Not all prescription drugs and dietary herbal supplements work well together.

It's important to be aware of possible drug/supplement interactions that could be harmful, according to the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), a part of the National Institutes of Health.

The organization offered tips on six potential issues.

A study of 1,000 over 70s found they swear by a varied diet, laughing daily – and an active sex life to stay young.

Nearly three quarters (72 per cent) feel years younger than their genuine age and are far more active than they imagined they would be.

Socialising with pals, having a strong skincare routine, and keeping up to date with new tech are also among the things that help them feel young.

Others swear by hanging out with people younger than themselves (16 per cent) and keeping up with new music (nine per cent).

And one in 20 said they still lift their feet up and glide around on supermarket trollies every time they get the chance.

It also emerged 75 per cent reckon the old age stereotype no longer applies to their age group.

A spokesperson for Vitabiotics Wellman 70+ and Wellwoman 70+ vitamins, which commissioned the research, said: “Getting older no longer means you have to slow down and miss out on the things you love.

“For a long time, a popular phrase was ‘40 is the new 30’ – but now, as people are living longer, it’s probably fair to say in many cases 70 can be the new 40.

“Older adults are more informed and proactive to stay active and healthy, which enables them to keep doing the things they love and live their lives well.”

The study also asked respondents what age they’d have considered someone old, when they were a child – pinpointing that age at 53 years and four months.

But now pensioners don’t see themselves as old until they turn 78.

While 76 per cent of those polled believe people are reaching “old age” much later now, than in previous generations.

And 43 per cent think they are doing a good job of changing people’s perceptions of what “old” people are like.

More than four in 10 (43 per cent) tend to feel they age more physically than mentally, with just nine per cent feeling the strain in their brain.

In fact, 14 per cent of those polled, Via OnePoll, feel as many as 20 years younger than the figure on their birth certificate.

And 23 per cent believe their grandchildren don’t see them as “old”, with 29 per cent claiming they are even seen as in the know on current trends by their younger counterparts.

A spokesperson for Wellman 70+ and Wellwoman 70+ vitamins added: “Being young really is a state of mind, it seems.

“By making the effort to stay active both physically and mentally, as well as taking good care of your general health, it really is possible to stave off those feelings of being old for years, or even decades.

“However, a lot of it comes from humility gained with age – you’re much less likely to feel older, when you’re older yourself.”

Top 35 ways over the 70s stay young:

Baltimore-based health tech firm collaborates with industrial engineering students to identify access to care challenges through data science

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Insightin Health, provider of data-driven decision-making technology for health insurance plans, partnered with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) for the third year to provide a group of students from the Swanson School of Engineering an opportunity to complete a capstone project alongside their data science team.

This year, the students built machine learning/statistical models using Medicare Advantage (MA) member survey data to predict members' likelihood of having problems getting needed care. The results would then be used to determine the next best actions that plans could take to help members gain better access to care.

Serving as the senior students' comprehensive capstone course, the recently concluded project found that social determinants of health (SDOH) like poverty, inadequate housing, and financial insecurity as well as poor provider experiences, rising medication costs, and chronic conditions created obstacles to care for MA members.

The study concluded that members were two times more likely to struggle to get the care they needed if they had more than four chronic conditions and 50% more likely to have difficulty getting care if they are financially insecure. Student researchers recommended several actions that plans could take, including implementing programs to remove SDOH barriers and working with healthcare providers to simplify and remove bottlenecks in their processes.

"The opportunity with Insightin Health allowed students to not only solve a real-world problem using real data but learn valuable skills from their data science team in model building, machine learning, and advanced analytics," said Scott Streiner, assistant professor in industrial engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering.

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"This project with the University of Pittsburgh was not just an academic exercise – it produced real insights that Medicare Advantage plans can use to implement strategies to increase engagement and satisfaction among their members," said Dr. Shufang Ci, Chief Data Scientist of Insightin Health. "For more than three years, we've been studying obstacles of care, and our models have been trained on over eight million MA lives. We believe that data can unlock solutions for improving access to care, and with our inGAGE^™ platform, we are able to identify and predict members facing similar barriers efficiently and accurately to deliver next best action solutions. We appreciate the additional perspective generated by this project."

