If you notice periods of depression that accompany the seasonal changes during a calendar year, you may suffer from something called seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The condition is marked by recurrent depressive periods, manifesting in late fall and early winter, alternating with periods of normal or high mood through the remainder of the year.

The majority of people with seasonal affective disorder are women, with the first signs of illness displaying when the patient is in her early to mid-twenties. It is possible for men to report that they are experiencing symptoms of seasonal affective disorder that are similar in severity to their female counterparts. Children and adolescents may also display symptoms of seasonal affective disorder, but it is thought that younger patients manifesting symptoms of SAD are more likely to have one close relative with a psychiatric condition.

What are the patterns of seasonal affective disorder?

The symptoms of winter seasonal affective disorder typically appear in October and diminish as the calendar approaches either March or April. The possibility exists for some patients to remain healthy well into the month of December, hitting their own downward spiral as late as the dawn of the New Year. No matter when the onset, the majority of patients do not feel completely like themselves until such early May. This may all sound rather hopeless, but the depression is often mild to moderate and few patients have required hospitalization. It is even more rare for a case that does require hospitalization to reach a “point of no return” requiring ECT (electroconvulsive therapy).

The usual symptoms of winter seasonal affective disorder include:

1. Oversleeping.
2. Daytime fatigue.
3. Weight gain.
4. Carbohydrate craving.
5. Decreased sex drive.
6. Hopelessness.
7. Social withdrawal.
8. Lethargy.

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According to the Asthma and allergy Foundation of America, an estimated fifty million Americans suffer from spring allergies. Unfortunately, the latest studies suggest that the number of spring allergy sufferers is on the upswing rapidly.

While these numbers show no relief, medical professionals and researchers continue to build innovative ways

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If you plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the old fashioned way, the luck of the Irish most likely will not save you from being hung-over on Monday morning. There are some simple things you can do before and after you party to help you find a speedy recovery after that party. One of the best ways to put a hangover on hold is to ensure

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Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) March 12, 2013

MD247 issued a review of better health practices to all of its telemedicine program members on March 12, 2013. The alert covered outdoor exercise techniques that men and women of all ages can build into their daily outdoor spring activities.

MD247 explained that spring is the perfect season for getting additional exercise, particularly outdoor exercise that allows people to enjoy the fresh spring air. There are many types of outdoor exercise that extend across the width and breadth of the entire season, each having its own benefits for the body. Activities suggested by the supplemental health services provider include:

• Building a backyard garden.
• Visiting your local Farmer’s Market.
• Running errands outdoors.

MD247 explained that while MD247 continues to add supplemental health ideas to help members build a better life this spring, it also continues to encourage all readers to send ideas for MD247 reviews to the MD247 blog editor at mgermann(at)md247(dot)com.

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. MD247.COM believes in Better Business Bureau reviews, and encourages frequent reviews of customer care policies by customers with our staff. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) March 11, 2013

MD247 issued a review of better health practices to all of its telemedicine program members on March 11, 2013. The alert covered outdoor exercise techniques that men and women of all ages can build into their daily outdoor spring activities.

MD247 explained that spring is the perfect season for getting additional exercise, particularly outdoor exercise that allows people to enjoy the fresh spring air. There are many types of outdoor exercise that extend across the width and breadth of the entire season, each having its own benefits for the body. Activities suggested by the supplemental health services provider include:

• Soccer for cardiovascular health.
• Hiking and walking for cardiovascular health.
• A multi-activity outdoor boot camp.
• A local co-ed flag football league.
• A bicycling group.

MD247 explained that while MD247 continues to add supplemental health ideas to help members build a better life this spring, it also continues to encourage all readers to send ideas for MD247 reviews to the MD247 blog editor at mgermann@md247.com.

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. MD247.COM believes in Better Business Bureau reviews, and encourages frequent reviews of customer care policies by customers with our staff. More information about MD247.COM is available online at http://www.md247.com.

