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Mantel Masterpiece by Jill Bauer

(NAPSA)—The mantel is sucha great focal point in any livingroom or family room but, often, itgets special treatment only duringthe holidays. Here are some newideas to transform your mantel (orwindowsill, bookshelf or coffeetable) all year round.

Fall: Embrace harvest seasonand all of its bounty. Use largemetal disks, stalks of wheat anddecorative lanterns for height andthen add apothecary jars filledwith white pumpkins. A whimsicalowl is a terrific touch, as are a fewmore pumpkins placed throughout.

Winter: Duringwinter, create awarm feeling with abig clock leaningagainst the wall orold books with sim-ple white covers.Since there needs tobe some height oneach side, place

lanterns on top of book piles orrustic candlesticks atop a heavyvintage box.

Spring: Nature is in fullbloom. Use green, faux grass in arustic planter and add someheight with a birdcage or an oldwindow. White candlesticks andsmall terra-cotta pots with yellowand blue flowers incorporate theessence of spring. Add some depthand visual interest with upside-down flowerpots or small woodenbenches.

Summer: Look to the garden.“Summer-ize” a large circular mir-ror with a hydrangea wreath fea-turing a combination of colors andsome burlap. Coordinate matchinggarland to have the same look andfeel as the hydrangea wreath andthen place the same type of can-dleholder on each side with acolor-coordinated candle.Jill Bauer hosts one of QVC’s

popular shows, “You’re Home withJill®,” and provides fans with sim-ple solutions for their busy lives.You can connect with her on Face-book, Twitter, Pinterest and Insta-gram @jillbauerqvc.

Jill Bauer

(NAPSA)—Ovarian cancer, theeighth most commonly diagnosedand the fifth most common causeof cancer death for women in theUnited States, is sometimes calleda “silent killer.” There is currentlyno reliable screening method todetect ovarian cancer and symp-toms often go unnoticed. Earlystages of ovarian cancer often pre-sent symptoms that are more com-monly caused by other less seriousconditions, such as abdominalpain, swelling or bloating, orpelvic pressure.As a result of late diagnosis, 75

percent of patients have ovariancancer that has spread to nearbyorgans. The five-year survival ratefor these ovarian cancer patientsis less than 50 percent.“It is vitally important for

women to understand that theirrisk of developing ovarian cancerand subsequent prognosis is influ-enced by several factors, includingage, environmental and lifestylefactors, early stage of diagnosis,and family history,” said SueFriedman, founder and ExecutiveDirector of Facing Our Risk ofCancer Empowered. “Additionally,the risk of developing ovarian can-cer is increased in women withspecific inherited genetic abnor-malities. One of these risks isassociated with BRCA 1 andBRCA 2 mutations.”Consider these facts and work

with your doctor to understandyour options for ovarian cancertreatment.Ovarian cancer facts and figures:•Approximately 22,000 U.S.

women will be diagnosed withovarian cancer in 2014. •Ovarian cancer is a disease in

which cells in the ovaries grow outof control and form tumors, whichare abnormal tissues that serveno function.

•All women are at risk forovarian cancer; however, roughly90 percent of women who arediagnosed with ovarian cancer areolder than 40.•The greatest number of ovar-

ian cancers occur in women aged60 years or older.•High-grade serous cancer is

the most common and aggressiveform of ovarian cancer.•Approximately 60–80 percent

of ovarian cancer is of the seroussubtype and as many as 95 percentof advanced ovarian cancers are ofthe serous subtype.•BRCA gene mutations can play

a key role in serous ovarian cancer.In the general population, 1.4 per-cent of women will be diagnosed withovarian cancer, while up to 40 per-cent of women with BRCA 1/2 muta-tions will be diagnosed with ovar-ian cancer in their lifetime.If you are living with ovarian

cancer, be sure to talk to your doctorabout all of your treatment options.And if someone you know has ovar-ian cancer or may be at risk, pleasevisit www.myOCjourney.com, whichis sponsored by AstraZeneca anddesigned to provide the support youneed to live your best life as youfight ovarian cancer.

Understanding Ovarian Cancer: Know The Facts

Your doctor can help you un -derstand additional treatmentand support options for ovariancancer.

Note to Editors: September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month but theinformation in this article, which comes from AstraZeneca, can benefit your read-ers at any time.

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(NAPSA)—The next time youcatch a football game, while you’readmiring the energy expended onthe field, you might give a thoughtto how the sport is helping Amer-ica save energy.

