As Couples Delay Parenthood, Father’s Age Poses Risks for Mothers and Babies

A recent study published in The BMJ shows advanced paternal age to be associated with an increased risk of premature birth and low birth weight. After considering the effects of maternal age, infants born to fathers aged 45 or older had 14% higher odds of premature birth and 18% higher odds of seizure than infants of fathers aged 25 to 34 years. The odds of gestational diabetes were 34% higher in mothers with the oldest partners.[1] Dr. Mark P. Trolice, Director of Fertility CARE: The IVF Center, emphasizes the need for men, as well as women, to consider their age and overall health in making family planning decisions.

The significance of this issue is heightened by an ongoing pattern of delay in Americans' beginning to have children: the percentage of births to fathers aged 40 or older in the United States has doubled since the 1970s, and as of 2015 accounted for nine percent of births.[2] The risks associated with older fathers go beyond those obvious at birth; earlier studies by the lead author of the new BMJ study linked paternal aging to an increased risk of babies born with congenital diseases like dwarfism (abnormally low height), or developing psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, or developmental ones like autism. Other studies found elevated risk of childhood leukemia, breast cancer, and prostate cancer among offspring of older fathers.[3]

Meanwhile, infertility is still widely perceived as an almost exclusively female issue, despite reports such as that in 2017 from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, showing that sperm quality markedly declines with age, making it harder to sire children.4 Nor is this issue confined to the United States; in Great Britain, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's 2014-2016 report showed male infertility to be the most common reason (37%) for British couples seeking IVF.[4]

"Conventional wisdom holds that men don't have a 'biological clock,'" explains Dr. Trolice, "but recent research implies otherwise, especially where the health of the child is concerned. At birth, women possess all the eggs they're ever going to carry. Men, however, continue to produce sperm from puberty well into middle age and beyond, creating a more gradual impact on a man's fertility."

He notes that Fertility CARE: The IVF Center treats the couple as a whole, focusing on men's reproductive issues with the same approach and eye on medical breakthroughs as it applies to women's reproductive issues. His practice counsels, tests and treats male infertility, and offers some guidelines for men seeking to maximize and protect their fertility:

Dr. Trolice will be a featured speaker at the 2019 South Florida Fertility Expo in Miami on April 27. The event features some of the world's leading fertility experts offering the best advice, industry development guidance, and expertise for their specialized areas. Click here.

About Fertility CARE: The IVF Center
Fertility CARE (Center of Assisted Reproduction and Endocrinology): The IVF Center provides patient-centered, evidence-based, and individually customized reproductive care in a comfortable and compassionate setting. This Central Florida IVF clinic is the most successful facility of its kind in the Orlando area, and consistently earns 5-star patient ratings in online reviews. Established in 2003 by founder and director Dr. Mark P. Trolice, it is the only fertility clinic in the country to offer both male and female testing, evaluation, and treatment. Today, the practice encompasses the Center for Male Infertility, headed by a fellowship-trained male reproductive specialist; the Mind/Body Institute, overseen by a licensed clinical reproductive psychologist; and the IVF Laboratory of Central Florida, led by a Board-certified high complexity laboratory director. Fertility CARE - The IVF Center offers a comprehensive range of infertility tests and treatment options as well as genetic testing, egg freezing with fertility preservation, egg donation, embryo cryopreservation, surrogacy and other services. For full details, visit http://TheIVFCenter.com.

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About Dr. Mark P. Trolice
Mark P. Trolice, M.D., is the founder and Director of Fertility CARE - The IVF Center. He also serves as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando and Medical Director of the Egg Donor Program at Cryos International, the world's largest sperm donor bank. Dr. Trolice is Board-certified in OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI), and he is a Fellow of the American Colleges of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FACOG), Surgeons (FACS), and Endocrinology (FACE). Renowned as Orlando's most successful fertility specialist, Dr. Trolice and his wife battled infertility for over 10 years before adopting their children. This journey gave him unique insights into patients' struggles and is included in his forthcoming book on infertility from Harvard Common Press. Dr. Trolice is a sought-after expert with dozens of broadcasts and print appearances in addition to national acclaim as one of America's Top Doctors® and repeat recipient of the American Medical Association's "Physician's Recognition Award". In January 2019, he launched his "Fertility Health" podcast interviewing nationally renowned experts on vital topics in reproductive medicine. Learn why he has earned the trust of patients and physicians alike: http://marktrolicemd.com. Read here.

