A “common cold” is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, which is basically your baby’s nose and throat. Congestion and a runny nose are the primary signs of the common cold in babies.

Babies are particularly susceptible to the common cold, due in part to the fact that they are often around other older children who forget

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During our recent journey through sports injuries, we had the good fortune to learn much more than we ever wanted to know about NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like Naproxen and Ibuprofen. The large numbers of relatively new over the counter pain medications made us wonder if any of you remember the much older pain medication

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One of the most common causes of wrist pain in an athlete is a sprained wrist. The pain associated with a wrist sprain typically occurs after an athlete, or even just your average “Joe,” takes a spill on an outstretched hand and the ligaments stretch or tear in the wrist. Common causes of a wrist sprain include calls while participating in

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As the population of the United States ages, it is very likely that you will be caring for an older family member due to either infirmity or insolvency. If you do find yourself in the position of caring for a frail older family member, it is important to know what to do when that family member falls. Knowledge will ensure that you can properly

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As a parent, you have kissed enough hurts away to know that childhood injuries are far too common, and burns in children rank as one of the most frequent accidents. There are a large number of ways to prevent burns in children, like childproofing your home, but the reality is that there will always be accidents that you are unable to prepare

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The old acronym for sports injury treatment, RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), is known by many. The philosophy of this approach is that much of the pain from injury is due to inflammation experienced after injury, so take away inflammation and you remove the pain. Tradition has also called upon us to add over-the-counter non-steroidal

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“RICE” is a mnemonic learning technique for a treatment method for most soft tissue injuries. The acronym stands for rest, ice, compression and elevation. When used appropriately, in non-emergency situations, the recovery duration is usually shortened and is minimized.

“RICE” is considered a first-aid treatment, and should never be

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According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons says, almost 25,000 people every day sprain an ankle. Considering the experiences of this writer with missteps, twists and rolls this statistic is completely unsurprising. It is far too easy to terrible things to your ankles.

If you just kind of “turn” your ankle, experiencing a

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What is Lyme disease?

Lyme disease, often referred to as a Lyme infection, is a bacterial illness that is transferred to humans by the bite of a deer tick. The tick carries a bacterium known internationally as Borrelia burgdorfei. Lyme disease has been reported in the Northeast United States, the Mid-Atlantic, North Central and Pacific

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As of last month, 693 cases of West Nile virus have been reported from 43 states to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disease is hitting the country early this year, with the CDC reporting the highest number of cases in the second week of August since the virus was first detected in 1999. Experts say a mild winter and

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What are “seasonal flu vaccines?”

You will often hear people discussing the “flu shot,” which is actually one of two types of influenza vaccines that protect against the seasonal bouts of the “flu.”

The influenza vaccine (flu shot) is an inactivate vaccine, which is given by needle injection to the arm and contains a dead form of

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The symptoms of the common cold and influenza (the flu) are both very similar, yet treatments differ. It is important to know the difference between the two, so that an effective form of treatment can be implemented. The flu can be treated with certain prescription medications, but the common cold is something that patients typically need to

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Have you ever wondered “what” you need to know when bringing home a new canine companion?

Here is checklist from both MD247 and Pet Assure, covering just about everything you need to know to become an expert in the care of your new puppy.

• It is important to have your new puppy examined by a licensed veterinarian regularly during the first

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Have you ever wondered “how” to train a kitten/cat to use a litter box?  Pet Assure and MD247 have some tips for you!

Cats love cleanliness, as is evident by how often they groom themselves. A clean cat is typically a happy cat. If you take your cat outside when nature calls, you will notice that they have a tendency to bury their waste

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If you are looking for an approach to controlling your cholesterol, we would like to suggest that you try following a low cholesterol diet.

A cholesterol lowering diet isn't that difficult to stick to, given the variety of healthy foods available at most grocery stores. It is important to include healthy grains, fruits, vegetables and lean

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If you have been having trouble teaching your dog a new trick, you may just need to employ a couple basic strategies to get the process on the right track. The number one strategy in making dog training effective is a technique called “progressive ordering.” Basically this means you need to break a trick down into the simplest, most basic

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Dogs can contract viral infections that cause symptoms like the common cold. Common symptoms related to the viral infection include lethargy, runny nose, watery eyes, coughing and possibly sneezing. Though a trip to the veterinarian may become necessary to treat the infection with antibiotics, often these respiratory illnesses can be treated with supportive care at home. Providing your pet with the rest and the nutritional support to get over the cold is the best care you can provide.