About Insightin Health  
Insightin Health helps healthcare payers eliminate data silos and deliver highly satisfying consumer-centric experiences. inGAGE^™ – our software as a service (SaaS) platform – is the industry leading solution for quickly creating a connected data ecosystem. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, inGAGE^™ leverages the totality of the connected data, in real-time, to produce insights that drive Next Best Action (NBA) recommendations to solve pressing healthcare challenges. inGAGE™ allows healthcare payers to deliver lifetime member value, driving growth and increasing overall plan profitability. For more information, visit www.insightinhealth.com.

About the Swanson School of Engineering
Since 1846, the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering has developed innovative processes and designs that have shaped our region, our country, and our world. Swanson School faculty and students are at the forefront of developing solutions to create a better future and continue the School's founding commitment to engineering excellence. The Swanson School also focuses on our health, our planet, and the ingenuity that keeps us competitive with recognized programs in bioengineering, sustainability, and energy.

The Swanson school is consistently ranked among the top 25 public engineering programs by U.S. News & World Report and has excelled in basic and applied research during the past two decades with emphases in sustainability, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, micro- and nanosystems, computational modeling and advanced materials development. New research awards reached an all-time high in FY22 at $51.6 million and research expenditures at $48.2 million. Pitt also joined an elite group of research universities in 2022, eclipsing $1 billion in research for the first time.

More than 225 faculty members serve more than 3,500 undergraduate, graduate and PhD students across six departments: bioengineering, chemical and petroleum engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering and materials science.

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A new study has found that 76% of jobseekers would turn down roles that do not meet their flexible working needs.

The Cpl Salary Guide 2023 shows that while salaries are rising, there is still a big focus on flexible working.

According to the research, employees are seeking more than just a good wage, with work-life balance, meaningful work, learning and development opportunities, more annual leave days and hybrid working among the areas in high demand.

The study finds that despite exact job losses in the tech industry, the talent market for technical skills in areas such as data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning is growing.

The research also shows that companies are looking to make their workforces more diverse and inclusive by actively seeking to hire individuals from under-represented groups and foster an inclusive workplace culture.

According to the guide, top talent will continue to command high salaries and attractive benefits packages in 2023 with companies looking at other ways of retaining and attracting staff such as offering health and wellness programmes as well as training and development opportunities.

"Getting ahead of the curve and winning the battle for talent is going to require innovative thinking that goes beyond salary increases and extra benefits," said Cpl CEO Lorna Conn.

"A company's reputation, sustainability credentials and prospects will all feature heavily in candidates' minds," Ms Conn said.

Job seekers, students, and career changers around the world want to pursue roles related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) across different industries, but say they are not familiar with career options.

At the same time, online training and digital credentials are emerging as a recognised pathway to opportunity as respondents plan to seek new jobs in the year ahead.

These were some of the global findings from a new study that IBM has unveiled. The study, administered by Morning Consult and commissioned by IBM, is based on more than 14 000 interviews of students, people seeking new jobs, and people seeking to change careers, located across 13 countries.

Respondents also cited concerns that career options may not be available to them.

These findings contrast with market data that employers are investing in the reskilling of their current workforce to keep pace with rapid advances in technology and stay relevant in the modern, digital economy.

“Technology training can have a transformational effect on a person’s life,” says Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM chief impact officer. “There are many misconceptions about what’s needed to pursue a rewarding and lucrative career in today’s rapidly advancing workplace.

“This is why we must raise awareness of the breadth of science and technology roles that exist across industries. Together with our IBM SkillsBuild partners, we’re highlighting the many pathways that exist for underrepresented communities to pursue futures in tech.”

To help tackle these misconceptions and bring STEM education closer to historically underrepresented communities in the field, IBM is announcing today 45 new educational partners around the world. These IBM SkillsBuild collaborations across social service, economic development, and vocational organisations, as well as government agencies, and universities, will make free online learning widely available, with clear pathways to employment.

Many of these organisations focus on specific communities that are underrepresented in technology and will help skill women, including mothers returning to the workforce, ethnic minorities, low-income individuals, and refugees.