1. Eisenberg, Michael L, Khandwala, Yash S, Baker, Valerie L, Shaw, Gary, Stevenson, David K, and Yu, Ling, "Association of paternal age with perinatal outcomes between 2007 and 2016 in the United States: population-based cohort study," The BMJ, accepted October 2, 2018.
2. Mole, Beth, "US dads of newborns are greying—percentage over 40 doubled since the 70s," Ars Technica, August 31, 2017.
3. Brody, Jane E., "The Risks to Babies of Older Fathers," New York Times, March 25, 2019.
4. Ellen, Barbara, "Male infertility will be ignored as long as conception is seen as a woman's issue," The Guardian, March 18, 2018.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel Proclaims Young Latina Day April 11

Recognizing the positive achievements of young Hispanic women, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel presented to Gabriela Rodil, treasurer and board member of the nonprofit Fig Factor Foundation, a proclamation declaring April 11 to be Young Latina Day in Chicago.

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The nonprofit foundation's mission is to provide educational leadership platforms, mentorship and meaningful empowering activities to Latinas ages 12 to 25. Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz, the nonprofit's founder and CEO of JJR Marketing, formed the foundation in North Aurora in 2014. Read all the related news.

"Meeting with Rahm Emmanuel and learning of his strong support for this event was a significant milestone for the Fig Factor Foundation," Rodil said. "Having Mayor Emmanuel make that proclamation in the third largest city in the country paves the way for future supportive advancements in the Latino community in Chicago."

This year six other suburbs commemorated the celebration: Bolingbrook, West Chicago, Hanover Park, Bartlett, Aurora and Berwyn.

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The Young Latina Day event began when it was first proclaimed by the City of Aurora in 2017. In 2018, in addition to Aurora, West Chicago and Berwyn also participated. It was also in 2018 that through the Latino affairs from the office of the Governor, former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner presented a certificate of excellence to honor and recognize the foundation's work in the Hispanic community. This year's schedule of Chicago and six suburbs displays the growing support to help Latinas in their life goals.

"The fact that this year we have seven cities participating shows the importance of supporting young Latinas as they grow to be leaders and role models to their families, communities and businesses," Camacho-Ruiz said.

The event has already made an impact on participants such as Crystal Monarrez, a senior at Batavia High School who will be entering Brigham Young University this fall. Monarrez entered the foundation's mentoring program and graduated from it.

"Participating in Young Latina Day makes me feel grateful that people are aware of the beauty and culture that comes from being Latina," she said. "As young Latinas, we are recognizing where we come from. We are celebrating our blood heritage, our roots, our families, our traditions and our way of life."

West Chicago resident Gaby Hernandez, a family liaison with West Chicago's Elementary School District 33 and a Fig Factor Foundation graduate, said that Young Latina Day is an important part of her life. For her, seeing these cities proclaim the day makes it official and a reality.

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Hernandez described the day as exposing her to the amount of success Latinas have had by participating as foundation mentors or as partners who have helped Camacho-Ruiz along the years.

"It is those connections that I built through the Fig Factor Foundation has led me to be open to more possibilities," Hernandez said.

The celebration would not be possible without the generous support of the following businesses. Northern Trust is the event's gold sponsor. Silver event sponsors are, Ortega Business Services Inc., Victoria and Scott Severson, Berwyn Park District, JJR Marketing, Ramos Tax and Services, Advanced Wiring Solutions and Lurdez Consulting Group. Bronze event sponsors are Roger Doan, Allegiant Fire Protection, Farmers Insurance, Medhat Sbeih of State Farm, C.B. Colin Landscapes, PME Cake Decorating Supplies, 25 Unite, Vertex Resource Group, La Michocana, Delgado Rompf Bruen LLC, Latin Heritage Leadership Council, Continental Audi of Naperville, Luxury Nails Tech and City of Berwyn Mayor Robert J. Lovero.

For more information about the Fig Factor Foundation, visit http://www.thefigfactor.org.