• Provide your dog with as much food and water as it wants while it is not feeling well. It is important that the dog's body has the energy to fight off the viral infection. They need a lot of water to avoid dehydration.
• Watch for signs of dehydration in your dog. Buy a sports drink, or electrolyte mix to add to their water and replace fluids that they may be losing to increased mucus production. Check with your veterinarian to make sure the ingredients are safe for your dog.
• Give your dog warm broth if it acts uninterested if you find that it is not interested in dry food. This will provide your dog some caloric intake, and will be soothing to both its stomach and its throat. The heat may also help to clear excess mucus from the dog's airway.
• Put the dog in the bathroom with the hot water running in the shower for about 10 minutes. This will moisten the mucus passages and may make the dog's cough more productive, helping break up the congestion in his lungs and airways.

If your dog shows no improvement after two weeks, it should be taken to see their regular veterinarian.

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The common cold is a viral infection of the upper respiratory system, including the throat, nose, sinus cavities, Eustachian tubes, trachea, larynx and very often the bronchial tubes. While more than 200 different viruses can cause the common cold, roughly 35% - 50% are caused by a group known as rhinoviruses. Almost all colds clear up in less

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) August 20, 2012

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Congestive heart failure is a progressive disease and must not be confused with a heart attack, which involves sudden heart muscle tissue death.

The most common symptoms of congestive heart failure include:

• Shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing, caused by pulmonary edema. This shortness of breath may only manifest itself with exercise,

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Tampa fl (PRWEB) August 20, 2012

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Nearly one-half of the population of the United States of America could be classified as suffering hypertension, which is also commonly termed “high blood pressure.” A staggering 30% - 40% of the nearly 100,000,000 people falling under the category “potential high blood pressure patients” do not even realize that their blood pressure is

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Pets love us unconditionally. They're also great for both our mental and physical health. Caring for pets can boost confidence, prevent loneliness and even lower heart rate and blood pressure in some people.

Growing up with a pet can be wonderful for your children. But remember that although the experience gives kids a sense of responsibility,

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How do I treat the symptoms of bronchitis?

Bronchitis is a medical condition that occurs when the mucous membranes of the bronchial passages in the respiratory tract become inflamed. There are two types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. The common symptoms of either type include an ongoing cough, increased mucus secretion, wheezing and difficulty

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What are the symptoms of asthma?

The symptoms of asthma range from mild to life threatening and vary from patient to patient. It is possible to have infrequent asthma attacks, have symptoms only in certain situations or you could have symptoms all the time.

Signs and symptoms of asthma include:

• Shortness of breath.
• Chest pain or

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) August 13, 2012

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This blog article deviates from our typical “modus operandi,” a phrase that all of you will know from television as “M.O.” or I could just say “we are aiming this one at the kids.” My reasoning is simple, it’s back to school time and I’m still young enough to know that we’ve got a few kids who will work to hit perfect attendance

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Tampa, FL (PRWEB) August 09, 2012

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On July 13, 2012, in Roanoke Virginia, President Barack Obama made a series of remarks which fanned the slightly dying embers of every small business owner’s resolve. The speech gave an often hodge-podge group something to unify for, something to mobilize for and damn well something to be “mad as hell” over in its final run toward the 2012

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Telehealth Expands MNT Therapy
According to the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) OIT June newsletter, five of the six leading causes of death among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are nutrition-related. Unfortunately, most AI/AN communities do not have adequate access to nutrition services.

Telehealth is providing a new service model for healthcare facilities to help AI/AN increase access to Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME). Individual and group telenutrition services as well as DSME are reimbursable services through Medicare for patients with diabetes, end-stage kidney disease, or patients that have received a kidney transplant. Medicare Part B covers individuals and groups diagnosed with non-dialysis kidney disease.

Since 2006, the IHS Telenutrition Program has been providing nationwide individual and groups MNT and other nutrition services using video-conferencing to IHS and tribal facilities. Diane Phillips, IHS Telenutrition Program Director with the Native American Cardiology Program was one of the first registered dietitians in the IHS to deliver MNT services in real-time.

The telenutrition program has provided access to nutrition services to over 1500 patients plus provided over 150 hours of nutrition training to community-based diabetes outreach workers and fitness instructors.

Using telenutirition is strengthening partnerships with tribes and at the same time improving quality and access. Also, telenutrition provides a source of revenue and has been documented in research and at IHS/Tribal health facilities to be well accepted by patients, has proven to be equally effective as in-person encounters, and has been used effectively to expand training to reach isolated and rural providers.

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Telemedicine is a technological marvel that has been transforming medicine for close to fifty years.

