DANIALLE KARMANOS’ WORK IT OUT GEARS UP FOR FOURTH ANNUAL MOTOR CITY BIKE RIDE

Two Routes Offered in 2013
(Detroit, MI - June 17, 2013) … Beginning at 6:30AM this Saturday, June 22, 2013, Danialle Karmanos’ Work It Out in partnership with the DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan (DKWIO), hosts the fourth annual Motor City Bike Ride (MCBR) sponsored by Compuware.
This year, riders have their choice of two different ride routes: the new 20-mile Fun Ride to Belle Isle Park and the
62-mile Metric Century Ride to Metro Beach Metropark. Funds raised through the Motor City Bike Ride benefit DKWIO’s unique youth programming; promoting optimum health in mind, body and spirit through a comprehensive yoga-based approach that reduces anxiety, helps prevent childhood obesity and increases children’s self-esteem.
Registration begins at 6:30AM on the first level of Compuware – refreshments available – and both rides depart from Campus Martius Park at 8:00AM.
The 20-mile Fun Ride provides a “break stop” at historic Belle Isle Park where riders can rest, re-energize and enjoy light refreshments before heading back to Campus Martius. Fun Ride bikers are expected to return to Campus Martius between 9a-11am.

The 62-mile Metric Century Ride (100 km) takes riders to Metro Beach with break stops and refreshments at the Grosse Pointe Public Library and St. Clare Shore’s Fishbone’s. At Metro Beach bikers will enjoy lunch from Gourmet Everyday and an opportunity to have any kinks massaged away. Metric Century Ride bikers will arrive back at Campus Martius starting at 1:30p until 4p.
“Our mission is to equip children and their families with the tools to make healthy choices. We have built the program slowly and strategically with an unwavering commitment to kids, good health and metro Detroit. We are excited to recruit a great group of riders to hit our city’s streets raising funds to further our mission for children,” says DKWIO Founder Danialle Karmanos. “This year, we are thrilled to offer a fabulous 20-mile Fun Ride to engage even more riders and make the Motor City Bike Ride even more inclusive.”
Each registered rider receives an official MCBR, custom-made Louis Garneau jersey – to wear while riding or don in celebration of completing their ride.
Total MCBR capacity is limited to 150 riders and participants must be 18 years or older. Helmets are required. Advance registration is $50 ($75 day of). Riders are encouraged to maximize their fundraising potential by seeking additional sponsor donations.
To register or make a donation, visit: www.motorcitybikeride.com
To view the bike route, click here: 2013 Motor City Bike Ride 20 and 62 Mile Map
Compuware is located at 1 Campus Martius in Detroit.
Free parking is available at Compuware’s Visitors Parking for riders, their friends and family. 

ANN ARBOR—Some people feel so "creeped out" that they would decline an organ or blood that came from a murderer or thief, according to a new University of Michigan study.

In addition, they express concern that their personality or behavior may change to become more like that of the donor, as a result of the donation.

Recipients prefer to get an organ or DNA transplant or blood transfusion from a donor whose personality or behavior matches theirs, said Meredith Meyer, the study's lead author and a research fellow in psychology. People think that people's behaviors and personalities are partly due to something hidden deep inside their blood or bodily organs, she said.

What surprised Meyer and colleagues were that the results from blood transfusions were just as strong as the results from heart transplants.

"Since blood transfusions are so common and relatively straightforward, we had expected people might think that they have very little effect," Meyer said.

"This suggests an interesting intuitive belief—that behaviors and personalities are inherent, unchanging aspects of who they are," said study co-author Susan Gelman, the Heinz Werner Collegiate Professor of Psychology.

The study's participants viewed a list of possible human donors and judged whether they wanted someone who shared similar traits, such as age, gender, sexual orientation and background. Possible donors also included two animals: a pig or a chimpanzee. For human donors described as having the same gender, the characteristics could be positive (e.g., high IQ, talented artist, kind person or philanthropist) or negative (e.g., low IQ, thief, gambler or murderer).

Respondents ranked how much they liked the idea of each being a donor, as well as assessed their beliefs that the transplant would cause the recipient's personality or behavior to become similar to the donor's. Questions also involved feeling "creeped out" or "contaminated" by the transplant.