About Fig Factor Foundation:
The Fig Factor Foundation's mission is to become a powerful catalyst for Latinas aged 12 to 25 to pursue their dreams by providing educational leadership platforms, mentorship and powerful experiences through a context of sisterhood. It was founded in September 2014, after six months of hard work to assemble the team, the program, build infrastructure and raise initial funding. Their positive impact was immediately felt at smaller local events and provided the impetus to grow. The foundation's goal is to implement the program nationwide before expanding globally. Learn more about the foundation at http://www.thefigfactor.org.

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Emagia Leads Digital Order-to-Cash ThoughtLeadership Panels at Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19

Emagia, a leader in digital solutions for order-to-cash automation, today announced speakers for Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando'19, an invitation-only gathering of technology business leaders evangelizing finance, order-to-cash, data management and AI solutions for SAP. Executives from Deloitte Consulting, JP Morgan Chase, IBM, NTT Data Services, Solix and Emagia will participate in panel discussions during the event.

When: May 6, 2019 at 3:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Sheraton at Lake Buena Vista — Orlando, Florida

Attendees will receive an inside look at the emerging automation, analytics, artificial intelligence, information architecture and data management technologies for digitizing the order-to-cash process in the SAP environment. Emagia will lead the following panels:

Future of SAP finance operations with AI Powered Digital Assistants:
Cognitive automation and AI are driving major paradigm shifts in customer financial services and finance operations. Similar to how conversational AI such as Siri and Alexa have already established their presence in everyday consumer lives, enterprise operations are now adding digital workforce into every process. Learn how AI-Powered enterprise digital assistants integrated with your SAP financial system can boost digital customer experience as well as to boost finance operations staff productivity. Panelists include:
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Moderated by Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia Corporation

Intelligent Order-to-Cash through Analytics, Automation and AI:
Intelligent and autonomous order-to-cash platforms are a trifecta of automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence technologies. This panel will discuss how SAP users and decision makers can leverage these platforms to make their finance departments more efficient and effective. Panelists include:

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Moderated by Phyllis (Miller) Saavedra, Order to Cash Executive and SME at Emagia Corporation

Solix EMPOWER is a series of education and networking events dedicated to digital transformation with automation, analytics, big data, and cloud innovations and applications. Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando'19 is hosted in partnership with IBM, Microsoft, and Emagia, and will feature four distinct panels, networking opportunities, and a full-service dinner and cocktail reception.

To view the full agenda and request an invitation to Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando'19, visit https://empower.solix.com

About Emagia Corporation
Emagia delivers digital finance solutions focused on order-to-cash automation solutions and aimed to modernize finance operations in the digital age. Emagia Enterprise Receivables Management Suite (ERMS) automates credit, receivables, collections, deductions, cash flow forecasting, cash application and billing & payments. Emagia O2C Advanced Analytics Suite provide enterprise-class, advanced analytics – descriptive, predictive, prescriptive analytics – for the entire order to cash cycle. Emagia's Gia, Digital Finance Assistant brings cognitive workforce to assist order-to-cash staff and executives. Many companies across the world have achieved significant and sustainable improvements to their order-to-cash cycle, days sales outstanding, operational costs, compliance, control and cash flow with Emagia. To learn more, please visit http://www.emagia.com

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Mainstream Technologies Hires Rob Benton

Mainstream Technologies is pleased to announce the hiring of Rob Benton as Software Engineer. His responsibilities will include the design, development, and deployment of web solutions.

Before joining Mainstream, he was with Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield for two years as a Lead Systems Analyst Programmer. Prior to that, Rob served the Arkansas Supreme Court for seven years as Senior Software Engineer and another eight years with Acxiom as a software developer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Arkansas State University.

He and his wife, Stephanie, live in Sherwood. When he's not slinging code, Rob spends time with his wife, his music, his motorcycle and going to the beach.

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According to Steve Althoff, Director of Software Development: "I am excited to add Rob to our development team.  His experience in healthcare and state government will be a great asset to Mainstream."

ABOUT MAINSTREAM

Since 1996, Mainstream (http://www.mainstream-tech.com) has evolved into one of the most established IT services companies in the Mid-South, serving clients from its Arkansas locations including headquarters in Little Rock, a second operations facility in Conway, as well as a sales office in Bentonville.  Their staff of information technology professionals serves business and government customers across the nation with Managed IT Services, Custom Software Development Services, Cyber Security Services, and Hosting.