Telemedicine includes a variety of services or applications, all of which rely on some type of electronic two-way communication between you and the doctor. Favorites preferred by the marketplace include live video, email communications, your smart

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In an effort to exceed the needs of its program members, MD247.COM announced on August 6, 2012 that the telemedicine provider modifying its blog offerings to include additional health topics.

New categories include back pain, uterine tract infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, allergies and upper respiratory infections. Members of the MD247.COM telemedicine program indicated that they needed to understand the symptoms of a sinus infection, as well as additional common illnesses, so that they can quickly research symptoms. The ultimate goal is to assist program members with getting well faster, or giving them the peace of mind only available through the MD247.COM supplemental telemedicine program.

The MD247.COM blog is available for review at http://www.md247.com/md247-blog.html.

Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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Have you ever wondered if that uncomfortable swelling in your sinuses, specifically the areas both above and behind your eyes, could possibly be a symptom of a sinus infection? With more than 24 million cases of sinusitis reported in the United States each year, there is a very good possibility that you do indeed have a sinus infection caused by

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 Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

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Men often refuse to talk about erectile dysfunction. It can ruin how they view their personal vitality, and how family and friends perceive them. Refusing to talk about erectile dysfunction may mean refusing to discuss possible medical concerns. In reality, erectile dysfunction may mean that there are other medical concerns hampering male

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If one looks at the calendar, it would appear that the days of summer are quickly sliding out of reach and firmly taking their position in the rearview mirror. The mercury, however, tells a different story as we still have the full month of August and its “dog days” heat to suffer through. The tips below are intended to help your four-legged

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Most of us have moments of sadness when we feel lonely or depressed. These feelings are usually normal ones that sometimes take place in life. They can be the result of a loss, having a particularly challenging experience, or a reaction to a hurtful remark. When feelings of sadness and being unable to cope overwhelm the person, so much so that

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Many of the signs and symptoms of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are similar. For both types, there is an excess of glucose in the blood and not enough glucose maintained in the cells of your body. High glucose levels in Type I diabetes are due to a lack of insulin, because the insulin producing cells have been destroyed. Type 2 diabetes occurs when

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 Peptic ulcer disease is a very common condition suffered by more than 4 million people yearly. It could occur in any section of you gastrointestinal tract. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is defined as damage found in your gastro-intestinal (GI) mucosa, particularly that of the lower esophagus, gastric and duodenal areas. Hydrochloric acid combined

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

In an unusual statement to the press, Thomas Meehan explained that the members of his “talk to a doctor” telemedicine staff have charted a new direction for all social media and blogs for the service provider. One of the first social media accounts to be affected by the change is the MD247.COM blog tool Blog.com.

Meehan explained that the shifts in approach have been a practice on the MD247.COM social media accounts since the beginning. Finding a voice in and amongst the 5,000 “web based fix me now” doctor sites is a difficult task and, in order to step out of the shadow, Meehan made the unprecedented move of changing the social media approach to one which incorporates more of what people want . This translates to MD247.COM existing as one of a select few Blog.com accounts encouraging real open discussion regarding current political and economic topics.

The MD247 Social Media Curator has been given the authority to allow polite discussion of topics like national healthcare; the election and the realities of national unemployment rates. She advised that conservatives, liberals, independents, libertarians and all other interested individuals are welcome to conduct polite discussion. The MD247 Blog.com account can be located at http://md247.blog.com/.

When the team behind MD247.COM reviews results in ninety days, they predict that there will be fewer incidents in which a scam informer claims MD247.COM requires a ripoff report.
Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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For anyone who has suffered from either asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, there is a rather dire illness called Bronchitis which causes an inflammation to the lining of the air passages within the lungs. For the rest of the population, henceforth called “the lucky saps that have never had to carry a rescue inhaler,”

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 23, 2012

On July 22, 2012 MD247.COM launched a new companion website, http://www.md247reviews.com, which is intended to first serve as a resource for patrons to leave their own real and unedited MD247.COM reviews. “MD247.COM Reviews” is additionally set to disburse a written educational component, by which telemedicine information will be shared and the necessity for ripoff reports will be averted.

MD247.COM designed the website specifically with concerned consumers in mind, allowing them to directly view MD247.COM reviews directly from the computer keyboards of telemedicine program members. The site is simply intended to give real people an opportunity to become informed about any potential problems, long before they feel the need to become a scam informer or write a scam book.

MD247.COM Reviews will always be allowed to appear as the author intended the curator of the site only requests that language be kept workplace appropriate and anonymity must remain at a minimum. Should a situation arise where an author feels even a first name is “too much information,” there is a policy requiring submissions to reach out to the curator of MD247.COM Reviews with an alternate form of contact.

Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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Tampa, FL (PRWEB) July 16, 2012

On July 16, 2012 Thomas Meehan issued a statement to all current members of the MD247.COM telemedicine program, in which he announced that the supplemental healthcare provider would be expanding its social media activity to the platform Plurk. The reasoning behind the expansion of MD247.COM’s social media

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 We'd like to "introduce" you to the launch of our new MD247.COM scam discussion website, which was designed as a resource for consumers to ask if telemedicine is a "scam" and to learn more about the field of telemedicine.  Take a look at the welcome text, and please be sure to post your questions as soon as the site is live!

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Every online business has had the displeasure of dealing with the abundance of “consumer protection” websites, as well as the legitimate product and business review websites. Each website has its own set of rules regarding the ability of the reviewers to anonymously report the positives and negatives about both products, and experiences with physical businesses. All “consumer protection” sites, as well as even legitimate review sites, prevent business owners from positively resolving consumer concerns without a heavy ransom.

Rather than simply pay $7,000.00 to a “scam” report website, for the removal of customer inquiries, MD247.COM developed a website for concerned consumers to submit directly to MD247.COM scam questions regarding the validity of telemedicine. The site is intended to give real people the opportunity to get a real response regarding their questions, and kick the predatory practices of sites like Ripoff Report; Scam Informer and Scam Book in the seat of their pants.

Check back frequently, because we will soon be launching the software which will let you post your “is this a scam” style questions and you will be able to read our simple health tips too!

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We'd like to "introduce" you to the introduction to our new MD247.COM Reviews website, which was designed as a resource for consumers to share their MD247.COM reviews and to learn more about telemedicine.  Take a look at the introduction text, and please be sure to share your thoughts with us.

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Online businesses are used abundantly by review websites across the internet. Each site has its own unique set of rules regarding the ability of reviewers to anonymously post regarding both products and experiences, but all “consumer protection websites” prevent businesses from positively resolving customer inquiries. MD247.COM decided to throw a monkey wrench in the works, thumbing our nose at Scam Informer; Ripoff Report and Scam Book by allowing consumers to enter their MD247.COM reviews on this site directly. The ultimate goal is to build a machine, by which MD247.COM reviews from consumers can be shared alongside blog articles discussing telemedicine and simple health topics.

This site is for you, our program members, please feel free to enter your MD247.COM reviews once the site is completely launched.  

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 Over the 4^th of July, I was able to take a little time away from the office here in St. Petersburg Florida and ended up with a vicious sunburn that I personally should have been smart enough to expect. My better judgment whispers “you really need to stay out of the sun,” but my “chafes under the orders of others” mentality said “just

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 Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 18, 2012

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With July already upon the Tampa Florida area, it’s important to remain vigilant about the sun and how you can minimize your risk of skin damage. Not only is sun damage unsightly, it can also be a dangerous gateway to more serious health concerns like skin cancer.  With the number of skin cancer cases per year on the rise, both in our

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None of my children cried quite as much as my youngest. That little boy cried the day he was born and I didn’t think he’d ever stop. There just didn’t seem to be anything wrong with him that I could tell. Even his pediatrician was at a loss, saying “maybe it’s colic.” After nine other children, I knew colic and this wasn’t it.

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 Introduction:

At work last week, a co-worker stopped in the middle of our day and looked at his right hand in amazement after it politely dropped the pen he was using. He picked the pen back up with his left hand, placed it back into his right hand and watched in disbelief as it refused to stay put.

He tried again. Plop…clatter. Onto the

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We are well into the “dog days of summer,” which means it’s still time for warm weather and outdoor festivities. Summer days are made even better when they’re shared with our pets. By following a few summer pet care safety tips, you can keep your four-legged friends healthy and enjoy the remaining fun-filled summer months!

• Never

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Influenza, commonly referred to as “the flu,” is a viral infection typically caused either influenza virus A or influenza virus B. Symptoms such as aches, chills, possible fever and a persistent cough can mean that you're coming down with a case of the flu. Common during the winter months, influenza can strike at any time during the year,

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If your diet gave you high cholesterol, it can lower it, too (see part one here).

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If your diet gave you high cholesterol, it can lower it, too.

It's easy to eat your way to an alarmingly high cholesterol level. The reverse is also true, changing what you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the flotilla of fats floating through your bloodstream.