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It is that time of the year again! The sun is shining on us longer, and the cold days are slowly starting to taking on a little more warmth. Soon, the birds will begin chirping and our friends to the north will start to spot bits and pieces of green grass. Spring is definitely in the air, and it is the perfect time to breathe it in and get

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If you are sensitive to outdoor allergens, you will have symptoms that often start in the spring and kick back up at various times of the year. The pollens causing allergy symptoms include tree pollens, grass pollens, weed pollens, ragweed pollen and tumbleweed pollen. Keep in mind that each of these allergen producers will grow from spring

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Spring is nearly here! That means spring cleaning, spring fever, spring training and the dreaded spring allergies for a large portion of the population! The budding trees, green grass and Technicolor flowers are beautiful to look at but they also make your eyes and nose sore.

Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, commonly called hay fever, is caused

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MD247 announced this week that it would be inviting participation of telemedicine program members on the company Facebook social media page. The goal for member participation and engagement is to aggregate all ongoing real time reviews from live telemedicine program members, and for those MD247 reviews to serve as telemedicine testimonials. The consumer participation as a whole serves as one component in a larger plan to verify that telemedicine is not a scam, a fraud or any type of medical ripoff.

MD247 determined that ongoing interaction of telemedicine program members on the Facebook page was both necessary and appropriate, when one looks at the new way that consumers determine their purchases. All team members recognized that consumers are visiting Facebook to review a myriad of products that range from things like favorite food to telemedicine programs. Implementing a canned broadcast system of Facebook posts, while choosing to ignore the thoughts and engagement of MD247 telemedicine program members, was considered an improper approach to customer care. The ultimate goal of the social media plan is to get everyone comfortable enough to provide MD247 reviews on the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/md247dotcom.

Largo Florida based MD247 (MD 247; MD/247; M.D. 247; MD247.COM) provides discounted telemedicine healthcare services nationwide to families, and discounted wholesale telemedicine healthcare to businesses. MD247 has successfully provided 25,000 people the ability to talk to a doctor twenty-four hours a day, talk to a nurse twenty-four hours a day, receive discounted prescription drugs and receive discounted in-person healthcare services. In addition to discounted healthcare services, MD247 provides support to groups supporting the employment of veterans of the United States Armed Services. MD247 services, as well as informational blogs, can be found for review online at http://www.md247.com.

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Whether you are jet-setting out of town to find some snow, or heading into town to find some beautiful time on the beach, vacation can means a few dehydrating and stressful hours on an airplane before you reach your final destination.

If you are gearing up for a long flight, make sure you are prepared so you can make those hours in the air as

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It turns out that the flu shot for the 2012/2013 flu season is doing a startlingly bad job of protecting on of the most vulnerable age groups, the elderly.

The vaccine is proving only nine percent effective in people age sixty-five and older against the harsh strain to the flu virus that is predominant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained in a recent report. Health officials are baffled as to why this is the case, but it does help to explain why so many older United States residents have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu during this flu season.

Despite this information, the Centers for Disease Control stand by their recommendation that everyone over the age of six months of age get flu shots. This recommendation includes the elderly, because those who any person who has been vaccinated and still gets sick may suffer less severe symptoms.

While this information can be distressing, it is important to understand that flu shots tend to protect younger people better than older ones. Elderly people have weaker immune systems that do not respond as well to flu shots.

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) February 21, 2013

MD247 issued a statement to telemedicine program members on Wednesday discussing the topic of Better Business Bureau (BBB) ratings, and its relationship to the MD247 Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating.

MD247 explained to telemedicine program members that it is not interested in pursuing an accredited rating at this time, preferring instead to devote funds required for accreditation to improve internal customer care policies. MD247 explained to members that Better Business Bureau accreditation requires yearly dues that average around $500.00 for most businesses.

MD247 made its decision to avoid the accreditation process at this time, as it is possible for even a few complaints to drop an A rating quickly. MD247 prefers an open and transparent model for customer care issues over the policy required for any and all businesses choosing Better Business Bureau accreditation.

MD247 explains that if program members have any questions regarding the MD247 Better Business Bureau rating, they should please feel free to contact MD247 staff at cs(at)md247(dot)com.