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Confectionery Wonderland Candytopia Celebrates the Success of Newest Location with 500,000th ‘Sugar Rush’ Photo

The nationwide experiential phenomenon Candytopia continues its successful expansion with its sixth location at "The Hill" in Dallas. With sell-out crowds of guests finding joy at Candytopia sites since its launch in 2018, the mini candy theme park commemorated the Dallas opening with a new milestone: the delivery of its 500,000th immersive Sugar Rush image created by experiential marketing platform, Thinaire.

Sugar Rush provides Candytopia guests with unique high definition photo opportunities throughout the experience that are instantly delivered to their smartphones. Created through collaboration between Thinaire and Candytopia, Sugar Rush uses state-of-the-art imaging, fantasy backgrounds and professionally focused lighting to provide guests with memorable photo keepsakes.

"Candytopia is a mini-theme park that transports guests to an imaginative candy wonderland. By working with Thinaire on Sugar Rush, we've created visually stunning photo opportunities that bring the experience to an entirely new level of awesome," says Candytopia co-founder and CEO John Goodman. "Sugar Rush allows Candytopia visitors to stay in the moment during their visit and take home memorable photos that extend the magic long after they leave." Be alert to read related news.

Thinaire created five Sugar Rush installations at the newest Candytopia location in Dallas, with guests able to commemorate experiences in several locations including a rainbow-filled room with flying unicorn pigs and confetti explosions, a chocolate river, and a swimming pool full of more than a quarter million foam marshmallows.

Candytopia is a one-of-a-kind, full sensory experience that features more than one dozen rooms with larger-than-life interactive art installations. It launched in 2018 in Santa Monica followed by successful runs in New York and San Francisco. The momentum has continued with the recent launch of Candytopia locations in Atlanta, Mall of America, and Dallas. Thinaire-powered Sugar Rush was launched with the Santa Monica site and has been a core component of each of the six Candytopia locations opened to date.

Thinaire's experiential products and platform combine the latest intuitive contactless mobile technology with loyalty-forward features. This enables entertainment venues and retailers to deliver unattended branded experiences to customer devices, aligning brands with the heart of their customers' digital world. Through Thinaire's contactless and app-less mobile technology, guests are able to focus on the fun and stay in the moment without their phones, and have photos delivered for easy posting and sharing.

"Sugar Rush provides guests with stunning images they could never have captured with their own phones," says Shannon Roy, President of Thinaire. "What's really being delivered is an unforgettable shareable experience, without the usual pain of downloads and versions and intrusive signups."

As national buzz for Candytopia continues to build, Thinaire will continue its partnership at all future Candytopia locations.

About Thinaire
New York based Thinaire is a global leader in experiential technology, delivering exceptional experiences to mobile users by connecting companies to consumers through a range of proximity and mobile technologies on its award-winning platform. For more information or a demo please e-mail info(at)thinaire(dot)net. Click here to read the latest news.

About Candytopia
For anyone who's ever dreamed of scoring a Golden Ticket or nibbling their way through Candyland, Candytopia transports guests to an imaginative confectionery wonderland with a one-of-a-kind full sensory experience and welcomes people of all ages to explore their sweet tooth like never before. Candytopia was created by global candy artist Jackie Sorkin (star of TLC's "Candy Queen"), events and production design expert Zac Hartog, and retail veteran John Goodman. Candytopia has drawn long lines and sold-out crowds during its limited run engagements in Santa Monica, New York and San Francisco. In early 2019, it opened locations in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul at Mall of America, and at "The Hill" in Dallas. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://www.candytopia.com Read related news now.

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Photo-60 Helps Turn Old Family Photos into Digital Photos onto a USB Stick with New Prepaid Photo Scanning Box

Photo-60 is offering a new way to turn old family photos into digital photos quick and easy with their new Prepaid Photo Scanning Box. Customers can have 1800 4x6 pictures be transferred to a DVD or USB stick for $199.95

For too long, the traditional method of keeping cherished family photographs was to keep them loosely in countless shoeboxes, albums, photo bins to be stored in the back of the closet to be forgotten forever.