The IBM/Morning Consult study revealed perceptions from interviewed students, career changers, and job seekers who are interested in a role in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM):

Misconceptions around STEM training: it’s too expensive, learners don’t know where to start, and don’t know enough about digital credentials.

* 61% of respondents think they are not qualified to work in a STEM job because they don’t have the right academic degrees.

* 40% of students say the greatest barrier to professional or technical skill development is that they don’t know where to start.

* 60% of respondents worry that digital credentials may be costly to obtain.

* Being able to continue to work while earning a credential is particularly important to career changers.

Learners and workers around the world are planning to make a change, with about 60% of respondents looking for a new job in the next 12 months.

* 61% of students and career changers are actively looking for a new job now or plan to within the next year.

* More than 80% of all respondents have plans to build their skills in the next two years.

* At least 90% are confident they can develop skills or learn something new from an online program.

Awareness of options around different STEM roles across industries is low, and many are concerned these careers won’t pay enough.

* 50% of respondents are interested in pursuing a STEM-related job.

* 64% of career changers are not familiar with STEM jobs.

* Many respondents are unsure of which careers are considered to be a STEM job.

* 62% of respondents share concerns that they won’t be able to find a STEM job that pays enough to support themselves or their family.

Respondents are optimistic that roles in STEM fields across sectors will increase in the future, and that digital credentials are a good way to supplement traditional education and increase career opportunities.

* 66% of all respondents think that STEM jobs across industries will increase over the next decade.

* 86% of those respondents who have earned a digital credential agree that it helped them achieve career goals.

* 75% of all respondents agree that digital credentials are a good way to supplement traditional education.

* Increased career opportunities and qualifications were the top reasons why respondents across the globe said they wanted to earn digital credentials.

Collaborations around the world

IBM is supporting learners and helping tackle their misconceptions about technology and STEM careers. IBM SkillsBuild is bringing free technology training available to learners all over the world, with a focus on underrepresented communities in tech. In South Africa, it is involved in Innovolution Educational Programmes at Nelson Mandela University; Sefako Makgatho University of Health Sciences; WeThinkCode_and YiEDI.

According to a handful of congratulatory lists, Pittsburgh is one of the most livable cities in the continental US. That honor is based on factors such as affordability, the growing tech industry, and diverse landscapes that include rivers and valleys. Yet researchers are concerned that the tech industry’s continued growth might be hindered by the region’s aging and declining population, lack of young adults moving to the area, and reports of difficulty hiring and retaining workers of color.

With that in mind, when Technical.ly gathered a group of Pittsburgh founders whose companies made the 2023 RealLIST Startups this month to discuss the state of local entrepreneurship, we asked attendees to tell us what kept them in the Steel City and what could be done to convince more people to come here.

For people like Dashcam for your Bike founder and CEO Armin Samii, a part of Pittsburgh’s draw is the low cost of living. According to the 2022 Demographia International Housing Affordability study presented by the Urban Reform Institute, Pittsburgh is the most affordable city if you’re looking to buy a home. In comparison to the Bay Area where he moved from, Samii added that he appreciates that Pittsburgh’s culture doesn’t revolve around startups.

I think the fact that Pittsburgh isn’t centered on tech is actually a great thing. We should not see that as a detriment. We should not be trying to only attract that type of talent.Armin Samii Dashcam for your Bike

“I think the fact that Pittsburgh isn’t centered on tech is actually a great thing,” Samii said. “We should not see that as a detriment. We should not be trying to only attract that type of talent.”

He added that he felt that Pittsburgh should be less shy about what it had to offer. Pittsburgh transplant and Parcel Health cofounder and CEO Melinda Su-En Lee also pointed to the city’s low cost of living and entertainment as reasons she enjoys the city. She’s met others who came to the city based on the city’s reputation alone.

“They literally found Pittsburgh on a list on Reddit as one of the top cities to move to,” said Lee, who relocated here from Ann Arbor, Michigan. “They both picked up their lives and they moved to Pittsburgh, not because of a job offer in Pittsburgh — they both work remotely — and they bought a house. So I think people are moving here” based on its reputation.

This doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. Koop Technologies cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer Kamron Khodjaev made the case that the city would be an easier sell if it was easier to drive in.

“If you tried driving between Downtown and Oakland, it’s not that great,” Khodjaev said. “[It’s not] really directly related to startups, but it would definitely make the city more attractive if the infrastructure projects were undertaken and improved.”

Be it the Liberty Bridge fire, the Sinkhole Bus that provided endless memes, or the Fern Hollow Bridge Collapse that made national headlines for all the wrong reasons (including during President Joe Biden’s January 2022 visit to talk about … infrastructure funding), Pittsburgh offers endless examples of crumbling infrastructure. Whether it’s an inconvenience or downright scary if you drive, or bike in some cases, founders felt that remedying this would go a long way.

“I want to see my children stay here and continue to thrive and have opportunities, and sometimes I wonder about that because my son is Black and my daughter is Black.”Crystal Morrison Meerkat Village

But that’s not the city’s biggest blemish. For Meerkat Village founder and CEO Crystal Morrison, a major cause for concern was the ongoing issue of who, exactly, Pittsburgh is livable for.

“I want to see my children stay here and continue to thrive and have opportunities, and sometimes I wonder about that because my son is Black and my daughter is Black,” Morrison said.

In 2019, a University of Pittsburgh study found that Pittsburgh had a higher rate of maternal mortality for Black women, and the mortality rate for Black babies was six times higher than for their white counterparts. Black women and children also see higher rates of poverty. By virtue of moving anywhere else in the US, the report found, Black Pittsburghers’ life expectancy and educational opportunities would improve.

Jim Gibbs, CEO and cofounder of Meter Feeder, said that was one of the reasons it was important for Black entrepreneurs to create their own businesses as opposed to relying purely on large tech companies to hire them.

“Instead of dragging Twitter and Google and everybody across the coals for having bad hiring records,” Gibbs said, “let’s start our business[es] and hire these people because we know that they’re talented and they’re amazing folks.”

What keeps you in Pittsburgh? And what would need to change to make this a city you recommend to your friends? Let us know at pittsburgh@technical.ly.

Jobs across the economy continue to require more computer skills, and a new study shows that the “digitalization” of work in the Pittsburgh area mirrors national trends.

The Brookings Institution reported last week that, while the average job in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area involves a medium level of digital technology usage, the share of jobs that rely on digital platforms has increased markedly over the last two decades.

“Pittsburgh is a very solid performer that has made progress in adopting digital tools. And that's good for its people and good for its firms. But there's more work to be done,” said Brookings Metro senior fellow Mark Muro, who co-authored the new study.

The research shows that the average earnings for jobs that involve a high level of digital skills reached $79,000 nationally in 2020, compared to $54,000 for medium-skill positions and $35,000 for low-skill ones. Between 2010 and 2020, the report said, the wage premium for high-level digital work over middle tier jobs rose from 41% to 47%, even when controlling for educational requirements beneath the doctoral level.

“The presence of digital skills correlates with the productivity and income of people, firms and places,” Muro said. “People and places that have these skills begin to prosper more than others.”

But the report notes that gaps in training opportunities and computing infrastructure can further solidify economic disadvantages for less populous areas and racial minorities because they tend to lack access to such resources.

“Digital [technology] is a main way that people and places can connect to the broader economy,” Muro said. “It’s a connection to consumers. It’s a connection to employers. It’s a connection to skills that are rewarded and then the training that is provided within companies. If [a region] isn't there in the first place, [it] can fall behind further.”

The study assigned each state and metropolitan area an average digitalization score between 1 and 100 based on the composition of their respective labor forces. The metric captures the level and importance of digital systems in specific jobs. The technology covers a broad range of tools, including email, word processing software, Excel spreadsheets, Skype, and Slack. To make its calculations, Brookings used data from a survey the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts with workers in occupations that cover 98% of the nation’s workforce..

Scores of 60 or higher denoted a high degree of digitalization while ratings between 34 and 59 captured medium-level skills.

One in every four jobs in the U.S. received 60 or more points. About half were in the medium digitalization range, while the remaining quarter scored 33 or fewer points. Two decades ago, by contrast, half of jobs involved a low level of digital skills.

