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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

The JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, located in the heart of the city, has put together a special Show Your Stub package for guests looking to experience all that L.A. LIVE has to offer over the holiday season. Enjoy the benefits of the Show Your Stub promotion after taking in a concert at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, before the Kings hit the ice at The STAPLES Center, following a matinee at Regal Cinemas, or after a late night dancing at Club Nokia. With lights, action, and decorations galore, the place to be for holiday visitors is Los Angeles most luxurious hotel near Staples Center. And just in time to give something to their guests during the holiday season, the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE has put together a very special hotel deal perfect for those attending upcoming events at L.A. LIVE venues.

Guests who attend an event at any L.A. LIVE entertainment venue, to include The STAPLES Center, Club Nokia, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Regal Cinemas, The Conga Room and The GRAMMY Museum, are invited to show their same day ticket stub enjoy a discounted room rate, complimentary valet parking, breakfast for two at LA Market Restaurant by Kerry Simon as well as save 15% off food and beverages, exclusive of alcohol, tax and gratuity, at WP24 Lounge by Wolfgang Puck, The Mixing Room Cocktail Lounge, gLAnce Wine Bar and LA Market Restaurant. In addition to the Show Your Stub offer, the hotels LA Market Restaurant and Chef Kerry Simon will be offering exciting special menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve. Reservations are highly recommended.

Acquiring a ticket stub to an L.A. LIVE event should be a snap, since the list of shows and attractions is as long as Santas Nice List, with a variety sure to please everybody. Holiday shows include:

November 25-26: Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE

Nick Jr.s Yo Gabba Gabba Live

December 3: Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE

102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball starring Lady Gaga, David Guetta and more

December 12: The STAPLES Center

Watch the Throne: Jay-Z and Kanye West

December 14-18: The STAPLES Center

Disney on Ice presents Disney Pixars Toy Story 3

December 15: Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE

95.5 KLOS-FM Mark & Brian Christmas Show featuring The Steve Miller Band

New Years Eve will also bring several celebratory L.A. LIVE events, including Katt William Kattpacalypse 2012 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Wanda Jackson and Best Coast at Club Nokia, and LA Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks at STAPLES Center.

In addition to all these great ticket events, L.A. LIVE celebrates the holiday season in style with a dazzling tree lighting ceremony in Nokia Plaza on December 2, plus ice skating in Nokia Plaza from November 26 through January 1, sponsored by the LA Kings.

The JW Marriott offers state-of-the-art 878 guest rooms, including 52 luxury suites, contemporary in design with eclectic touches that include bold orange, lacquered cabinetry combined with deep chocolate accent walls and beautifully framed artwork inspired by Californias beaches. The hotel also features a nine treatment room spa, full service fitness center and an outdoor pool and terrace.

The Show Your Stub package is available through December 31, 2011; please enter promotional code ICP. Rate starts at $ 229 per night. Guests must show their ticket or proof of purchase at any of the participating restaurants or lounges to receive the 15% discount. For more information about the Show Your Stub package and other Los Angeles hotel deals, please visit http://www.marriott.com/LAXJW.

About JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE

The JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE is located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles and serves as the focal point of the L.A. LIVE sports, residential and entertainment district, offering sophisticated travelers a front seat to the emerging world-class entertainment, sports and dining development, along with the approachable luxury for which the brand has long been known. With its 878 well-appointed guest rooms, nine treatment room spa, full service fitness center and outdoor pool, diverse dining options, including celebrity chef Kerry Simons LA Market and 100,000 square feet of versatile meeting space, the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE has become a vibrant center of life in the city. For additional information on the hotel, please call 213.765.8600 or visit http://www.marriott.com/LAXJW.

About L.A. LIVE

L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, residential and entertainment district is the regions most active live content and event campus. With fifteen world-class restaurants along with venues such as STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, the Conga Room, Club Nokia, the GRAMMY Museum, Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge and Regal Cinema L.A. LIVE Stadium 14 theatre, The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles and JW Marriott L.A. LIVE hotels, L.A. LIVE showcases more events, award shows, sporting competitions, concerts and hospitality options than any other destination in the world. Visit L.A. LIVE today at http://www.lalive.com.

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Denver, CO and St. Peters, MO (PRWEB) December 01, 2011

More consumers than ever before are searching the Internet for medical information and using their mobile devices to manage their healthcare. St. Peters Bone & Joint announced today that they are reaching out to the growing number of smartphone-toting patients through a partnership with iTriage

