NFL Quarterback Philip Rivers and Wife, Tiffany, Launch ‘Change the Game™’ Diabetes Awareness Campaign

On World Diabetes Day, NFL Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback Philip Rivers and wife, Tiffany, announce the ‘Change the Game’™ campaign kicking off today with a commitment to raise funds and awareness for Type 1 Diabetes through the swimwear brand co-founded by Tiffany Rivers and partner Marissa DeLecce, Hermoza. Hermoza has teamed up with three of the top recognized charities – JDRF, Insulin for Life and Diabetes Research Connection (DRC) to raise funds through the ‘Change the Game™’ contest campaign. With the purchase of a custom-designed ‘Change the Game™’ campaign hat or t-shirt for $30…

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American Diabetes Association® and VSP® Vision Care Collaborate on Public Health Initiative to Save Sight in People with Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) have announced a new collaboration with VSP® Vision Care, a VSP Global® company which serves nearly 90 million members as the largest and only national not-for-profit vision benefits provider, to focus on an often overlooked but costly and devastating complication of diabetes: eye disease. This initiative will focus on the crucial role annual comprehensive eye exams play in the early detection, intervention and prevention of eye disease and vision loss caused by diabetes. “Diabetic eye disease is one of the complications of diabetes, affecting a…

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Seno Medical and “Know Your Lemons” Highlight Importance of Education and Self-Exam for Early Breast Cancer Detection

A recent survey of women in the Netherlands found that 79 percent of respondents diagnosed with breast cancer noticed symptoms prior to being diagnosed. Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. (Seno Medical), a Texas-based medical imaging company developing breakthrough breast cancer diagnostic technology, teamed up with the Know Your Lemons campaign to conduct the survey in the Netherlands, which has one of the highest incidence rates in the world, during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sponsored by the international breast cancer charity, the Know Your Lemons Foundation focuses on breast health education to overcome taboos,…

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Don’t Just Share the Photo, Share the Meal During the #MeijerSimplyGive Hashtag Campaign

In an effort to help feed even more hungry families across the Midwest, Meijer is capitalizing on today’s social behavior of posting food photos to social media through a hashtag campaign called Don’t Just Share the Photo, Share the Meal. For each food photo publicly posted, or each Meijer Simply Give post shared, with the #meijersimplygive on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, Meijer will contribute a meal to its Simply Give program, up to $1 million. According to Feeding America, $1 equals 10 meals. “This holiday season, we really wanted to…

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YMCA urges government to deliver ‘new era for young people’ ahead of General Election

With less than a month to go until the UK votes for its next government, YMCA has released its manifesto calling on political parties and candidates to deliver a new era for youth, with policies tailored to give each young person the opportunity to live their best lives. Based on the aims and concerns of young people across England and Wales, YMCA’s manifesto outlines seven primary recommendations to help improve the lives of young people and their communities. On top of restricted housing opportunities and financial uncertainty, young people are…

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