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 Chat With 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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Telemedicine provider MD247 asked a cross-section of the public Tuesday if they have ever been in a position where influenza symptoms strike, either themselves or a loved one, leaving the person experiencing flu symptoms and looking for the advice of someone capable of providing an expedient course of treatment? MD247 understands it is frightening to chart the course alone, trying to sort through the advice of well-meaning friends and the abundance of over-the-counter medications. The end result of illness for most of people is often either a “wait and see” mentality, which leaves one emotionally drained and physically exhausted, or a bank account draining “urgent care awaits” mentality. Neither option provides a patient, or caregiver, with the kind of satisfaction and peace of mind they really need but most people do not realize that there is a better answer. With this, MD247.COM introduced a new alert article to its program members recently covering flu symptoms. The new alert to patients will appear in the MD247 ripoff report article series, and will be followed by additional flu symptoms warnings.

The MD247 blogging team reminds all MD247 telemedicine program members that MD247 ripoff debunking article series is meant to serve as an informal educational tool, and always suggests that members talk with a Los Angeles doctor about any questions they may have.

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) February 04, 2013 Provider of unique telemedicine services, MD247, polled a cross-section of the public over the weekend to see if they have ever been in a position where illness strikes and they are left with few options for seeking medical assistance at 3:00 AM. It is frightening to handle any medical issue alone, trying to sort through the advice of well-meaning friends and treatments that may possibly have a ripoff report filed against them. The end result of illness for most people is a "wait and see" mentality, which leaves the patient tapped emotionally or tapped financially if someone waits too long to seek necessary treatment. Neither option provides a patient or a caregiver with the kind of satisfaction and peace of mind they really need, but most us do not realize that there is a better option.

With the information from this poll in hand, MD247 introduced the public to the only legitimate supplemental telemedicine program and its ongoing strategy of educating the public regarding simple health topics. All MD247 debunking of ripoff treatments and education regarding health topics takes place in a series of blog articles called "MD247 Reviews Remedies." The article series is intended to provide peace of mind to patients, and provide a full review of all of the seasonal viruses patients typically encounter.

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 Chat With a Docto r/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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Millions of Americans gathered around their television sets on Sunday for one of the nation’s most celebrated events, the Super Bowl. This year’s game took place in the shadow of studies that show football damages the health of the men playing the game, often leading to depression and suicide. The damage caused by football typically manifests itself in football induced brain damage, brought about by inadequate safety equipment and massive hits to make the ESPN highlight reel. Nearly 4,000 former players are currently suing the NFL over this type of injury.

The question becomes whether or not the league can fix the problems, and remain popular, or if the league will just fall into obscurity?

Please keep in mind that MD247 is unable to provide medical advice regarding traumatic brain injury, but we are interested in debating the pros and cons of improving NFL safety. If you would like to discuss the topic of finding some way to protect our children and the pros, when they hit the gridiron, be sure to visit our Facebook page to look for the discussion.

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With the start of the New Year, it is common for many of us to share the resolution to get healthy. This resolution is typically much easier said than done, because changing old eating habits and getting into a new exercise routine are actually quite difficult. To get the resolution to a good start in 2013, try adopting some of these healthy

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With 2013 dawning, many of us are looking back across the width and breadth of the Year 2012 to determine just what was good and what was bad about the past year. Events can be viewed from a physical perspective, a mental perspective and a spiritual perspective to see what worked well and what needs a little extra work!

2013 is the perfect

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With 2013 knocking on the door, MD247 would like to review a few safety tips to ensure you make it safely through the final day of 2012.

