Biophysical

DECEMBER 2007

In This Issue

Biomarkers at Work: Screening for Highly-Prevalent Diseases and Conditions

Special Feature: Biophysical featured in YOU: Staying Young

Partner Profile: Alexian Brothers Center for Prevention and Early Detection

What's New: * Dr. Anne Alexander & Dr. Thomas Blevins Named Consulting Physicians

                      * Introducing Biophysical’s Corporate Benefits Program

In the News: Financial Times Feature

Did you know... Hemochromatosis protected Europeans against the bubonic plague?

Biomarkers at Work

Screening for Highly-Prevalent Diseases and Conditions

Few would disagree that having a massive heart attack or being diagnosed with cancer are among the top health fears for Americans. If we’re health conscious, we take steps to mitigate the risk of heart disease and cancer through lifestyle habits and following recommended medical guidelines for having screening tests. And while this is a good course of action, for many people it falls short of protecting them against any of a number of potentially life threatening conditions. READ MORE

Special Feature

YOU: Staying Young features new BiophysicalYou health assessment

If you’ve been in a bookstore lately, you probably know that New York Times best-selling authors and creator of the popular RealAge.com website—Dr. Michael Roizen, and health expert of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Mehmet Oz—have published the latest in their YOU series of health and wellness books: YOU: Staying Young. READ MORE

Partner Profile

Alexian Brothers offers Biophysical250

Alexian Brothers

Early detection technology at Alexian Brothers allows for diagnosis of potentially fatal illnesses before many patients ever suffer from a symptom or pain. This can mean catching diseases early when they are the most treatable, curable, and in some cases, preventable. Alexian Brothers Hospital Network is truly at the forefront of early detection technology and is taking one of the most aggressive stands in early detection and advanced treatment to help patients better understand and manage their health. READ MORE

What's New

Biophysical Welcomes New Consulting Physicians

Two highly-regarded internists have joined our medical team as consulting physicians. Dr. Anne Alexander and Dr. Thomas Blevins will apply their expertise to interpreting Biophysical250 test results and consulting with our clients and their personal physicians.

Dr. Anne Alexander

Dr. Anne Alexander is a Board-Certified Diplomate of The American Board of Internal Medicine. Prior to establishing her private practice in Austin, Texas, Dr. Alexander was an assistant professor of Internal Medicine for the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and at Texas A&M University Health Science Center at Scott & White in Temple, Texas.

Dr. Thomas Blevins

Dr. Thomas Blevins is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and certified by The International Society for Clinical Densitometry in Clinical Densitometry (Osteoporosis Testing). A recipient of the prestigious American Diabetes Association Provider Recognition Award, Dr. Blevins founded Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology, a practice devoted to bringing the latest in diabetes advances, thyroid care, cholesterol management and osteoporosis diagnostics and treatment to Central Texas.

Please visit our website to learn more about our Medical Team.

Introducing Biophysical’s Corporate Benefits Program

Companies who want to ensure that their executives are staying in the best possible health are offering the Biophysical250 health assessment to provide a comprehensive perspective of their most valued employees’ true state of health. The Biophysical Corporate Benefits Program is an unparalleled executive benefit, or an exceptional gift to board members and key clients, designed to:

  • Provide an in-depth health analysis with unprecedented convenience
  • Encourage executives to take charge of their health
  • Facilitate a long-term commitment to employee health and wellness
  • Strengthen executive recruiting and retention, and customer loyalty

For more information, contact Nikki Miskovsky at 1.800 532.7092 or nmiskovsky@biophysicalcorp.com.

 

Dr. Oz and Dr. Rodgers
Dr. Oz and Dr. Rodgers

Developed to provide YOU: Staying Young readers with an assessment of their current state of health, BiophysicalYou puts key tests into one cost-effective and convenient blood draw.”

—Dr. Mehmet Oz
Co-author of YOU: Staying Young & Health Expert of The Oprah Winfrey Show

Gift

In The News

Financial Times

On Red Alert

Financial Times’ U.S. Healthcare Correspondent Christopher Bowe provides in an in-depth overview of the Biophysical250 and why law firm Vinson & Elkins is providing the health assessment to their 600 partners. Bowe follows the Biophysical250 program firsthand through the experience of Vinson & Elkins partner Nick Fox, discusses the value of prevention and early diagnosis, and comments on the role pharmaceutical companies and health insurers play in bringing new prevention and diagnostic tests into the mainstream.

To read this entire article, click here.

Did You Know...

...Hemochromatosis, a disorder that causes lethal levels of iron to accumulate in a person's internal organs, actually protected Europeans against the bubonic plague because it reduced the amount of iron available to the plague's iron-loving bacteria. Bubonic plague killed a between one-third and two-thirds of the European population in the late 1340s. Survivors of the Black Death who had the hemochromatosis gene passed it on to their heirs, which is why the disease still "plagues" one in 600 Americans.

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