Doing this requires a two-pronged strategy: Add foods that lower LDL,

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Your dog gives you a lifetime of unconditional love, loyalty and companionship. In return, he counts on you to provide him with food; water; safe shelter; regular veterinary care; exercise; friendship and more. Take care of these final 5 essentials, and you'll be assured to develop a rewarding relationship with your canine friend. Please

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Your dog gives you a lifetime of unconditional love, loyalty and companionship. In return, he counts on you to provide him with food; water; safe shelter; regular veterinary care; exercise; friendship and more. Take care of these 5 essentials, and you'll be assured to develop a rewarding relationship with your canine friend. Please remember that

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The days of summer may be fading fast, but the sun has plans of staying around for a while. People heading to the beach during both the remainder of July, as well as all of August should take precautions. With nearly 3.5 million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed annually, beach goers need to take sun protection more seriously than ever. More

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My dad was a diabetic who managed his personal health in a very haphazard manner, eventually passing away at age 63 due to complications associated with kidney failure. In my years of dealing with his personal illness, I was lucky enough to learn some of the tips and tricks that would allow him to enjoy summer barbeques (a favorite in our

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 More pets go missing around the 4th of July than any other single time of year, and noisy fireworks are to blame.

Here are 4 simple tips on how to keep pets safe, thereby avoiding becoming a statistic. In addition to the four “main” tips, you will also find one “bonus” tip guaranteed to make finding Fido a bit easier if he does manage

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A barbecue with family, friends and fantastic food is a great way to spend the 4^th of July weekend! If fireworks, sparklers or anything else that goes “boom” is part of the agenda MD247 would like to recommend the following safety tips to all of our telemedicine program members.

1. Keep a ready source of water available, such as a

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 If you are concerned about eating the “wrong” things over the 4^th of July, all you need to do is follow these 6 tips to prevent post cookout regret:

1. Use small plates.  Research proves that people who choose smaller plates and utensils will eat up to 50 percent fewer calories, while still feeling just as full and satisfied as those who

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The health care frontier in the United States over the last fifty years has been illustrated by soaring fees for services, increasing expenses accrued by doctors and a predisposition toward excluding participants with preexisting medical conditions. In short, the health of our greatest national asset became a matter of Russian roulette due to a simple matter of cash.

Defined with a broad stroke, telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare service or transmission of health and wellness information using telecommunication technology.

MD247 was established to eliminate our collective epidemic of a demographic group age 24 – 64 either outright lacking health care coverage, or possessing a minimal amount of health care coverage which quickly builds out of pocket expenses. The mechanism for delivery of a large scale affordable supplemental health care option could only be viable utilizing the technologies associated with telemedicine, and therein a company capable of serving the minor and major medical needs of 50,000 families was born.

MD247 works on foundation of strict in-house client servicing, refusing to allow its family of regular clients to be forced into tense calls with outsourced workers. This attention to providing a “real” face to the 15,000 families joining MD247 each week, also allows for a fascinating and airtight set of on-site personal data protection practices.

None of these ideas would be possible without the strong hand of MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan “at the rudder” of this health care ship. Meehan’s twenty-five years in private business have provided him the unique opportunity to design a business model that protects customers. Firsthand customer interaction also opened his mind to the true necessity for supplemental telemedical health care.

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Concierge Telemedicine? Concierge Telehealth? Telemedicine? Telehealth? The management team responsible for the innovative MD247 supplementary telemedicine healthcare program has heard ever skeptical uttering of keywords associated with the telemedicine industry. In an effort to both battle the skeptics, and work in conjunction with fellow industry professionals, MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan issued an announcement to invite Tampa doctors to explore the possibility of blog exchanges commencing in July 2012.

The idea behind the blog exchange is to take a Tampa doctor/Tampa nurse who currently maintains a blog, or actively participates as a writer for a blog as a guest writer, and introduce that writer to the loyal readers on the MD247 website and social media accounts. The MD247 team of writers would then be responsible for providing the guest author an article drafted from the MD247 telemedicine perspective for his or her own website, blog or social media account.

Meehan invites all interested writers to contact MD247 telemedicine at mgermann@md247.com, with the subject line “Blog exchange,” to indicate their interest in learning more about the innovative approach to sharing industry information.

Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Tampa Doctor/Talk to a Tampa Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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With hurricane season in full swing, it’s important for the pet owner to be prepared and plan prior to a major storm this summer. Natural disasters occur all over the world, and whether it be a flash flood, hurricane, tornado or an earthquake you’ll need extra arrangements made to ensure the safety of your pet.

