Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 05, 2019 (NewMediaWire) -- Turnkey Capital Inc. (TKCI) today announced the Company has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Collarmele Holdings, Inc., fka HealthSpan Medical Systems, Inc. Collarmele Holdings was recently acquired by HealthSpan Medical Systems, Inc. and the name of the company was changed to Collarmele Holdings, Inc. (CHI) (the Company). CHI is a real estate holding company that acquires, develops, redevelops and manages investments in mixed-use retail and healthcare properties throughout the United States.“In addition to our large scale Mixed Use redevelopment and Triple Net Lease pipeline, we believe there is real opportunity for the repurposing of underutilized retail and office space for medical, health and wellness services. The partnership of TBG and executives at Medixall will reimage the industry through a real estate lens creating a product that will be a highly attractive option for re-tenanting traditional shopping centers and mixed use space,” stated Joseph Tagliola, CEO of Collarmele Holdings, Inc. “Developers are not keeping pace with the growing number of large commercial spaces being vacated by retailers and e-commerce distractors as a result of economic market shifts.”“Because so many of our medical practitioner clients were experiencing challenges trying to manage their practices, we were looking for a partner who understood how to configure modern healthcare offices and facilities,” stated Neil Swartz, CEO of TKCI. “In Collarmele Partners, we found Healthcare development industry leaders who also brought retail, office and mixed-use expertise, and so much more. Commercial real estate owners are incorporating healthcare and wellness-related facilities to revitalize their properties. We are focusing on shared workspace models similar to those developed by innovators like WeWork,” Swartz added.The Collarmele Holdings partners’ confidence and momentum for this enterprise is solidly anchored by the track record of Collarmele Partners, LLC. Mr. Tagliola, and his development team, have been successfully reshaping development models for large scale commercial developments over the last several decades and have an understanding of what works in the marketplace. As former President of QIC US Properties (an $80B fund manager from Queensland Australia), former President of Retail and Office for Turnberry Associates, and Senior Executive Vice President of Westfield Corporation, Mr. Tagliola brings a depth of commercial development experience and execution to Collarmele Holdings.Collarmele Holdings focuses on three main areas of commercial real estate development:Health & Wellness: flexible leasing options in premium locations, that meet the needs of today’s healthcare practitioners;Triple Net development/leasing – traditional leasing options for larger businesses with long-term needs;Retail and Mixed-Use commercial development/leasing – the CHI team has decades of experience in creating commercial development for retail, office, hospitality (hotels/motels), and more.Collarmele Holdings is in talks with several commercial real estate property owners to determine which projects will be contracted shortly.TKCI anticipates the acquisition of Collarmele Holdings, Inc. will be completed in under 90 days. The Company will undergo a financial restructuring in conjunction with this transaction. Turnkey Capital Inc will retain its name and trading symbol.About Turnkey Capital Inc.Turnkey Capital Inc. (TKCI) is a business advisory company that aligns with, and builds value in, both private, public, and development-stage healthcare-related companies. TKCI acquired, built and developed the strategic direction of our companies which included: defining short and long-term strategic goals; identifying and planning for the critical success factors to reach these goals; identifying and addressing the challenges and operational improvements required to achieve the critical success factors and, ultimately, the strategic goals. In its next phase, as a healthcare and mixed-use retail real ...
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 05, 2019 (NewMediaWire) -- RF Industries, Ltd, (NASDAQ: RFIL), a national manufacturer and marketer of interconnect products and systems, today announced that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended January 31, 2019 on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, after the close of the market.RF Industries will host a conference call and live webcast on March 12, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2019 financial results. To access the live call, dial 800-458-4121 (US and Canada) or 323-794-2093 (International). The conference ID is 3287666.A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.rfindustries.com. In addition, a phone replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after conclusion of the call and will remain available for two weeks. To access the phone replay, dial 844-512-2921 (US and Canada) or 412-317-6671 (International). The replay conference ID is 3287666.About RF IndustriesRF Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of interconnect products across diversified, growing markets including wireless/wireline telecom, data communications and industrial. The Company's products include RF connectors, coaxial cables, wire harnesses, fiber optic cables and custom cabling. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California with operations in New York and Connecticut. Please visit the RF Industries website at www.rfindustries.com.Contacts: RF Industries Mark Turfler SVP/CFO (858) 549‑6340 rfi@rfindustries.com MKR Group Inc. Todd Kehrli Analyst/Investor Contact (323) 468-2300 rfil@mkr-group.com
Study Highlights: People with diabetes who quit smoking tobacco may have a lower risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases – and weight gain following smoking cessation does not mitigate the health benefits among these patients, according to one study. Long-term, heavy smoking is a risk factor for cognitive decline, researchers found in an unrelated study. Embargoed until 3 p.m. CT/4 p.m. ET Tues., March 5, 2019 (NewMediaWire) - March 05, 2019 - HOUSTON - Two new studies point to yet more reasons to kick the tobacco habit. In one, researchers found quitting smoking is worth it for people with diabetes despite worries about potential weight gain. In the other, scientists discovered smoking might have a much greater impact on the cognitive function than originally thought. Both studies were presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians, held in Houston this week. In the study on smoking cessation, weight change and the risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular diseases in people with diabetes, researchers analyzed detailed, long-term health information from two studies that included 10,895 men and women with diabetes. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for diabetes, and both diabetes and smoking tobacco are major risk factors for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. Researchers found the benefits of quitting smoking for people with diabetes significantly outweighed the risk of gaining weight, even though weight gain is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Compared to people with diabetes who continued to smoke, the risk for heart attacks, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases did not increase among recent quitters who gained up to 11 pounds (5.0 kg) or even those who gained more than 11 pounds. The risk for cardiovascular disease was 34 percent lower among recent quitters (six or fewer years since quitting) without weight gain; 25 percent lower among long-term quitters (more than six years since smoking cessation); and 41 percent lower among never-smoking adults with diabetes. “Weight gain concerns should not stop people from being encouraged to quit smoking after they’re diagnosed with diabetes. And for those who do quit, preventing excessive weight gain would further maximize the health benefits of smoking cessation,” said Gang Liu, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of Nutrition at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. A second study spotlights tobacco’s link to cognitive decline in the general population. Cognitive decline means that a person’s memory, reasoning and other mental functions are impaired over time. Although tobacco use has been associated with a higher risk for cognitive decline, it’s difficult to measure just how much of an impact smoking has because smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to drop out or die before the end of long-term studies, according to study author Aozhou Wu, M.H.S., a Ph.D. student in epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. “As a consequence, smokers’ cognitive measurements in studies were likely to be missing in other studies because they’re lost to follow-up,” Wu said. Wu and colleagues adapted a methodology that considers a smoker’s likelihood of dropping out of a study or dying from tobacco-related causes during the study period to analyze the cognitive impact of tobacco use among 4,960 adults who were free of cognitive impairment at the study’s start. Researchers followed the participants for about five years, with regular assessments of the participants’ memory, language function and logical thinking ability. When the researchers used the new study methods and compared people who never smoked tobacco to those who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 25 years or more, they found that the ...
