Salugen Launches SpaGen, the Most Comprehensive DNA-Customized Nutritional Support Program for Spas and their Guests

SpaGen provides each spa guest with a one-of-a-kind nutritional solution for anti-aging, skin health, weight management, and overall wellness combining a genetic analysis, health assessment questionnaire, and screen for medication-related nutrient interactions and depletions

SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 6, 2006 -- Salugen salugen.com, a leading personalized healthcare company, announces today the launch of SpaGen SpaGen.com, the most comprehensive DNA-customized nutritional support program for the leading destination, medical and day spas and their spa guests, at the International Spa Association annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In partnership with Signature Health Partners of Ventura, California and TARA Spa Therapy of Carmel, CA, Salugen is bringing a revolutionary personalized nutritional product and service to the spa market. SpaGen SpaGen.com is the only nutritional support program that nourishes your body with essential nutrients determined when DNA samples are analyzed along side a brief 15-minute survey of health, lifestyle, and medical information using 6,000 medical-based rules. Guests at spas offering SpaGen can purchase an in-spa treatment involving a DNA test and health assessment, and then use the insights of that assessment to guide their spa treatments and diet. Within two weeks, SpaGen is then able to follow-up with the spa guest and provide them with a comprehensive analysis, including information about their genes and a completely personalized nutritional support program available to purchase.

The MGM Grand Spa is a place where our guests feel well cared-for. We are excited to now offer SpaGen to nourish the beauty and wellness of our spa guests from the inside out.

SpaGen is now available at the MGM Grand Spa in Las Vegas MGM Grand Spa Homepage, in addition to other leading destination spas. Rachel Knapp, Spa Director at the MGM Grand says, "The MGM Grand Spa is a place where our guests feel well cared-for. We are excited to now offer SpaGen to nourish the beauty and wellness of our spa guests from the inside out."

Chief Executive Officer Brian Meshkin states, "SpaGen is the ideal nutritional support companion for a lifestyle in which attentive self-care is of the utmost priority. For those who are eating right, exercising, and nourishing their skin, hair, and nails from the outside in, SpaGen is the only solution that provides your own personalized blend of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and antioxidants to nourish the well within you and bring your body into balance."

According to Signature Health Partners founder, Paul Sullivan, R.Ph, "The SpaGen survey is the most comprehensive online health assessment, analyzing the contribution of age, gender, allergies, diet, prescription medications, family medical history and many other factors into a personalization of nutritional supplementation. Compared to assessments and DNA tests used to just give information or qualify persons for 'regular or extra-strength' bottles of pills, SpaGen is completely personalized to the individual taking it and their nutritional protocol changes with them as their health changes."

Compared to other companies in the market providing DNA testing or DNA testing to qualify consumers for 'one-size-fits-all' bottles of pills, SpaGen is very different.

1. SpaGen is completely personalized – No two SpaGen programs are the same.
2. SpaGen offers the highest standards – The genetic analysis is performed in a high-complexity CLIA-certified laboratory certified by the College of American Pathology – the highest laboratory standards in the United States. And the nutritional supplements are manufactured in a facility where the standard operating procedures exceed the requirements of the FDA and the facility operates as "green" facility with eco-friendly materials and processes, including solar power to heat and cool the building and no harmful cleaning chemicals.
3. SpaGen not only considers the "nature" of DNA, but also the "nuture" influence of eating habits, physical activity, prescription medications, healthcare conditions, and many other factors to personalize the program.
4. SpaGen is supported by thousands of clinical studies defining 6,000 medical rules that guide the personalization of the program and supervised by healthcare professionals, including physicians and pharmacists.

SpaGen not only benefits the spa guests, but the SpaGen program offers leading spas a program to continue earning sales from their spa guests after they leave the spa. It is the credibility of the program and benefits to spas that attracted leading spa consultant, Tara Grodjesk, President of TARA Spa Therapy, to endorse the program and invite her industry colleagues to implement this program. Tara states, "I look for leading edge innovation to bring to the spa industry to help drive it forward into true wellness programming. Spas are more than skin and body treatments. Today they are evolving to promote wellness lifestyle. SpaGen is that kind of program which can propel a spa to the next level of personalized programming. Its a program that we at Tara Spa Therapy believe in and can wholeheartedly endorse. It underscores our values and philosophy of Living Wellness."

About SpaGen
SpaGen SpaGen.com is the most comprehensive nutritional support program and it's only available in the world's leading destination, day, and medical spas. Involving a quick swab inside the cheek of the mouth and 15-minute health questionnaire, SpaGen analyzes some key genes and health information to deliver a completely personalized nutritional support program to support anti-aging efforts, skin health, and weight management.

About Salugen
Salugen, Inc., a leading personalized healthcare company, engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of patent-protected genetic tests and companion DNA-customized therapeutics worldwide. With over 30 years of research conducted on the genetic causes and pharmacology of many healthcare concerns, Salugen is a pioneer and leader in delivering personalized medicine. Currently, the Company commercializes nutrigenomic technologies where genetic analysis guides the formulation and delivery of nutritional solutions that are customized to the individual. The company has headquarters in San Diego, CA, with its high-complexity CLIA-certified laboratory services in Los Angeles, CA. For additional information about the company, please visit us at SpaGen.com.

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