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Group Bouygues

Bouygues S.A. is an industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip in the CAC 40 stock market index. The company was founded in 1952 by...




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Method Products

Method Products (branded as method) is a San Francisco-based corporation which produces nontoxic, biodegradable natural cleaning supplies with a focus onminimalist product design. (source: Wikipedia) Why it’s in the Showcase: Beautiful graphics, an easy to use navigation, and an integrated...




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Alanis Morissette

The official site for recording artist and author Alanis Morissette. Why it’s in the Showcase: This site organizes a large amount of information in an easily digestible format, using a healthy dose of HTML5 and JavaScript tools for fluid transitions and...




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MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review leads the discourse among academic researchers, business executives and other influential thought leaders about advances in management practice that are transforming how people lead and innovate. MIT SMR disseminates new management research and innovative ideas so...




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Microsoft Europe Policy Blog

Welcome to the EU Policy Blog, Microsoft Brussels’ platform for providing insights on the issues that impact Europe’s future in the digital age. This is a forum to discuss the latest trends, research and regulatory developments which are shaping how European citizens, businesses,...





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Pulse by Target

The Pulse Blog was created to help our candidates get a sneak peek into what it’s like to work at Target. Whether you’re interested in stores, distribution or headquarters, we hope you can get a feel for the Target culture...




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Bloomberg Professional

The new Bloomberg Professional website represents the level of industry expertise and quality of service only Bloomberg can provide. The site is a valuable online utility for prospects, clients, the press, employees and others to learn how our solutions are...






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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary of England and Wales

Information about the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary of England and Wales. Read the latest judgments, news and speeches.




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The San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Examiner is a longtime daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published continuously since the late 19th century.




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Boston Market

Boston Market, known as Boston Chicken until 1995, headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is a chain of American fast casual restaurants.




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The Clorox Company

The Clorox Company, based in Oakland, California, is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.




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Ireland’s Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht oversees the conservation, preservation, protection and presentation of Ireland’s heritage and cultural assets. Our goals are to promote and protect Ireland’s heritage and culture, to advance the use of the Irish language,...




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Frankfurter Allgemeine Blogs

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt General Newspaper), short F.A.Z., also known as theFAZ, is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. Its Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.). [source: Wikipedia]  




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Gracenote

Gracenote is the world’s leading entertainment data and technology company, powering the top music services, consumer electronics companies, automakers, media companies and cable and satellite operators on the planet.




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Angry Birds

Rovio took the world by storm in 2009 with Angry Birds, an international mobile game phenomenon that quickly became the most downloaded game of all time. Over the years, Angry Birds has seen rapid growth and evolved into an entertainment...




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The National Puerto Rican Day Parade

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC is the largest parade in the country.




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Silversun Pickups

Official website of recording artist Silversun Pickups. This site for one of USA’s leading alternative rock bands, receives high weekly traffic from all over the world and looks great while doing it.




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Rock My Wedding

Rock My Wedding (RMW), part of the Rock My Ltd. group, which includes Rock My Family and Rock My Style, is the UK’s leading influential brand in the wedding industry. The biggest wedding blog and planning resource in the UK,...




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The Pioneer Woman

Ann Marie “Ree” Drummond is an award-winning American blogger, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, she was listed as No. 22 on...




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The City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university in the United States.




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Urban Southern

Urban Southern creates handcrafted, honest leather bags that simply fit your everyday. Made in the southern U.S.A. from full grain, locally tanned saddle leather.




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Qube Global Software

Read the WordPress Case Study, submitted by Moove Agency, a WordPress web design agency & WordPress company from London. This site was built with WordPress and resulted in a fantastic ongoing relationship between Moove Agency and its client, Qube Global Software....




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Network Rail

Network Rail owns and operates the entire railway infrastructure in the United Kingdom, managing 18 of the largest stations in England, Scotland and Wales. Network Rail delivers 4.5 million journeys a day for its customers, managing rail timetabling by working...




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Java Traveler

The highly personalized nature of the Travel Industry makes WordPress the perfect Content Management System to choose. Java Traveller was looking to transform the level of customization that vacationers could use to tailor their online bookings. They were in the...




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Daybreaker

Daybreaker is a global dance movement in 25 cities around the world and growing. The site brings people together. It is building a global dance tribe and the site looks beautiful!




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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture. Why it’s in the Showcase: It was recently highlighted in a case study published by the Make.WordPress.org Marketing team.




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Ladybird Education

The Ladybird Education site, produced by Illustrate Digital, is an international resource of teaching materials to help school children learn English. The large library of Ladybird books can each be unlocked to access more teaching resources and eBook versions of...




