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Gone are the days when people used to carry their health records in unwieldy files when visiting a doctor. The advances in technology made it is possible to carry the entire documents in pocket-sized devices like CD-ROMs, pen drives and now on dedicated websites who take the responsibility of saving and updating medical data. To keep a track of our medical history and share and use it when necessary, we need to create a personal health record. Let us try to understand what personal health records can do for us and how can they make our life easy.A personal health record is the consolidated information related to health; stored and managed by an individual. Today, personal health records are also popularly known as, personal health diary, patient health record, or personal medical records. While the concept of personal health records is not new, it has evolved from a stage when these records were stored by the medical professionals and health care providers; to a stage where each person today is keeping their health records by using various technologies such as websites, personal health software and so on. The primary purpose of personal health records is:· To keep a track on personal health and· To help the doctors for providing better care through the valuable health information.Ideally, a personal health record should contain every single bit of information related to your health. The information stored in your personal health record may differ according to the software or

SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH HEALTH CARE We hardly come across a person who may be fully satisfied with the health care delivery system run by either the government or the private sector. This is true not only for developing but for all the developed countries as well. Every law abiding, contributing individual has some legitimate expectations from the state. Disenchantment with present dispensation of health care compels people to seek better options across the borders. Even the present flow rate of patients from developed to developing countries has assumed the proportions of Medical tourism. Medical tourism is not a one-way traffic. Poor from India are known to visit Rashid Hospital at Lahore for kidney transplants. Medical tourism will definitely bring in world class equipment and services in our corporate hospitals. These corporate tertiary care hospitals can act as excellent referral hospitals. Lack of enough clinical material, as the patients are often referred to in medical parleyences is prompting the doctors from developed world into medical adventurism. Very recently two NGO’s headed by renowned plastic surgeons of Indian origin were in India, claiming to their credit hundreds of cleft lip and palate surgeries conducted in one week. During my brief interaction when I asked them one basic question that how do you justify single step surgery by a single specialist for a clinical entity that require 3-5 set up surgeries by 10 specialists over a period of 20 years, there was no answer. On record local doctors conduct

A Family Health insurance offers you medical coverage and various health care benefits in case of unforeseen circumstances. The family health insurance and coverage takes into account the entire health care expenses and long-term nursing or custodial care requirements. To ensure the security of your family, it is imperative that you choose the right health insurance coverage.Whether you are looking for family health insurance coverage or group health insurance coverage, opt for policies that provide optimum health care benefits at affordable premiums. The health care premium plays an important role while deciding on a health insurance. But always give importance to health insurance benefits and coverage.The leading health insurance companies today offer group health insurance and family health insurance coverage with affordable premiums. With increasing heath care costs and greater awareness, people are now buying health insurance like never before. To make the most of this huge scope, the insurance companies are concocting various innovative health insurance plans, such as the floater concept and optimum tax saving plans.The floater insurance is ideal for family’s health care needs. It covers the entire family under one insurance policy and one premium. The benefits/ coverage are shared by all the members of the family.With so many plans in the market, it is important you choose the one that suits you the best wisely. Compare the rates and premiums at which these insurance policies are offered. Also compare the coverage and benefits included. Choose the health insurance plan that satisfies

Natural Health is Quality HealthIn our hectic day to day world, our health is becoming a more important factor in merely keeping pace with the expectations that are demanded of us. More than 65% of Americans are actively seeking new ways to boost energy, contribute to their health in natural and effective ways, or to rearrange their lifestyle to bring more of nature’s balance to the forefront of their daily lives. Natural health carries a wide variety of interpretations, but everyone can agree that natural health is always the preference to chemically induced—symptom covering—pseudo health.Finding Natural Health Products that WorkBusiness is booming in the natural health industry and of course there are ample products out there claiming to provide the benefits of natural health while providing a strong foot hold for energy increase and immune system balance. It can be difficult to find natural health products that live up to their promises. Many “energy drinks” on the market today provide nothing more than a significant amount of B 12 vitamin complexes and caffeine to make you feel as though you have a tremendous amount of energy, at least until that inevitable crash hits. It is not uncommon for those interested in finding natural health products that produce more energy and help balance out the body’s natural system to purchase the realm of available products only to find themselves discouraged and dissatisfied with the result. The average household can spend upwards of $700 per year trying out

Medical tourism has definitely elevated the profession of medical sciences to a great extent. People from various countries like the United States and the UK and from some European countries visit places that offer qualitative yet economical medical services. And medical tourism Mexico is one such destination that offers treatment to its patients with care. This is possible only because of the advancement in the field of medical sciences and information technology.Thanks to the accessibility of internet technology and the information offered on it the person is enabled to get details of various medical procedures that one has to undergo. Moreover, medical tourism has become successful because of the lower traveling and treatment rates. Well you will be surprised to know that medical tourism Mexico is the world’s foremost country to provide treatment to international patients. Hence, you can say that it offers good and inexpensive medical services to people seeking treatment for various diseases. Well you must be aware that medical tourism is an act of traveling to other country to obtain medical, dental and surgical care. And medical tourism Mexico is an ideal destination to get treated well with world class services. The hospitals in Mexico offer treatments for both invasive and non-invasive surgeries. They also provide medical facilities like operating rooms and minor operating rooms, radiology services, laboratory, pharmacy, day procedure unit, health screening services, radiotherapy and chemotherapy services, IVF services, haemodialysis, physiotherapy and dental services.Along with these services, the hospitals are also

