Premieres New Cover of
LIFEHOUSE'S "Flight"
via Paste Magazine
Touring Together This Summer
Watch the "Looking For Summer" Tour Announcement:
New Album Where The Light Shines Through
Out Now via Vanguard Records
San Diego, CA - May 11, 2017 - Multi-platinum selling rockers SWITCHFOOT have premiered a brand new acoustic cover video of LIFEHOUSE'S "Flight" today via Paste Magazine. Fans can check it out now, here: https://goo.gl/RJFPPw. The cover comes ahead of the band's tour with LIFEHOUSE, the "Looking For Summer" tour. It kicks off on July 23rd at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO and will run into the fall, culminating at The Masonic in San Francisco on September 10th. Up-and-coming songstress Brynn Elliott will open every night of the tour. For additional information and a full list of upcoming dates, please see below or visit: www.LookingForSummerTour.com.
On the new video, Jon Foreman shares: "There are a few Lifehouse songs that everyone has heard - Great tunes that get played on the radio all the time. But the other day I heard a Lifehouse tune I had never heard before. I was in Home Depot when I first heard 'Flight' - such a beautiful song for such a beautiful place! I had to learn it and try it on for size."
Formed in San Diego in 1996, SWITCHFOOT is Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Jerome Fontamillas (keyboard, guitar), Drew Shirley (guitar), and Chad Butler (drums). Since their start, the band has sold over 5.7 million copies worldwide of their first nine studio albums (including their 2003 double-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown and 2009's Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane), racked up a string of Alternative radio hit singles, and performed sold-out world tours with over 4 million concert tickets worldwide.
SWITCHFOOT released their latest album, Where The Light Shines Through, on July 8th, 2016 via Vanguard Records. Where The Light Shines Through is the band's tenth album and the first since 2014's highly acclaimed Fading West. The album was self-produced in collaboration with John Fields, who helmed the multi-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown.
Beyond their career achievements, SWITCHFOOT has also been active in a variety of philanthropic efforts, raising over a million dollars to aid kids in their community through the band's own Bro-Am Foundation, a long-running annual benefit surf contest and concert that's held every summer in Encinitas, CA. They've also maintained a deep commitment to a variety of humanitarian causes, lending their support to such worthy organizations as CURE International, DATA, the ONE Campaign, Habitat for Humanity, Invisible Children, and To Write Love on Her Arms.
For More Information, Please Visit:
Website: http://www.switchfoot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/switchfoot
Twitter: https://twitter.com/switchfoot
Instagram: https://instagram.com/switchfoot
Upcoming Tour Dates:
7/23 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
7/25 - Cedar Rapids, IA @ McGrath Amphitheater
7/26 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live
7/29 - Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights
7/30 - Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
7/31 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Meijer Gardens
8/2 - Toronto, ON @ Rebel (formerly known as Sound Academy)
8/4 - Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
8/5 - Portland, ME @ Maine State Pier
8/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
8/9 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues - Boston
8/10 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage
8/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
8/13 - Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
8/15 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier 6 Pavilion
8/16 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
8/18 - Nashville, TN @ Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel
8/19 - Williamsburg, VA @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
8/22 - Greensboro, NC @ White Oak Amphitheatre at Greensboro Coliseum Complex
8/25 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater
8/26 - Orlando, FL @ Orlando Amphitheater
8/27 - Jacksonville, FL @ Daily's Place
8/29 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival
8/30 - Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
9/1 - DuQuoin, IL @ DuQuoin State Fair
9/3 - Springfield, MO @ Gillioz Theater
9/4 - Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory
9/5 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues - Houston
9/8 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Beach
9/9 - Los Angeles, CA @Greek Theatre
9/10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
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Combining risk scores improves decision-making process for Afib patients and hysicians, new study finds.
The CHA2DS2-VASc score might assign a patient a score of two, but a two isn’t the same for everyone across the board.”
— Kevin Graves, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA , May 11, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Physicians and atrial fibrillation patients must weigh the risks and benefits of using blood thinners to prevent stroke, bleeding, and death — but current guidelines don’t do enough to discern a patient’s true risk, researchers say.
However, by combining a patient’s traditional risk score, known as CHA2DS2-VASc, with the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score (IMRS), physicians and patients are better equipped to evaluate a patient’s individual risk of stroke, bleeding, and mortality with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study of more than 80,000 patients from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City.