Drinking:

While this goes under the common sense rule, DO NOT SIT YOUR DRINK DOWN ANYWHERE! A lot of times people are too trusting within their surroundings, and tend to put their drink down where anyone can

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When Guests Arrive for the Party

The excitement of guests arriving and departing from your home during a New Year’s Eve party may be overwhelming to your dog. If he is not already trained not to charge to the door, may be wise to either close or gate Rover in another room until all of your guests have arrived. This will prevent your dog

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If you are prepared to clean up your diet and get in shape this year, it is time to stay on top of your New Year’s resolutions by setting some realistic goals. Cutting calories, avoiding junk food and more physical activity will help you reach your 2013 diet goals much faster but there are several other things you need to do to keep your

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Many of our readers know and love yoga, but we often run into a number of people who have some common misconceptions about yoga; and people who have experienced a yoga horror story at a “trial” class. Classes like “Fit and Flexible Yoga,” or “Water Yoga for You” tend to frighten these people and that is nearly tragic because yoga

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With the holidays nearly upon us, we wanted to ask if your kitchen is prepared for any situation requiring a first aid kit. Do you know how to best treat a cut, how do you handle a burn and what do you do if someone suffers an allergic reaction? Take a moment to review our MD247 first aid tips, and we do always encourage all telemedicine

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The holiday season is meant to be a joyful time but, for many friends and family members, the pressures of the preparation can be daunting. To complicate matters beyond the “right” gift choice, something as simple as the family Christmas tree in the living room can trigger an allergic reaction.

Incessant sneezing is no way to spend the holidays, but live Christmas trees are known to often carry microscopic mold spores that can trigger allergy symptoms including sneezing, watery eyes and an itchy nose. A study by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology reported on in the December 2007 U.S. News & World Report indicates that live Christmas trees can adversely affect indoor air quality. The study was conducted because of the steady increase of asthma and sinus complaints among patients each winter.

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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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Tampa fl (PRWEB) August 20, 2012

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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, 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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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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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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 Tampa Florida (PRWEB) July 18, 2012

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

MD247 announced the launch of its LinkedIn supplemental telemedicine discussion group on Monday morning. The LinkedIn discussion group was launched to foster discussion regarding the field of supplemental telemedicine, garner product reviews and build a community of small and large business owners looking to positively enhance the face of healthcare for their employees. The MD247 telemedicine team explained that people are the key component in ANY healthcare program, and MD247 needed to create a group where everyone felt comfortable contributing to the discussion.

The MD247 LinkedIn discussion group is open for membership by clicking here. Members of the LinkedIn telemedicine discussion group can share best practices, suggestions for enhancing the product, questions and read about the latest news from the team behind MD247.

LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, LinkedIn is mainly used for professional networking between businesses. LinkedIn has more than 135 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish and Japanese. LinkedIn has 21.4 million monthly unique United States based visitors and 47.6 million visitors globally. The LinkedIn website allows registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people with whom they have some level of relationship.

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 Florida (PRWEB) May 14, 2012

Threatened future Medicare limits have aging Baby Boomers scrambling for supplemental healthcare options. MD247 offers the ready, willing and able patient population a quality of life enhancing option with the MD247 telemedicine program.

According to a recent review, the global telemedicine industry is

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Miami Florida (PRWEB) May 13, 2012

Supplementary health enhancing medical services available to patients using telemedicine technology has a reputation for being available only to elite. The term concierge is frequently dropped, secret under the table invitations are the rumor and ninety-nine percent of the public in the United States has no

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Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 13, 2012

Supplementary telemedicine healthcare services are typically sold to interested parties one program membership at a time, creating an isolated program participant who often believes that the program is a scam. To quell the claims of both the pessimists and skeptics, MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan granted his telemedicine team the ability to sell program membership wholesale to large employers.

MD247 will also have wholesale telemedicine program options available to resellers of traditional insurance.

Meehan explains that the goal of offering large employers the opportunity to purchase the telemedicine program wholesale is to build a base of satisfied members, and provide a quality of life enhancing medical service. The MD247 Sales Team invites all interested business owners to submit an information request via the MD247 Facebook business page.

MD247 is a telemedicine resource that program members can use to talk to a doctor regarding non-emergency medical situations, all from the comfort of their own living room or place of employment. Telemedicine program members are able to route any/all non-emergency medical questions through a 24/7 hotline where they first talk to a nurse, the call is then forwarded to a state licensed doctor. After a program member has a chance to talk to a doctor, the doctor will determine if it is necessary and appropriate to call a prescription in to the local pharmacy.

