Page 11 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - April '21

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Oxbridge Academy Senior
Among Winners In Palm Beach
Dramaworks Playwriting Contest
Oxbridge Academy
senior Emma Young, of
Boca Raton, is one of
10 winners of the Palm
Beach Dramaworks Young
Playwrights 10-Minute
Play Contest. Each winner
receives a cash award of
$250, a virtual performance
of their play by professional
actors, and publication of the play in a Dramaworks anthology.
Young’s play, titled The Party Bathroom, is about the trials
and tribulations of being a teenager at a party, told through the
perspective of what goes on in the area around the bathroom,
according to Young.
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“It is truthful and funny, and I am so extremely proud
that it won,” said Young, who wants to pursue a career
in writing, and thought entering the contest, “would be Heart Implant
a great way to practice my skills.”
Of 20 finalists, 10 winning plays were chosen by a
panel of professional playwrights and theater practitioners Procedure
using a carefully constructed rubric, which is found in
the Palm Beach Dramaworks’ lesson plans. Jupiter Medical Center, rated No. 1 in safety,
The Party Bathroom was workshopped over the last quality and patient satisfaction, added another leading-
couple of months by professional actors and directors, edge treatment to its rapidly expanding Heart and
then presented in a virtual performance. Vascular Institute with its first WATCHMAN implant
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“The side effects of blood thinners for some patients
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“This WATCHMAN implant procedure provides
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is an abnormal in the treatment of complex
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including stroke. An The WATCHMAN implant is the
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heart is susceptible to reduce stroke risk due to non-
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lead to stroke, and blood-thinning medications.
patients with AFib
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fatal or more debilitating strokes than those resulting
Over 90 percent of stroke-causing blood clots that
come from the heart form in a small area called the
left atrial appendage. Permanently closing off this
way to reduce stroke risk in patients with AFib not
After area with the WATCHMAN implant is an effective
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An estimated five million Americans are affected
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