While the CHA2DS2-VASc score is a tool based on clinical risk factors like age, sex, and medical history, it doesn’t account for modifications in a patient’s biological risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation, according to Kevin Graves, lead author of the study and a researcher with the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.
“The CHA2DS2-VASc score might assign a patient a score of two, but a two isn’t the same for everyone across the board,” said Graves. “For example, our research showed that a female with a CHA2DS2-VASc score of one, who had a high IMRS score, was nearly two and a half times as likely to have a stroke than a female with a CHA2DS2-VASc of one and a low IMRS score; so a physician and patient can determine if using blood thinners is the best approach to treat this individual, even though guidelines using the CHA2DS2-VASc score would suggest no blood thinners are needed.”
Atrial fibrillation is the most common abnormal heart rhythm that affects more than 2.7 million Americans. Atrial fibrillation is characterized by a rapid and irregular heartbeat that can have a significant negative impact on an individual's quality of life, causing heart palpitations, chronic fatigue, debilitating pain and can increase the risk of stroke five-fold.
“A patient who has lost weight or gained control of his diabetes or high blood pressure may have reduced his or her risk, but the CHA2DS2-VASc score alone doesn’t take that into account. Adding the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score, which accounts for biological factors which may reflect this change, provides more dynamic information for patients and physicians to consider when making the shared decision of whether to use blood thinners in treatment,” Graves added.
Results of the study were presented Wednesday in Chicago at Heart Rhythm 2017, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 38th annual scientific sessions.
The CHA2DS2-VASc score is an easy-to-use international guideline to determine a patient’s need for blood thinners. Points are added based on age, sex, history of stroke, hypertension, heart failure, or diabetes. An atrial fibrillation patient with a score of two or more is recommended to be placed on blood thinners.
The Intermountain Mortality Risk Score, developed by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare, is based on routine lab values typically collected from a patient — a complete blood count (CBC) and basic metabolic profile (BMP) — and which can be synced automatically to a patient’s electronic medical record so physicians have the score readily available to them.
Approximately 80,000 patients were categorized based on their CHA2DS2-VASc score (0, 1, 2, or 3 or greater) at the time of their atrial fibrillation diagnosis. Within each category, patients were further evaluated using the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score.
The new research adds to the literature on the limitations of the CHA2DS2-VASc risk score and highlights the benefits of combining both risk scores for better decision-making.
Members of the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute team involved in the study include: Benjamin Horne, PhD; Heidi May, PhD; Tami Bair, RN; Victoria Jacobs, PhD, NP; Brian Crandall, MD; Michael Cutler, DO, PhD; Charles Mallender, MD; Jeffrey Osborn, MD; Peter Weiss, MD; John Day, MD; and Jared Bunch, MD.
The Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute is part of the Intermountain Healthcare system, which is based in Salt Lake City.
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Patricia Wakeley announces publication of new book, ‘Why Monticello?’
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – When Patricia Wakeley and her partner made the decision to leave Boston to build their retirement home in Utah’s remote red rock country, they faced unexpected challenges. In the memoir “Why Monticello? A Utah Memoir” (published by Lulu), Wakeley describes the hardships they encounter as well as “moments of pure delight.”
Monticello, a small town in southeastern Utah, poses one obstacle after another. All are met with resilience from Wakeley and her partner. “Why Monticello?” relates Wakeley’s love of the mountains, culture shock, difficulties in buying land, work with architects and builders, and their new neighbors. Wakeley writes that high points of their venture include the loss of a wooden leg and the thrill of seeing flowers bloom in the desert.
“Why Monticello?” is intended for anyone who has ever dreamed of building a home in the wilderness and for those who love the red rock country and think of living there.
“Most of all,” says Wakeley, “I hope people will have a good time coming with us on our difficult but rewarding journey.”
“Why Monticello?”
By Patricia Wakeley
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 260 pages | ISBN 9781483458908
E-Book | 260 pages | ISBN 9781483458892
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Patricia Wakeley spent a lifetime cultivating her love of red rock country. Since 1959 her exploration of the Monticello area and love of the land have shaped her life. Today she lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where her home faces west.
Lulu empowers people of all ages to explore and express their interests, passions and expertise through books, photography and art. Since introducing self-publishing in 2002, Lulu has empowered creators in more than 225 countries and territories to produce nearly two million publications. Lulu Jr. allows children to become published authors, encouraging creativity, strengthening literacy and building self-esteem. Picture.com offers professional photography of collegiate and professional sports, memorable and historic events, fine art and home décor. For more information, please visit www.lulu.com.
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