OPH Announces Major Health Products eCommerce Initiative.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- One Person Health Sciences Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:OPH OPH Office of Public Health OPH Old Parliament House (Canberra, ACT, Australia museum) OPH Organophosphorus Hydrolase OPH Original Pancake House (restaurant chain) ) - OneAdvisor(TM) links Personalized Health Assessments to Product Recommendation Agents and Comparison Shopping Mr. George Fleming The Right Reverend Sir George Le Fleming, 2nd Baronet (1667 – 2 July 1747) was a United Kingdom churchman. A member of the old Westmorland family, George Le Fleming was the fifth son of Sir Daniel Le Fleming of Rydal Hall. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder of One Person Health Sciences Inc. (OPH), is pleased to introduce the OneAdvisor(TM), the first Health Products Recommendation and Comparison Shopping system driven by personalized Nutritional Health Assessments. The development of the OneAdvisor(TM) allows OPH to provide the tens of thousands of consumers who complete the company's Personal Nutrition Health Assessments with advisory, recommendation and comparison shopping services currently unavailable in the market place. Expanding the company's product offering beyond personalized dietary supplements, the OneAdvisor(TM) offers product recommendations matched from the wide range of quality products carried by leading online retailers of Nutritional and Health products. Providing the Company with a unique opportunity to capture market share in an online dietary supplement market projected by the Nutrition Business Journal to exceed $740 million in 2005, the OneAdvisor(TM) also provides comparison shopping for pharmaceutical and OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). drugs. Jupiter Research has estimated that the online prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, market will see sales of $7 billion in 2005 increasing to $13 billion by 2007. "The development of the OneAdvisor(TM) expands OPH's business model significantly and is a major step forward both for OPH and for the online health products industry" states Fleming. "Consumers are demanding that retailers provide them with personalized solutions and an answer to the question - what should I be taking? The OneAdvisor(TM) system not only helps consumers answer this question but provides scientific based product recommendations as well as comparison shopping features that will find them the best deal." Assessment based Recommendation and Comparison Shopping Features A major evolution in expert recommendation and comparison shopping systems, the OneAdvisor(TM) system translates personalized Nutrition Health Assessment results into product recommendations by matching a recommended dietary supplement formula to groupings of off the shelf dietary supplement products carried by major online health retailers. Taking the recommendation system a step further OPH also provides consumers with industry first comparison shopping features that allows them to review, sort and compare products by numerous criteria including price, brand, form of ingredient, animal free, dairy free, gluten gluten, mixture of proteins present in the cereal grains. The long molecules of gluten, insoluble in water, are strong and flexible and form many cross linkages. free or yeast free. Once a consumer chooses a product grouping the purchase is automatically loaded into a shopping cart on the selected health retailer's site to complete the transaction. Science Based Nutritional Assessments nutritional assessment Oncology The profiling of a Pt's current nutritional status and risk of malnutrition and cancer cachexia. See Cachexia, Malnutrition. and Product Recommendations The new OPH OneAdvisor(TM) process starts with OPH's proprietary Personal Nutrition Health Assessment which asks consumers 70 detailed questions related to their health, diet, lifestyle, medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. , and medications. Built on evidence based scientific research, the OPH rules engine provides consumers with a free Health Risk Report or one of OPH's proprietary ONEMed(TM) health condition reports, four of which have been launched to date: the ONEMed(TM) High Cholesterol/Statin report, the ONEMed(TM) Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease Report, the ONEMed(TM) Arthritis report, and the ONEMed(TM) High Blood Pressure report. Each report contains personalized information and advice on therapeutic diets, lifestyle improvements, exercise, cooking, hydration hydration /hy·dra·tion/ (hi-dra´shun) the absorption of or combination with water. hy·dra·tion n. 1. The addition of water to a chemical molecule without hydrolysis. 2. and elimination plus a personalized dietary supplement formula designed to offset health risks and lifestyle concerns. OPH's OneMed(TM) assessment reports go a step further. After analyzing the prescriptions currently being used by an individual, OPH provides up-to-date information on known interactions and nutrient deficiencies associated with the selected medications. Each personalized dietary supplement formula includes supplements that help improve the condition as well as supplements required to offset the consumer's personal nutrient deficiencies. Nutrients that must be avoided due to serious drug-nutrient interactions drug-nutrient interaction alterations in nutritional status can affect drug metabolism; some drugs can affect nutritional status. caused by their medications are removed. Pharmaceutical & OTC Comparison Shopping - Over 80% of consumers completing assessments have a Medical Condition or are taking Medications As a natural extension of the OneAdvisor(TM) system, OPH also offers consumers the ability to comparison shop for their pharmaceuticals and OTC drugs. With over 80% of the consumers who complete a Personal Nutrition Health Assessment indicating that they have a medical condition or are taking medications, this added service will provide useful price comparisons and shopping choices between leading online pharmacies and health product retailers. One Person Health (www.onepersonhealth.com) is a leader in the emerging field of Personalized Nutritional Healthcare. The Company is developing and commercializing a range of assessment and recommendation products and services for consumers, health care practitioners, and corporate partners based on its philosophy of "One Size Does Not Fit All". Focusing on nutritional analysis and informatics, OPH incorporates complex nutrition, genetic, drug nutrient interaction, medical condition, and lifestyle information into its evidence-based health assessment programs and personalized product recommendations and offerings. The TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. has not reviewed, and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this news release. One Person Health Sciences Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OPH) |
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