The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don’t find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Herberman is basing his alarm on early unpublished data. He says it takes too long to get answers from science and he believes people should take action now especially when it comes to children.
“Really at the heart of my concern is that we shouldn’t wait for a definitive study to come out, but err on the side of being safe rather than sorry later,” Herberman said.
No other major academic cancer research institutions have sounded such an alarm about cell phone use. But Herberman’s advice is sure to raise concern among many cell phone users and especially parents.
In the memo he sent to about 3,000 faculty and staff Wednesday, he says children should use cell phones only for emergencies because their brains are still developing.
Adults should keep the phone away from the head and use the speakerphone or a wireless headset, he says. He even warns against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone’s electromagnetic fields.
The issue that concerns some scientists though nowhere near a consensus is electromagnetic radiation, especially its possible effects on children. It is not a major topic in conferences of brain specialists.
A 2008 University of Utah analysis looked at nine studies including some Herberman cites with thousands of brain tumor patients and concludes “we found no overall increased risk of brain tumors among cellular phone users. The potential elevated risk of brain tumors after long-term cellular phone use awaits confirmation by future studies.”
Studies last year in France and Norway concluded the same thing.
“If there is a risk from these products and at this point we do not know that there is it is probably very small,” the Food and Drug Administration says on an agency Web site.
Still, Herberman cites a “growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use to possible adverse health effects including cancer.”
“Although the evidence is still controversial, I am convinced that there are sufficient data to warrant issuing an advisory to share some precautionary advice on cell phone use,” he wrote in his memo.
A driving force behind the memo was Devra Lee Davis, the director of the university’s center for environmental oncology.
“The question is do you want to play Russian roulette with your brain,” she said in an interview from her cell phone while using the hands-free speaker phone as recommended. “I don’t know that cell phones are dangerous. But I don’t know that they are safe.”
Of concern are the still unknown effects of more than a decade of cell phone use, with some studies raising alarms, said Davis, a former health adviser in the Clinton Administration.
She said 20 different groups have endorsed the advice the Pittsburgh cancer institute gave, and authorities in England, France and India have cautioned children’s use of cell phones.
Herberman and Davis point to a massive ongoing research project known as Interphone, involving scientists in 13 nations, mostly in Europe. Results already published in peer-reviewed journals from this project aren’t so alarming, but Herberman is citing work not yet published.
The published research focuses on more than 5,000 cases of brain tumors. The National Research Council in the U.S., which isn’t participating in the Interphone project, reported in January that the brain tumor research had “selection bias.” That means it relied on people with cancer to remember how often they used cell phones. It is not considered the most accurate research approach.
The largest published study, which appeared in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 2006, tracked 420,000 Danish cell phone users, including thousands that had used the phones for more than 10 years. It found no increased risk of cancer among those using cell phones.
A French study based on Interphone research and published in 2007 concluded that regular cell phone users had “no significant increased risk” for three major types of nervous system tumors. It did note, however, that there was “the possibility of an increased risk among the heaviest users” for one type of brain tumor, but that needs to be verified in future research.
Earlier research also has found no connection.
Joshua E. Muscat of Penn State University, who has studied cancer and cell phones in other research projects partly funded by the cell phone industry, said there are at least a dozen studies that have found no cancer-cell phone link. He said a Swedish study cited by Herberman as support for his warning was biased and flawed.
“We certainly don’t know of any mechanism by which radiofrequency exposure would cause a cancerous effect in cells. We just don’t know this might possibly occur,” Muscat said.
Cell phones emit radiofrequency energy, a type of radiation that is a form of electromagnetic radiation, according to the National Cancer Institute. Though studies are being done to see if there is a link between it and tumors of the brain and central nervous system, there is no definitive link between the two, the institute says on its Web site.
“By all means, if a person feels compelled that they should take precautions in reducing the amount of electromagnetic radio waves through their bodies, by all means they should do so,” said Dan Catena, a spokesman for the American Cancer Society. “But at the same time, we have to remember there’s no conclusive evidence that links cell phones to cancer, whether it’s brain tumors or other forms of cancer.”
Joe Farren, a spokesman for the CTIA-The Wireless Association, a trade group for the wireless industry, said the group believes there is a risk of misinforming the public if science isn’t used as the ultimate guide on the issue.
“When you look at the overwhelming majority of studies that have been peer reviewed and published in scientific journals around the world, you’ll find no relationship between wireless usage and adverse health affects,” Farren said.
Frank Barnes, who chaired the January report from the National Research Council, said Wednesday that “the jury is out” on how hazardous long-term cell phone use might be.
Speaking from his cell phone, the professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder said he takes no special precautions in his own phone use. And he offered no specific advice to people worried about the matter.
It’s up to each individual to decide what if anything to do. If people use a cell phone instead of having a land line, “that may very well be reasonable for them,” he said.
Susan Juffe, a 58-year-old Pittsburgh special education teacher, heard about Herberman’s cell phone advice on the radio earlier in the day.
“Now, I’m worried. It’s scary,” she said.
She says she’ll think twice about allowing her 10-year-old daughter Jayne to use the cell phone.
“I don’t want to get it (brain cancer) and I certainly don’t want you to get it,” she explained to her daughter.
Sara Loughran, a 24-year-old doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh, sat in a bus stop Wednesday chatting on her cell phone with her mother. She also had heard the news earlier in the day, but was not as concerned.
“I think if they gave me specific numbers and specific information and it was scary enough, I would be concerned,” Loughran said, planning to call her mother again in a matter of minutes. “Without specific numbers, it’s too vague to get me worked up.”