The workers who have experienced the greatest increases in digitalization since then include construction supervisors, medical assistants, police officers, and high school teachers, according to Brookings.

In the Pittsburgh metro area, the average digitalization score was 48.3 in 2020, virtually the same as the national average and a notable increase over the region’s score in 2010 of 44.5. The 2020 score marked a 49% increase over 2002, when the region posted a rating of 32.4.

Pennsylvania as a whole followed a similar trajectory, with the lowest scores emerging in the Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Gettysburg, and Lebanon metro areas. State College rose to the top with a score of 50.5.

Muro noted that university towns usually receive high ratings because their residents tend to achieve high levels of education attainment. But generally, the study found, regions with smaller populations usually achieve lower rates of digitalization than large metro areas such as Pittsburgh.

Nationally, the highest-scoring regions in 2020 included Boulder, Colo., Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C., while Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. and Twin Falls, Idaho received the lowest scores.

Within communities, the report found, men remain overrepresented in highly digitalized jobs such as engineering and in occupations such as construction, which have low levels of digitalization. Women, meanwhile, account for about three-quarters of medium-digitalization jobs such as office administration, education, health care, and social services.

With the exception of Asian Americans, people of color remain significantly underrepresented in positions that require a high degree of digital tech usage.

In its report, Brookings advocates for “place-based” strategies to accelerate digital skill-building and economic development. It names companies, philanthropies, and government agencies that have funded local initiatives across the country to promote innovation and workforce development. The entities include the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the National League of Cities, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft. (Microsoft helped to fund Brookings’ research.)

The federal government has backed additional efforts, awarding a $63 million grant to southwestern Pennsylvania last fall as part of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The money will support efforts to deploy robotics technology at local businesses.

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SACRAMENTO — Union-aligned Democrats were set to introduce legislation Wednesday mandating a statewide $25 minimum wage for health workers and support staffers, likely setting up a pitched battle with hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis clinics.

State Sen. María Elena Durazo’s bill would require health facilities and home health agencies to supply raises to many support employees, including nurse technicians, housekeepers, security guards, food workers, and laundry providers. The Los Angeles Democrat said workers remain underpaid even as they have played a crucial role in the covid-19 pandemic. Now, she argued, many who earn close to the state’s $15.50 minimum wage struggle with inflation.

“How do people survive?” Durazo told KHN ahead of the bill’s introduction. “They can’t be on the edge of becoming homeless. That’s what we’re facing.”

While the bill is backed by the influential Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, which represents roughly 100,000 workers statewide, similar proposals have previously faced strong opposition from the health industry.

If lawmakers approve the bill and Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it, one labor leader estimated, 1.5 million California workers could get a wage hike come January 2024.

Last year, the union spent about $11 million to promote local $25 minimum wage measures in 10 Southern California cities while hospitals and health care facilities spent $12 million against them. That fight yielded an opposite decision in November in two cities where the measure made the ballot: Inglewood voters approved raises at private hospitals and dialysis clinics, while voters in Duarte rejected the wage hike.

During the campaign, a ballot issue committee with funding from Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Adventist Health, Cedars-Sinai, Dignity Health, and other hospitals and health systems warned that a $25 minimum wage would raise their costs.

Earlier this month, the California Hospital Association launched a campaign to ask lawmakers for an extra $1.5 billion in the state budget for Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for people with low incomes and disabilities. In a Feb. 9 memo, Carmela Coyle, the association’s president and CEO, wrote that hospitals need urgent financial relief, citing inflation and mounting costs: “Help is needed — immediately.”

Meanwhile, the nursing home industry has said it wants to pay workers more but can’t because the state reimburses them too little for patients enrolled in Medi-Cal. And the dialysis industry has shelled out more than $300 million over the past six years to defeat three statewide ballot measures sponsored by SEIU-UHW to increase staffing at clinics.

Negotiations for a statewide $25 minimum wage collapsed in the legislature last summer, in part because union leaders and the hospital association had tied the raise to a delay in costly earthquake upgrades at hospitals. The deal was scuttled by the California Nurses Association, the California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, and other unions concerned about their workers’ safety. The California Dialysis Council also opposed it.