The findings indicate it was more important for people to have a donor similar to themselves than the positive or negative qualities that individual possesses. Transplants from animals were judged to be particularly distasteful.

"People dislike the prospect of any change in their essence—positive or negative—and so any salient difference between the donor and recipient leads to increased resistance to the transplant (despite the fact) there is no scientific model to account for why transplants might lead to transference of features," Meyer said.

The belief that a recipient might take on some of the donor's characteristics is interesting when it comes to the possibility of transplanting organs from other animals to humans, said study co-author Sarah-Jane Leslie, assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University.

The study compared transplant beliefs—heart, pacemaker and skin grafts—with participants from both the United States and India, where some of its subcultures express strong contamination beliefs. Researchers thought this might influence Indians' beliefs about transplants.

Respondents from both countries did not like transplants from animals or donors with negative traits, but differed in how they viewed donor-to-recipient transfers—Indians felt stronger than Americans that transplants would affect their behavior.

"From the medical point of view, this is beginning to look like a promising way of addressing donor shortages," Leslie said, "But these results indicate that potential recipients could struggle with the belief that accepting such a donation will profoundly change who they are."
 

Required information session June 18 or June 25 at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak is offering Silver Linings, an eight-week,
mindfulness-based stress reduction program, that helps women cancer
survivors learn how to reduce stress with tools including meditation,
mindful yoga, eating and communication.

Silver Linings is free to participants, regardless of where they received
treatment for their cancer. All interested participants must attend an
information/registration session at 6:30 p.m. on June 18 or June 25 at
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. They must be 18 years or older and have
completed their cancer treatments.

Those interested in the program should contact Pam Jablonski at
248-551-4645 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

All participants receive CDs of the meditation and yoga practices taught in class, to support home practice, a crucial component of the program success.

Silver Linings is designed for women who have survived any type of cancer and addresses concerns common to female cancer survivors including fear of recurrence, body image and sexuality. Explains Ruth Lerman, M.D. Our research has shown that program participants experience an improved quality of life. This includes decreased stress and cancer-related
physical and psychological symptoms. It may even improve the thinking and memory problems known as chemo brain.

A research team from Oakland University and Beaumont Health System
completed a randomized, controlled study of Silver Linings in September
2010. Their work was published in the September 2011 Annals of Surgical
Oncology.

Almost 300 women have benefited from Silver Linings training since 2005.

A Round for Life˛ golf and tennis fundraiser benefits patient
programs at Beaumont, Troy Wilson Cancer Resource Center

Monday, July 15, 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. shotgun starts
Pine Lake Country Club
3301 Pine Lake Road
Orchard Lake

Fee: $500 per golfer; golf sponsorships available from $2,000;
$100 per tennis player; tennis sponsorships available from $1,250

For more information, call Lora Cabarios at 248-964-8173 or go to
Beaumont.edu/foundationevents

Golfers and tennis players can enjoy their sport while raising funds forcancer programs at Beaumont Hospital, Troy through the 17th annual Wilson
Cancer Resource Center golf and tennis event. A Round for Life will take place on Monday, July 15 at the Pine Lake Country Club in Orchard Lake.

The day features a four-person scramble including 18 holes of golf with
breakfast, lunch and a sit-down dinner with open bar. Participants enjoy
full use of all club facilities including the locker rooms, valet
parking, tennis courts, driving range and putting green. Free golf
clinics with the club pros are available throughout the day. Other
activities include a silent auction; cash and luxury package raffles; and
many golf and tennis contests. Shotgun starts are scheduled for 8 a.m.
and 1 p.m. The cost is $500 per golfer.

Golf event sponsorships are also available from $2,000, including the
opportunity to golf in the event. Call Lora Cabarios at 248-964-8173 for
more information or go to beaumont.edu/foundationevents to reserve your
spot.

The event also features tennis matches, including use of the locker
rooms, tennis courts and pool as well as breakfast, lunch and a sit-down
dinner with open bar. The cost for a tennis player is $100. Tennis
sponsorships are available starting at $1,250.

Proceeds from the event support the Wilson Cancer Resource Center, a
centralized resource for cancer patients that assists with appointment
scheduling and provides education, counseling and emotional support.
Services coordinated through the center include testing, surgery, medical
and radiation oncology, plastic surgery, hospice care and home care.

Find out more at

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