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 Florida (PRWEB) May 12, 2012

MD247 acknowledges that supplemental telemedicine healthcare services are not the topic of conversation in homes across the United States. History looms over the subject, technological babble covers the frontier and it leaves the masses unprotected by the potential enhancement that telemedicine can grant to the life of a family. MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan recognizes the shortfall for this specialized medical field, and has made the decision to tackle it by providing the Marketing Team at MD247 the opportunity to write “real world” content for the telemedicine website.

The “real world” content proposed by Meehan is intended to provide people who are dealing with the telemedicine product the opportunity to write scripts for use on the MD247 website. The goal is to answer questions that the telemedicine service provider faces every day, effectively building a better educated telemedicine consumer. Meehan went on to explain that the company always wants to leave their clients satisfied, preventing customer care or customer service situations from ever escalating to the point of dissatisfaction.

In order to make the process of content creation both interesting and competitive, MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan has discussed the potential for bonuses paid to employees who write a script which gets used. The company makes a frequent practice of rewarding employees for creativity, production and positive outcome regarding customer care situations.

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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A recent article created in collaboration between Kaiser Health News and USA Today inspired us to pull together an article discussing a little bit about why insurers are now embracing telemedicine for plan members.

Once it was thought that insurers would never embrace the idea of a virtual doctor appointment for their plan participants. Reticence

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“It’s the Wild, Wild West when it comes to prices of anything in the U.S. healthcare system, whether for a doctor visit or for hospital charges,” said Jonathan S. Skinner, a health economist at Dartmouth.

The older readers of the MD247 telemedicine blog will inevitably remember a time when a visit to the doctor, a visit to the hospital or a

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) May 12, 2012

Provider of unique supplementary telemedicine healthcare services MD247 announced the official launch of its YouTube channel. The service, which supports giving patients an opportunity to always talk to a doctor 24/7, is attempting to find leverage popular methods of modern information sharing.

The MD247 YouTube channel contains videos introducing the life enhancing qualities of telemedicine, videos which discuss the benefits of supplementary telemedicine healthcare services and even catchy commercials from MD247.

MD247 Founder Thomas Meehan explained that the MD247 YouTube channel was created with for the purpose of taking what can be dry descriptions regarding telemedicine, and pairing the “boring” with powerful imagery. MD247 intends to use the YouTube channel as a tool to give people nationwide a better understanding of “how” telemedicine can help enhance quality of life.

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 Florida (PRWEB) May 12, 2012

MD247 announced on Friday that it would be hosting a relaunch of all of its supplementary telemedicine social media accounts, leading up to the official unveiling of its modified telemedicine website. Company Founder Thomas Meehan explained that the provider of quality of life enhancing telemedicine services relaunched its Facebook page on May 08, 2012, following it with the official relaunch of the MD247 Twitter account on May 10, 2012.

The MD247 Twitter account is tasked with providing men and women nationwide with tips to enhance life, but it is specifically designed NOT to provide any direct medical diagnosis. Members of the MD247 telemedicine program, as well as members of the general public, can locate MD247 on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/md247dotcom.

For those looking for information they might be able to attain when they talk to a doctor, Meehan reminds that all MD247 social media accounts are intended to spark conversation and lead program members and non-members in discussion. Meehan advises anyone in need of immediate life-saving medical treatment to call 911.

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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Telemedicine:
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 available in rural areas.

In a society with a sincere expressed interest in eliminating

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Tampa Florida (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

Supplemental telemedicine healthcare provider MD247 announced the relaunch of its official Facebook business page on Wednesday May 09, 2012. The official Facebook business page for the provider of quality of life enhancing telemedicine services is located at http://www.facebook.com/md247dotcom.

According to MD247, the telemedicine Facebook business page has been designed to act as an extension of the MD 247 website. It is meant to work in corroboration with the MD247 YouTube account (http://www.youtube.com/md247dotcom), the MD247 Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com/md247dotcom) and a variety of other social media sites that MD247 intends to go live on within the next six months. Visitors to the Facebook business page will encounter health articles, discussion regarding telemedicine and information regarding how to become a member of the MD247 team.