Durazo said she’s willing to hear hospitals’ concerns about loosening seismic retrofit standards but prefers to treat the two issues separately.

The state has also recognized the need to attract and retain workers by setting aside roughly $1 billion to help the industry address workforce shortages. But labor leaders say workers need a financial incentive.

“We have a workforce that has just been through the wringer in the last three years,” said Dave Regan, president of SEIU-UHW. “And lots of health care workers decided, you know, this is just too difficult. It’s too exhausting. It’s too dangerous.”

Raising the minimum wage would bring families out of poverty, said Joanne Spetz, director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California-San Francisco. But whether the bill will solve chronic workforce shortages is unclear because wages are just one factor.

Costlier employees could have negative consequences for health care facilities.

“If you don’t get higher reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers, then you’re gonna have to figure out how to absorb that cost increase,” Spetz said. “Or you just get rid of the worker.”

Since Inglewood passed its measure, the wage hike has transformed Byron Vasquez’s life, giving him more time with his family. A distribution technician at Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Vasquez earned $21.17 an hour restocking supplies on every floor. But he said that he needed to take additional work to support his wife and daughter — and that he often missed family celebrations.

“Before the increase, I was working two or three jobs to make ends meet,” said Vasquez, who until recently worked weekend shifts at a residential care center in Beverly Hills and drove for Uber. “It was not fun because there’s really no time off.”

MARION, Ind., February 15, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) has partnered with MedCerts, an online certification training provider in allied healthcare and information technology, to offer MedCerts programs to its students.

IWU is offering MedCerts’ most in-demand programs to eligible students, including Medical Assistant, Surgical Technologist, Phlebotomy Technician, Medical Billing Specialist, Sterile Processing Technician, Pharmacy Technician, EKG Technician, and Professional Coder.

″We’re excited to partner with IWU to bring this opportunity to their hard-working students," said Craig Sprinkle, CEO at MedCerts, a Stride, Inc. company (NSYE: LRN). ″IWU students will gain access to our nationally recognized healthcare training, creating a launch pad for their future careers and bringing the next generation of talent into the field when it is needed most."

Indiana is facing a significant shortage of healthcare workers. According to the Indiana Hospital Association, the state will need roughly 5,000 nurses by 2031. IWU is launching this initiative as part of the Talent Ladder platform, an innovative unit providing training programs for working professionals and veterans focused on the region’s fastest-growing skills and occupations, with the potential of university credit toward degree completion for those who successfully complete a training program.

"IWU is committed to our long history of serving students with programs designed and tailored to help them reach their goals," said IWU Kevin Wachtel, Executive Director of Partnership Development & Operations. "As the labor market continues to evolve, our partnership with MedCerts will help us provide learners with comprehensive and job-aligned training in the allied health fields."

About MedCerts

MedCerts – a Stride, Inc. company (NYSE: LRN) – is a national online training provider strengthening the workforce through innovative eLearning solutions. Focused on certifications in high-demand areas of Allied Healthcare and IT, it serves individuals from all backgrounds, including the military and their families, career changers and the under- and unemployed. MedCerts delivers certification and career training through HD-quality video-based instruction, virtual simulations, games and animations, and on-the-job training through Experiential Learning solutions. Since 2009, the company has developed over 50 career programs, trained and up-skilled more than 55,000 individuals across the country and partnered with over 500 American job centers and more than 1,000 healthcare organizations to build talent pipelines. In 2020, MedCerts was acquired by Stride, Inc. Stride has transformed the teaching and learning experience for millions of people by providing innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs directly to students, schools, the military, and enterprises in primary, secondary, and post-secondary settings. For more information, visit medcerts.com.

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About Indiana Wesleyan University

Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is a comprehensive Christian university of The Wesleyan Church and is committed to global liberal arts and professional education. The university system includes IWU-Marion, where about 3,000 students are enrolled in traditional programs on the residential campus in Marion, Ind.; IWU-National & Global, which includes nearly 7,000 adult learners around the world who study online or onsite at 11 education centers in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio; and Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University, which offers a practical and student-centered approach for busy, working ministers. More information is available at www.indwes.edu.

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