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

On Monday June 18th, the MD247 Social Media Team announced that it would officially be carrying all telemedicine blog articles typically run on the website http://md247.com/md247-blog.html. All MD247 blogs had previously been featured on the sites SocialNetgate, Blog.com, Blogger, LiveJournal, Posterous, Tumblr and TypePad.

A blog is a discussion, or information site published on the internet consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often were themed on a single subject. Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries; yet still others function more as online brand advertising of a particular individual or company. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual.

The MD247 telemedicine blog discuses all things related to telemedicine, as well as general health and wellness issues.

Telemedicine connects doctor and patient at any time, on any day of the week, across the miles and from home or work and any other location. The doctor’s office is really all of time and space.

Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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Home tips and tricks for dealing with bronchitis.

1: Humidify Your Environment

Coughing is actually good for you. It's the body's way of eliminating the infection that causes bronchitis. So, instead of stifling a cough with an over-the-counter suppressant, help it along by using a cool-mist humidifier to add moisture to the air. (Take care

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Are you looking for ways to kick start your heart-healthy lifestyle? Start by checking out your diet. Poor food choices can have a negative effect on your heart, weight and overall health; but making minor, sustainable changes to improve your diet can have an ongoing impact. There is a lot of misinformation about which foods are or aren't

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Any time you self-medicate symptoms; there are a number of questions you need to ask yourself. Consider these 4 questions before using an over the counter asthma medication:

1. How do I know for sure this is asthma?When you have asthma you will likely experience classic asthmasymptoms such as:
   • Wheezing
   • Chest tightness
   • Shortness of

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“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle

Around a week ago, my mother introduced me to a work friend with the descriptor, “she works on Facebook all day long.” I wasn’t quite sure what to think about that, because my mom seemed pretty happy to tell someone that I haunted the land of Farmville and her friend

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"Be a Man". The traditional ideal involves a lot, from when little boys on the verge of tears are told to "suck it up and be a man", to adulthood, when it's a given that a man ‘takes care of his own’ (which may also include his~n~hers elderly parents).

There are bills to be paid, necessities of life to be purchased, lawns to be mowed, and

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“Mortimer Brew…” – Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace

It’s completely possible for even a partial line in a theatrical production to give away the temperament of a character. That idea is illustrated in the first few scenes of Arsenic and Old Lace, when the tightly wound Mortimer Brewster attempted to keep his impending

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Tampa, FL (PRWEB) June 18, 2012 Thomas Meehan announced on Monday morning that the leading Florida provider of supplemental telemedicine healthcare was “prepared to decrease overall healthcare expenses through the application of telemedicine.”

Thomas Meehan explained that there is a reported 46 million people in the United States without healthcare insurance, beyond the minimum level of emergency room care provided by a 1968 federal law. Meehan explained the law actually causes increases in healthcare expenses across the board, with participating hospitals forcing the expense of free care into other treatment areas.

His contention was that there needs to be a middle ground, or area of compromise, by which the non-emergency medical situations could be treated outside the confines of traditional medical care. MD247 is prepared to offer a viable option, first to residents of the State of Florida, through the use and application of unique medical services at a distance using telecommunications technology. The medical process is called “telemedicine,” and Florida residents are encouraged to learn more by visiting the new and easily navigable MD247 website at http://www.md247.com.

Meehan invites residents of the Tampa Bay area to contact MD247, and request an in-person meeting to discuss both the positive aspects and the negative aspects associated with telemedicine. The discussion is set to include information regarding potential overall decreases to the expenses incurred by the insured, potential applications for telemedicine and how it is possible to become an advocate for healthcare change.

Largo Florida based MD247.COM (MD247; MD/247; MD 247; M.D.247; MD-247) provides an affordable telemedicine supplement to existing healthcare services. MD247.COM telemedicine program members have unlimited telephone access to a nationwide medical support team, all with just a single phone call to the MD247.COM telemedicine Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse Hotline. MD247.COM has a virtual platoon of registered nurses; board certified physicians and a support staff available to members for all non-emergency situations. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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In a victory for citizens nationwide, the Michigan State Senate passed legislation on June 5^th to specify that healthcare insurance providers could not require in-person contact between a doctor and a patient for services appropriately provided through telemedicine. This piece of legislation allows patients to be reimbursed through the healthcare policy.  The Senate action followed earlier action taken by the Michigan House. Of particular note is that the services that are covered under this legislation are already covered under Medicaid, making it common sense that they were made available to private insurers as well.

The nationwide victory is simply that patients in rural areas often live quite a distance from the local hospital, and this legislation will ensure that they receive high quality healthcare without burden.

Check out the source article.

