Hello all!
For the past few months, HealthCentral employees sat in rooms covered in white boards, scribbling our ideas for the change we wanted to achieve -- we wanted to bring richer, more relevant content to you, in the easiest way possible. And to do that, we needed to revamp the look of MyAsthmaCentral.com, along with the other sites in our network.
We're delighted to bring these changes to you today. They include:
- Less clutter, with better links to more relevant articles
- Easier to read layout and format (check out one of our sharepost pages, for example)
- Better organized index pages (I like this one)
- A new system of organizing SharePosts by topic (you can now tag everything you write)
- A new marketplace to find condition-relevant products
- Clearer, easier to use navigation (we left behind the rails on all of our pages for one clean bar at the top of each page).
- Ability to rate articles
Here's the best part: This is just phase one.
We're looking for your feedback (please comment on anything you like/dislike, or anywhere you see a chance for improvement) for our next round of redesigns.
So please, hang out for a while, see what's new, and let us know what you think!
Thanks everyone!
Krystle
Producer, MyAsthmaCentral.com
A Symposium on Music, the Breath & Health: Advances in Integrative Music Therapy
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York , NY
Monday & Tuesday, January 28 & 29, 2008
The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City will host a symposium on Music, the Breath & Health: Advances in Integrative Music Therapy on Monday & Tuesday, January 28 & 29, 2008 from 9 am to 5 pm. This symposium incorporates a diverse array of topics on addressing the breath through music to promote health and wellbeing. Presenters will offer perspectives from the fields of music therapy, medicine, yoga, rehabilitation, dance movement therapy, drama therapy and other integrative healthcare professions. Sessions will include innovative music and medicine topics, clinical approaches and techniques with specific populations and special topics distinctly related to breathing. Keynotes include "Yoga: The Healing Power of the Breath" by Poonam C. Tandon of the Art of Living Foundation on Monday, January 28, and "Pulmonary Wellness and Illness" by Dr. Jonathan Raskin, MD, Pulmonologist at the Center for Cardiac & Pulmonary Health, Beth Israel Medical Center on Tuesday, January 29. In addition, there are three concurrent sessions in three timeslots each day, with over 20 experts in the field included in the program. Cosponsored by the Music Therapy Program at New York University and Hahnemann's Creative Arts Therapy Program, Drexel University.. A detailed program is attached and available on the Events page on http://www.musicandmedicine.org. CMTE credits available.
Location
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 2nd Floor Conference Center, 10 Union Square East, between 14th and 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
Subways: 4, 5, 6, N, R, L, W & Q trains to Union Square. Secure parking available in building, entrance on 15th Street, between Irving Place & Union Square East.
Registration
Join us for the full 2 days at $250 professional/$200 student, for one day at $125 professional/$100 student, or a half day at $75 professional/$50 student. Space is limited, pre-registration is recommended (pre-register through contact information below or check website for mail in registration form in attached program or available on the Events page on http://www.musicandmedicine.org).
Contact Information
For more information or to pre-register please call 212 420-2704 or email info@musicandmedicine.org. Check the Events & Symposia page on http://www.musicandmedicine.org for additional information and updates.