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Patient groups applaud Supreme Court’s decision to take up health care case

Washington, D.C.—March 2, 2020— Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in the case of Texas v. United States this term. The...




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USDA moves to ensure students receive meals during school closures

American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following statement today following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee that USDA would take steps to give states more...




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Nonprofit sector urges Congress to include “Nonprofit Track” in CARES Act 2.0

April 8—The nation’s nonprofits are on the frontlines in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, working tirelessly to serve the people who need our services despite facing challenging circumstances within our own organizations. If we are to...




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The great bat flip mystery

In MLB, bat flips have long symbolized disrespect. In South Korea, they are art.




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Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension

Statement Highlight: Resistant blood pressure affects 12 percent to 15 percent of people currently being treated for high blood pressure.




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Updated cholesterol guidelines offer more personalized risk assessment, additional treatment options for people at the highest risk

Statement Highlights: High cholesterol, at any age, can increase a person’s lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke. A healthy lifestyle is the first step in prevention and treatment to lower that risk. The 2018 guidelines recommend more detailed risk assessments to help health care providers better determine a person’s individualized risk and treatment options. In some cases, a coronary artery calcium score can help determine a person’s need for cholesterol-lowering treatment, if their risk status is uncertain or if the treatment decision isn't clear.




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Statins have low risk of side effects

Statement Highlights: Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are associated with a low risk of side effects. The benefits of statin therapy for most people outweigh the risks.




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Updated treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation recommend a new class of blood thinners to help prevent stroke

Focused Update Highlights: Newer anticoagulants, known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), are recommended over the traditional warfarin to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Weight loss is recommended for overweight or obese people with AFib.




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Better options needed for children at higher risk of premature heart disease

Statement Highlights: New developments in identifying and treating the increased risk of premature heart disease in children and teens with certain medical conditions associated with increased cardiovascular risk are discussed in a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Obesity and severe obesity are now considered significant risk factors for an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in children and teens.




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New scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in people

Statement highlights: Oscillometric devices, which use an electronic pressure sensor within the blood pressure cuff, can reduce human error and the risk to the environment from older devices which use mercury. Patients who measure their blood pressure at home should use a device with an upper arm cuff that has been checked for accuracy by a healthcare provider.




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New recommendations for stroke systems of care to improve patient outcomes

Statement Highlights: To translate advances in scientific knowledge and innovations in stroke care into improvements in patient outcomes, comprehensive stroke systems of care must be in place to facilitate optimal stroke care delivery. New recommendations support policies that standardize the delivery of stroke care, lower barriers to emergency care for stroke, ensure stroke patients receive care at appropriate hospitals in a timely manner and improve access to secondary prevention and rehabilitation and recovery resources after stroke.




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Growing cardiovascular genetics field calls for special multidisciplinary clinical programs to better identify and treat inherited heart conditions

Statement Highlights: In a new scientific statement, the American Heart Association supports the creation of specialized multidisciplinary clinical programs that combine cardiovascular medicine and genetics expertise. These specialized programs would use genetic information to better treat patients with inherited heart conditions, as well as assess family members without current heart problems and take steps to reduce their risk.




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People living with HIV face premature heart disease and barriers to care

Statement Highlights: People living with HIV face a higher risk of developing diseases of the heart and blood vessels compared to people without the disease. Seventy-five percent of people living with HIV are over age 45 and face significant health challenges at earlier ages than people who don’t have HIV.




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Treating Type 2 diabetes and heart failure

People with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for heart failure and many people have both diseases, which requires careful medical management.




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Better science needed to support clinical predictors that link cardiac arrest, brain injury, and death: a statement from the American Heart Association

Statement Highlights: While significant improvements have been made in resuscitation and post cardiac arrest resuscitation care, mortality remains high and is mainly attributed to widespread brain injury.Better science is needed to support the ...




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Treating more than just the heart is critical for geriatric patients

Statement Highlights: Geriatric conditions such as frailty, cognitive impairment, taking multiple medications and having multiple medical conditions complicate care for older people with acute cardiovascular diseases. Most research on how to treat...




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Fast action and the right resources are key to treating fulminant myocarditis

Statement Highlights: Fulminant myocarditis develops quickly and can prove fatal without early recognition and advanced medical therapy. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association details the resources needed to diagnose and treat...




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Better lifestyle habits are useful additions to optimize management of atrial fibrillation

Statement Highlights: Improving lifestyle habits – such as attaining and maintaining a healthy body weight and getting regular, moderate physical activity – may be useful additions to physician-guided management of atrial fibrillation (AF), a serious...