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Today I had the good fortune to find the film His Girl Friday, a 1940 Howard Hawks classic screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel. The film chronicles the adventure of an intrepid female reporter, Hildegard Johnson, as she momentarily falls for the allure of a “normal” life with a bland man. The life she is considering

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I had to listen to a mix tape of “I don’t have one” and “I just may be dying” today.

There wasn’t an actual tape that I was listening to, but there was a mother claiming that her sniffles were both “nothing” and the “end of the world” over a span of several hours. It was like having a living/breathing Google session in my

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Kids today aren’t like kids were in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s or even 80s.

The days of “cops and robbers,” kickball and sunburn earned during a hard day live back with my memories of E.T. and Indiana Jones. That loss makes me a little sad to think about, but the reality is that families are a lot different now than they were in the not so

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Being the curator of a blog discussing technological medical advances, I felt obligated to attend the premier of the film Prometheus on Friday evening. I know that my plan was simply a thinly veiled attempt to escape my computer  and talk of telemedicine for a few hours, but I was tired and I bought the logic.

For those of you unfamiliar

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As the curator of this blog, I was asked to pull together a dire warning about the impending blistering wrath of the sun god Ra. That’s basically a fancy way of stating that “I was asked to warn readers about the subject of sunburn.” With about fifty stores down the street from you carrying one brand of sunscreen or another, you can see

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I’m going to admit outright that I’m like the Terminator when it’s time to talk to a doctor.

That’s the “searching for Sarah Connor” Terminator from the 1984 James Cameron classic film, not any of the subsequent “Arnold can’t be the bad guy” iterations in The Terminator series. The description isn’t meant to imply that

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Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology.

Raise your hand if you have absolutely no idea what the definition of telemedicine, as provided above, actually means to your mother or your neighbor across the street. The definition of telemedicine honestly doesn’t do us any good

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 (PRWEB) May 21, 2012

On Monday MD247.COM explained to members of the press that telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies, in order to provide clinical healthcare at a distance. The end goal is to eliminate distance barriers, in order to improve access to medical services that often would not be consistently

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We can all agree that people are very often nervous when they talk to a doctor.

It isn’t paranoia to feel like your doctor is intentionally choosing to pay attention ONLY to your written chart.

It’s also a sad reality that respect for the patient, and their value in society, is an idea that is long lost in medicine.

Medicine has changed a lot over the last twenty-five years. The culture in the Emergency Room, the clinic and many other urgent care centers has changed from a world in which treatment just occurred based upon symptoms. It was replaced with a system of more regulations, a frontier of lawsuits and a disconnection from the idea that each and every patient is a person. In short, cash became king due to the high cost of doing business.

Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients using telecommunications technology, and it has the ability to eliminate the overhead associated with the practice of modern medicine. This is overcome by the practice being conducted in a way that allows the doctor to eliminate the middleman, and connect directly with the person who is ill. Telemedicine effectively takes the issues of nervousness, perceived paranoia and profound feelings of disrespect and tells both doctors and patients to “stop worrying and just do what you do best.”

Telemedicine connects doctor and patient at any time, on any day of the week, across the miles and from home or work and any other location. The doctor’s office is really all of time and space.

More information about the way that telemedicine works, and how it ALWAYS give a patient the opportunity to talk to a doctor can be found on http://www.md247.com! We encourage anyone looking for a supplemental healthcare option to consider the MD247 telemedicine program.

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Common Courtesy:

Common Courtesy is a conventional but unwritten code of practice followed by members of any of certain professions or groups when dealing with strangers, or informal acquaintances.

Do you ever get the impression that your doctor doesn’t respect what you are saying?

Do you ever wonder if your doctor isn’t taking your

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It’s a nearly universal experience. You talk to a doctor, yet you’re sure that they didn’t listen or chose not to hear what you were saying. This isn’t paranoia. The doctor really probably didn’t hear what you said. The question is, “why” didn’t the doctor choose to listen during your discussion?

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Are you ever nervous, impatient or a little frightened when you talk to a doctor in his office?

Do you ever feel like you’re rushed when you talk to a doctor, possibly forgetting some of your own questions?

It’s true that visits to a doctor’s office often result in moments where we ask ourselves if a doctor “heard” what you said, or if the doctor really listened. The cold reality is that an appointment to talk to a doctor often leads nowhere for a patient, aside from a sense of frustration and potential sadness. The real question is “why” does this happen so frequently or, even more importantly, “why” this is allowed to happen at all?