Photo-60 has changed all that with their new photo scanning service, called the Prepaid Photo Scanning Box, which is basically a USPS Medium Flat Rate Box (top loading, size 11-1/4" x 8-3/4" x6") that you fill up with as many loose photos as you can from 2x3 up to 8x10. The USPS Medium Flat Rate Box typically can hold up to 1800 4x6 sizes prints. All those photos then get scanned into high resolution digital photos in either 300dpi or 600dpi (optional).

Chris Ariasaif, Owner of Photo-60 said: "We constantly heard from people that they had so many great old family photos that were going to waste in shoe boxes. Customers wanted to have them scanned for easy sharing, preservation or just to free up space but didn't have the time to manually scan thousands of photos themselves. The Prepaid Photo Scanning Box solution was our answer." Read here.

Developed pictures eventually experience fading or cracking, losing its original clarity. Photo-60 scans the pictures with a professional High Speed Kodak scanner at 300 dpi or 600dpi (optional) and puts the digital photos onto a DVD or USB stick. That DVD or USB stick can easily be duplicated to be sent out to friends and loved ones. We also can deliver the scanned box of photos via Dropbox. Customers will receive a link to download all their photos. That link can also be forwarded to family and friends for easy sharing.

While located in Northern Virginia, Photo-60 offers this service to families all over North America. Just click on the link below to order the Prepaid Photo Scanning Box. For a limited time get 30% Off your first order. Use promo code "digitizemyphotos2019" at checkout in the coupon code area. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. Continue reading.

Photo-60 will send back the DVD or USB stick along with the original photos back to sender's house. Th Prepaid Photo Scanning service includes FREE 2 Way Shipping.

"This is a fast and easy way to get all those shoeboxes full of prints scanned and preserved onto a DVD or USB stick," Ariasaif said.

About Photo-60 
Located in Woodbridge, VA, Since 1996 Photo-60 has been offering a host of digitization services. From film scanning to transferring old home movies to digital. For more information, visit https://photo60studio.com.

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Retail Gift Card Association Opens Registration for 2019 RGCA Forum

The Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA), the only nonprofit trade organization representing the closed-loop gift card industry, announced today that registration is open for its annual RGCA Forum this September 30 through October 2, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona. Early bird rates are available through June 30.

Gift card industry professionals with an equitable interest in the closed-loop ecosystem are encouraged to attend the RGCA Forum. The event attracts retailers, gift card program managers, technology companies that leverage gift cards, manufacturers, distributors, processors, secondary exchange sites and third-party resellers. Forum will host distinguished retail and payments executives who will deliver in-depth keynotes and sessions focusing on the evolution, uses, and hot topics surrounding gift cards as forms of branded currency, incentives, marketing tools, and more.

The 2019 Forum sessions will deliver insights on numerous topics such as:

"The RGCA Forum has catalyzed growth and development of the closed-loop gift card terrain. At this year's conference there will be hundreds of gift card industry professionals in attendance that will learn valuable intel to help them continue to innovate and transform the role gift cards play in people's lives," said Jayne Stegemiller, RGCA Board Chair. "Show attendees will have access to exclusive industry research, best practices, and insights from top experts—and will take away a better understanding of how to leverage gift cards as valuable branded payments tools." Read all the related news.

The 2019 Forum will be held at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass located at 5594 W. Wild Horse Pass Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona. To register for the event, click here.

More than 90 RGCA member brands work collaboratively to protect, promote and enhance the use of retail gift cards as ways to enable, enrich, and encourage commerce. Members collectively fuel consumer confidence in the industry, evolve best practices for gift card programs and optimize emerging opportunities to meet contextual commerce demand. For more information, including details on becoming a member, visit http://www.theRGCA.org.

About the Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA)
The Retail Gift Card Association is the nonprofit trade association that represents the closed-loop gift category. The Association's mission is to protect, promote and enhance the use of retail gift cards as forms of branded currency and stored value solutions that enable, enrich, and encourage commerce in today's digital age. All RGCA members abide by a Code of Principles that supports consumer-friendly policies for the purchase and redemption of closed-loop gift cards. RGCA's membership is comprised of retailers from all sectors, including restaurants, general merchandise, apparel, sporting and leisure, and non-retailers. For more information, visit us at http://www.thergca.org.

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