention to the alleged infringer, and in this case, it seems that Louis Vuitton is the butt of the joke. There are several examples of trademark holders sending silly cease and desist letters, only to have the action backfire on them in a very public way."
Contact: Holly Scimeca, [email protected]

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• Reporter – The Bond Buyer
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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

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• 10 STEPS TO TAKE YOUR BLOG AUDIENCE FROM FLING TO LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. The blogging game can look a lot like dating: You put your best self out there into a world of unknowns. It can feel exciting and scary. It also can feel a bit lonely. But, once you find your confidence and a formula that works, the relationship can quickly move from infatuation to true love. If you want to build a meaningful long-term relationship with your blog audience, consider these 10 fundamentals and you'll be off to a great start: http://bit.ly/2kKiHqx
• SEO FOR BLOGGERS: 4 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SEARCH ENGINES. With Valentine's Day just behind us, it's the perfect time to treat your blog to a proper business strategy. Search engine optimization is a good place to start. Search engines are a huge traffic driver if you're properly indexed and have authority on a topic to rank high in search. So whether you write as a hobby or for business, here are some things to keep in mind as you work to optimize the relationship with your readers: http://prn.to/2ktWn8K
• BLOG PROFILES: OVER-40 BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry or subject and a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at blogs for people over age 40: http://bit.ly/2lPn7gO

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