The simple reality of the situation is that doctors, the people who are meant to “do no harm,” are under an increasingly tremendous amount of pressure to see patient after patient each day. Both waiting rooms and examination rooms serve as cattle holding pens, “comfortably” maintaining the human stock that a doctor desperately needs to cover for the high overhead and low reimbursement fees. It’s a bureaucracy built on the expense of actually doing what they love.

The system of high debt load, massive expense to do business and the realities of insurance reimbursement develop a medical frontier where having a chance to talk to a doctor for more than a few seconds is a dream.

MD247 has a way to solve this with the use of telemedicine, but the idea of expense being the only problem everyone encounters when they try to talk to a doctor is ridiculous. Be sure to follow our series on this topic.

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An integrated healthcare delivery system is typically a managed healthcare system in the United States that includes a hospital that provides immediate, or acute, medical care. The hospital care is complemented by a multispecialty care delivery system, often using technological advances, and the ability to contract for extra necessary services. On

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Integrated healthcare is not a "new" idea in the medical community -

In the western world we have been provided a unique opportunity to enjoy the technological advances of conventional western medicine. The practice is based upon the “Theory of Diseases,” which believes that a person becomes sick because he or she contracts a disease.

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Telemedicine leader MD247 announced a brand new Facebook "Deal of the Day." Learn more by visiting http://www.facebook.com/md247dotcom.

Tampa Florida (PRWEB) May 30, 2012

MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan announced a new “Deal of the Day” on Tuesday, using the Facebook “offers” program to make the supplemental telemedicine healthcare system

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MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan announced a post-Memorial Day "Deal of the Day," in which the telemedicine program is available for 50% off for life ONLY on Facebook.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 30, 2012

MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan launched a new “Deal of the Day” on Tuesday, using the Facebook “offers” program to make the integrated healthcare

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In a drastic move to protect the health and wellness of our MD247 telemedicine program members, we issued an official retraction of our March 26, 2012 nationally distributed press release. The retracted health and wellness oriented press release was entitled “Telemedicine Specialist MD247.COM Provides Female Program Members with Information about Heart Attack Symptoms.”

The March 26, 2012 press release detailed the medical symptoms a woman might experience when suffering a heart attack, and it was meant to serve as an informative and direction providing guide for female readers. The MD247 telemedicine team determined that it was preferable to have program members contact the 24/7 Talk to a Doctor Hotline, or the 24/7 Talk to a Nurse Hotline to discuss non-emergency medical questions regarding potential cardiac symptoms.

MD247 reminds all readers that the telemedicine program is unable to address medical emergency questions, and any/all such questions must be directed toward local immediate emergency assistance.

The telemedicine services MD247 provides are meant to serve as a “supplement” or “enhancing” agent for traditional healthcare policies. MD247 telemedicine is never meant to serve as a replacement for ANY traditional healthcare policy.

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MD247.COM Founder Thomas Meehan alerted national media on this week regarding the continuation of the first in a series of telemedicine specials which are available exclusively on the MD247 telemedicine social media Facebook business page.

The specials discussed by Meehan have the official tag “Deal of the Day,” and represent extreme savings that the discounted healthcare provider will be making available to new MD247 telemedicine program members. The extended first “Deal of the Day” is a ninety day (three month) membership in the MD247.COM telemedicine program for a fee of only $29.95, which is a total savings of 50% off of normal program prices. The telemedicine provider is making it possible for people seeking supplemental healthcare options to talk to a doctor for a significantly discounted rate, when one compares it to the $80.00(+) cash payment required when visiting an Urgent Care Clinic. Meehan indicated that the “Deal of the Day” was designed to put money back in the economy and, if that made it necessary for the MD247 telemedicine program to operate at a loss on the specials, then that was what the company would need to do.

The extended first MD247 “Deal of the Day” goes live again at http://www.facebook.com/md247dotcom on May 29th, and will only be available to interested parties who visit the Facebook page to retrieve the MD247 telemedicine sales hotline number. The telemedicine sales hotline number being provided on May 29th will differ from all other MD247 sales call lines, meaning it must be used in order to redeem the special pricing.

MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan also reminded all potential MD247 telemedicine program members, that the services MD247 provides are meant to serve as a “supplement” or “enhancing” agent for healthcare. MD247 telemedicine is never meant to serve as a replacement for ANY traditional healthcare policy.

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“Perhaps someone somewhere will create something so beautiful it will change the world.” - Unknown

Telemedicine has a reputation for being viewed as dull, confusing or a mix of a ripoff and a scam wrapped in the language of fear. Here at MD247, we have found that we are less than satisfied that telemedicine is considered the black sheep

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