Being in poor health seems like a nightmare for you due to expensive treatments and unavailability of desired and affordable services. People, who still avoid taking proper treatment due to these problems, can now take breath of relief, as medical tourism is there to provide them with affordable medical care as well as opportunity to explore new countries. Definitely, the lure of low cost and high tech services is a main reason that is making people desperate to pack their bags. While medical tourism is getting great hype by newspapers, magazines and T.V channels, most people are still unaware that it is becoming the integral part of every major hospital in numerous countries. Countries like India, Thailand, and Singapore are offering exclusive tourism cum medical vacations. No doubt that these countries have plenty of hospitals and clinics those are equipped with every latest technology and apparatus to support their services.Every year more and more patients from all over the world are planning their vacations to get highly specialized and cost effective medical services. U.S. residents, who do not come under any insurance service, are considering overseas medical services more promising. As any insurance company is not liable to bear their medical expenses, they find it better to have treatment in abroad with less expenditure. Medical services in these destination countries are same as other developed countries; so why to pay more if you are getting same services with supplementary advantages. In some countries treatments are supported

With all of the diseases that mosquitoes transmit, it’s medical science against the mosquitoes, and we have to fight hard just to stay even. Herein, a potpourri of facts about one of nature’s most notorious blood-sucking pests.One way to kill a mosquito, if you happen to catch it biting you on a convenient location such as the bicep of the arm, is to tense your skin to trap its little proboscis in your skin, then flex your bicep muscle. This apparently causes the mosquito to burst because of the pressure from your blood vessel, kind of like if you tried to drink from a fire hose. Amongst other experts, this fact has been confirmed by none other than Cecil Adams of the famous “Straight Dope” newspaper column. But even at that his conclusion was: “What’s the point?”Amongst some of the more unusual treatments for mosquito bite, some doctors say that applying a liquid antacid such as Mylanta is effective in relieving the itch and swelling of a mosquito bite. This is because it reduces the acidity of the anticoagulant chemicals in the mosquito’s saliva.The Japanese believe that being reincarnated as a mosquito is the punishment for living a criminal life. Thus, the fate of the immoral in the next life is to be a worthless plague on humanity, despised by all and eventually swatted.Part of the reason mosquitoes are so hard to eradicate is that the mosquito’s total lifespan, going by the average among all species,

Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrainsThe Aspen Health Forum just gathered an impressive group of around 250 people to discuss the most pressing issues in Health and Medical Science.1- Global health problems require the attention of the scientific community. Richard Klausner encouraged the scientific community to focus on Global Problems: maternal mortality rates, HIV/ AIDS, clean water, cancer…2- “Let’s get real…Ideology kills”. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, on what it takes to stop HIV/ AIDS: “I am from Ireland, a Catholic country. And I am Catholic. But I can see how ideology kills..we need more empathy with reality, and to work with local women in those countries.” This session included a fascinating exchange where Bill Frist rose from the audience to defend the role of US aid, explaining how 60% of retroviral drugs in African countries have been funded by the American taxpayer. Which made Nobel Prize Laureate Peter Agre, also in the audience, stand up and encourage the US to really step up to the plate and devote 1% of the GDP to aid, as a number of European countries do, instead of 0.1%.3- Where is the new “Sputnik”?: Many of the speakers had been inspired by the Sputnik and the Apollo missions to become scientists. Two Nobel Prize Laureates talked about their lives and careers trying to demystify what it takes to be a scientist and to win a Nobel Prize. Both are grateful to the taxpayers dollars that funded their research, and insist we

College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University(Representative : Kwang Yul Cha M.D) & CHA Medical Group’s biotechnology venture business, CHA Biotech(Board of Director: Kwang Yul Cha) was established for the development of cell therapy using stem cell that is so-called the “Flower of the Medical Science” in September 2000. CHA Biotec, led by Kwang Yul Cha, is now promoting to form large-scale stem cell institute in both U.S and Korea by building CHA Medical Stem Cell Institute organized of 180 professionals focusing on stem cell treatment and cord blood deposit and transplantation. CHA Medical Group led by Kwang Yul Cha M.D will start constructing ‘CHA Institute’ in 2009 at Pangyo Techno Valley and it is scheduled to open in 2010.‘CHA Group Stem Cell Institute’ has not only research facilities such as stem cell institute, GMP grade sterile culture room which can make the medicines, cord blood bank, immunity vaccine institute, artificial internal organ institute but also life science school, medical school to train professionals. After Stem cell institute is completed, it will be equipped with Lab to Patient System which can pursue clinical demonstration at Bundang CHA Hospital immediately from latest research. And it is expected to joint research with the world’s leading research institute in the stem cell institute. They planned to promote cooperating with the world’s famous stem cell institute such as UCLA(University of California at Los Angeles), Columbia University, Alabama State University , Rice University, University of Southern California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Harvard University

Medical referral services help to find a local physician. With the help of medical referral services, patients can register for community medical events, listen to health expert speakers, and learn about a variety of other health and medical services.Public can use American Academy of Pediatrics or AAP Referral Service, to gain quick information on pediatricians. The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is to provide best physical, mental, and social health to all infants, children, adolescents, and adults.The Academy has 60,000 members for this purpose. They provide comprehensive lists of pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists, and pediatric surgical specialists.Global health service providers such as International Medical Referral & Evaluation find the most suitable specialists offering medical services to treat all the medical problems. The health provider takes full responsibility on coordinating treatment, getting MOH (ministry of health) approval and provisions of travel arrangements.Such types of medical services have an expertise database with the best collection of tools to match with the skills of various medical experts across the globe to solve definite medical problems.Medical Second Opinion:Medical second opinion is the procedure to look for an assessment by some another physician or surgeon to verify the diagnosis and treatment plan of a primary physician, or to provide optional diagnosis or treatment plans.In recent times, Americans are taking more responsibility to take care of their health on their own, as several Americans are familiar with various medical problems and their treatment options. They have started playing an