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.

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St. Petersburg Florida (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

Provider of supplemental telemedicine healthcare services MD247.com is proud to announce it will be assisting former professional wrestler Steve Chamberland, of the 50 Legs Foundation, in his quest to provide a prosthetic leg to children and adults nationwide who have lost a leg due to injury or

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St. Petersburg Florida (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

Supplemental telemedicine healthcare specialist MD247 announced on Wednesday that they have partnered with Optum Health Allies, a division of the United Health Network, in order to provide quality of life enhancing telemedicine healthcare services to entire families. The partnership with Optum Health Allies allows members of the MD247 supplemental telemedicine healthcare program to receive substantial discounts on certain medical procedures, and there is the benefit of no qualifiers and no deductibles.

For a full review of the services available to members of the MD247 supplemental telemedicine program, through the unique relationship with Optum Health Allies, MD247 recommends visiting http://www.md247.com/services.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.

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The tactics of self proclaimed consumer protection sites Ripoff Report, Scambook and Scam Informer recently resulted in telemedicine specialist MD247 developing a credibility building marketing program. The marketing concept, developed by the MD247 Telemedicine Marketing Team, offers all skeptics the opportunity to use MD247 corporate money to pay for their first non-emergency appointment.

MD247 explains that it believes in the potential life altering outcome its 24/7 telemedicine program will have in both rural and urban frontiers. The belief goes beyond a simple endorsement, with MD247 offering every new program member the opportunity to receive one free medical non-emergency medical appointment. If a new telemedicine program member considers that an average medical appointment can run in excess of $70.00, the provider of supplementary health options is putting forward a sizable investment.

MD247 explains that it would like the “first appointment free” program to serve as a counterweight to the unfounded reports found on consumer “protection” sites like Ripoff Report, Scambook and Scam Informer.

MD247 explains that all parties interested in attaining their free appointment must visit the MD247 telemedicine website at http://www.md247.com to both research, and become a member in the telemedicine program. Becoming a MD247 program member includes one free medical appointment, discounted pharmacy prescription services, discounted vision services and 24/7 access to licensed competent medical professionals.

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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St. Petersburg Florida (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

According to telemedicine provider MD247 47 million U.S. residents are without healthcare coverage; of that number 8.7 million are under the age of eighteen. That is roughly the equivalent to the entire combined populations of Florida, New York, Minnesota and Iowa having zero preventative healthcare

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Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Telemedicine provider MD247 is a first of its kind 24/7 Talk to a Doctor/Talk to a Nurse service which was established for the purpose of providing average people a supplement to either bolster their traditional healthcare coverage. The telemedicine service company informed the press on Tuesday that it would be gravitating away from a traditional print marketing method, placing an emphasis on first person interaction through grass roots campaigns and one on one social media contact. MD247 intends to make these modifications to a traditional marketing plan in order to pass along savings directly to the telemedicine program participants on a daily basis.

The “biggest” attention grabber on the streets in the grass roots marketing campaign is a vehicle deemed the “MD247 Telemedicine Mobile Marketing Vehicle.” The “MD247 Telemedicine Mobile Marketing Vehicle” is a model year 2001 Ford Excursion, with 10” lifts and a “car wrap” which advertises both MD247 and a charitable organization called 50 Legs.

50 Legs is a charitable organization established with the purpose of providing a prosthetic leg to an underprivileged child who has suffered either a debilitating accident, birth defect or disease causing the loss of a leg. You can learn more about 50 Legs by visiting http://www.50legs.com.

MD247 (MD247.COM; MD 247; M.D. 247; MD-247) provides discounted supplementary healthcare options, which are intended to enhance quality of life for telemedicine healthcare program members. MD247 has 25,000 telemedicine program members nationwide, employs close to 200 people and devotes a large amount of time and money toward charitable organizations. The MD247 telemedicine program headquarters is in Tampa Bay Florida.

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