Bright IdeasTake, for example, the towering

symbol that’s the 30-foot-tall“Solar Man” at FedExField inLandover, Maryland. Designed tomimic a quarterback sending anepic spiral pass down the field,Solar Man is actually lined with aflexible solar film that drawsenergy from the sun, and heserves as a unique expression ofhow professional football stadi-ums are embracing alternativeenergy sources and introducingthem to the gridiron audience. Solar Man is unique, but he

isn’t alone. The trend towardadopting smart energy technolo-gies, such as solar and wind, isgrowing, and leading professionalfootball teams, with their acutesense of responsibility to boththeir fans and their local commu-nity, are working with companieslike NRG Energy to integrate sus-tainable solutions into their iconichome stadiums.This trend is no doubt top of

mind for fans at San Francisco’sbrand-new Levi’s Stadium. As eachfan enters the stadium, he or shetraverses one of three pedestrianbridges covered in solar panels.These, along with solar panels atopthe stadium’s Solar Terrace, helpgenerate enough energy in a yearto power a season of home games. The trend reaches far beyond

solar installations, as fans atHouston’s NRG Stadium will dis-cover. The stadium will soonbecome the first professional foot-ball venue to have energy-efficientLED lights shining on its field—

they use 60 percent less energythan the previous system—andthat’s in addition to its new eVgoparking lot, where electric carscan charge up during the game.

Expert Opinion“Americans are growing tre -

mendously more aware of the limi-tations of our current energy sys-tem and are open to new solutionsthat are economic, resilient andgood for the environment,” saidNRG CEO David Crane. “Profes-sional football, and particularlythe football teams with whom wepartner, touch almost every seg-ment of our society and act as rolemodels of what smart energy uselooks like for individual homeown-ers and businesses alike.”Combine all these energy inno-

vations with the micro-wind tur-bines atop Philadelphia’s LincolnFinancial Field, and the SolarRing that colors the top of EastRutherford, New Jersey’s MetLifeStadium blue or green, dependingon the home team, and fans canquickly start to see that no mattertheir favorite team’s colors—cleanand green are the way stadiumsare going.

Learn MoreFor further facts on meeting

energy needs, go to www.nrg.com.

Football Fans Get Bright New Look At Energy Innovation

Solar Man can help football leadthe way toward a more energy-efficient America.

(NAPSA)—Doctors justreceived good news for the morethan 31 million Americans whosuffer from sinusitis.

The ProblemOften referred to as a sinus in -

fection, sinusitis can be debilitat-ing, causing extreme facial painand pressure, congestion (continu-ous runny nose), dental pain,headache, sore throat and fatigue.It is more prevalent than bothheart disease and asthma, with agreater impact on patients’ qualityof life than chronic back pain orcongestive heart failure. In fact,sinus conditions cost the UnitedStates health care system morethan $8 billion annually.

An AnswerMost patients see their isolated

cases of sinusitis resolved withantibiotics, nasal steroids and/orantihistamines. However, manyexperience sinusitis regularly overtime, and while medication mayresolve the symptoms each time,they continue to return. The con-tinuous use of these medicationsto treat recurrent disease can cre-ate drug resistance or otherhealth issues for patients.Advanced cases of sinusitis

may be treated with functionalendoscopic sinus surgery, orFESS, which takes place in theoperating room and involves gen-eral anesthesia.Now, a new, FDA-cleared, mini-

mally invasive procedure per-formed in the doctor ’s officequickly and comfortably opens thesinus passage, restoring ventila-tion and natural sinus drainage.

How It WorksThe Vent-Os procedure is

based on the principle of osmosis,which draws fluids across a mem-

brane. A small osmotic capsule—the size of a grain of rice—is gen-tly in serted into the obstructedsinus opening, where it absorbsthe natural fluids in the sinus toslowly expand over an hour. Afterit has opened the sinus passage,it’s easily withdrawn and thepatient can leave immediately.Because the procedure is de -signed to be comfortable for pa -tients, only a topical or local anes-thetic is needed.

Doctor’s Advice“Opening up the sinus passage

is an important factor in reducingor eliminating the often debilitat-ing symptoms of sinusitis,” saidPeter J. Catalano, M.D., FACS,Chief of Otolaryngology, St. Eliza-beth’s Medical Center, Boston,Mass., and a clinical investigatorfor the study. “The Vent-Os proce-dure could be an ideal option forsinusitis sufferers whose symp-toms are not severe enough to war-rant surgery but who suffer thepoor quality of life and health risksassociated with repetitive or faileduse of antibiotics and steroids.”

Learn MoreFor further facts, see www.

sinustreatmentinfo.com.

New In-Office Treatment For Sinusitis Relief

A painful blocked sinus can nowbe relieved by a gentle procedurein the doctor’s office. (NAPSA)—Quinoa has high

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***Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

—Dorothy Thompson***

***The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he hasinvented for himself but how well he plays the role that destinyassigned to him.

—Jan Patocka***

***One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distantgoal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at thatgoal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.

—Martin Luther King Jr.***

***Forever is composed of nows.

—Emily Dickinson***

***Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they haveto take you in.

—Robert Frost***