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TeleMed's live answering service features begin with the management of routine office calls. After forwarding your office phone to your exclusive toll-free number, TeleMed answers on the first ring, guaranteed.

TeleMed's fully customizable voice mail options allow patients to do everything from requesting prescription refills, asking billing or insurance questions, scheduling or canceling appointments, or calling for test results.

Retrieval of voice mail messages is available twenty-four hours a day using a secure password system. TeleMed's voice mail also has optional automated prompts to assist callers leaving non-urgent messages using your own custom message format.

Callers requiring immediate attention bypass voicemail instantly, going directly to a TeleMed operator.

How our Stem Cells Can Fix our Hear t!

One of the factors affecting in the slow progress of finding a
cure for Stargardt?s is the nature of the gene responsible for this
retinal disease. Some people with the gene never develop the disease,
while others seem to develop it without the gene. Environmental and
unknown factors play a role as well.

In the future, when a patient manifests a genetic defect, doctors
hope to be able to correct it and resolve the problems it causes. Gene
therapy involves inserting a functioning gene into human cells to
correct a genetic error or to introduce a new function to the cells.
The surgeon must transplant genes rather than cells, a strategy which
miniaturizes the process by a million fold. The surgical tools are not
hand-held instruments, but trained viruses. At the 1998 conference of
the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, a report
presented just such a technique for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), another
retinal degenerative disease. Researchers showed that a virus called
Lenti could carry a new gene into mouse photoreceptors and could
prevent the photoreceptors from degenerating for six months in a mouse
model of recessive RP. That's a long time for a mouse! In another
experiment, an adenovirus was used to deliver a gene designed to
prevent the expression of an abnormal dominant gene for RP. Thus, it
appears that both dominant and recessive forms of RP are amenable to
gene therapy -- at least in mice! Before we can begin human trials of
gene therapy for retinal degenerations, the long term effects of these
viruses, including rejection, must be better understood. Like
transplantation, this approach requires delicate subretinal surgery to
place the virus near the photoreceptors and the RPE.

The Truth About Back Pain

There are many different reasons that people have back pain but the most usual reason is poor posture.
If a person constantly sits or stands incorrectly, a sore back is often the outcome.
We were often told by our parents to "sit or stand up straight" as children and they were correct. For a person that has had poor posture their entire lives, eventually their joints damage and start wearing out.
Unfortunately, the back pain caused by this is as severe as a person that had an accident.
There are other causes of back pain and understanding them helps us to avoid or deal with back pain.

If your back pain is persistent then it is time to see a doctor.
The doctor will be able to run tests to find out why you are in pain and the different treatments available to bring you relief from this pain. Usually for less severe back problems, within two weeks of starting treatment, there will be relief from the pain.

My Asthma Inhaler

Recently I became very depressed when my asthma inhaler was lost.

I felt much better when I found myself not needing it for few weeks...

I heard that soon all rescue inhalers will be changed to what are known as earth-friendly rescue inhalers.

Until now, the albuterol inhaler may have used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to deliver the medicine into our lungs.

CFCs are safe for us , but hurt the environment.

The United States is requiring all inhalers to change to hydrofluoroalkane (HFA), an earth-friendly alternative to CFC.

This change will help make the air better for everyone.
HFA inhalers contain the same medicine and provide the same relief as your current CFC inhaler.

Inhaler Technique br sister Pat Jones :

Insect Bites - Be Carefull

It is known that some insect bites can cause severe reactions specially in certain countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.

The risk of catching diseases there , such as malaria, is much greater.

You are more likely to be bitten by an insect if you work outdoors, or regularly take part in outdoor activities such as camping, or hiking.

We all must be carefull...

Learn how to reduce the pain of a bite in this free video clip from an expert physician about how to treat insect bites :

Cereal For Breakfest - Is It Healthy ??

One in five middle school students and one in three high school students do not eat breakfast.

Some public health and food industry initiatives to encourage children to eat breakfast, particularly cereal..

Scientists around the world examined 161 breakfast cereals from four leading manufacturers and compared nutritional values of children's and nonchildren's cereals to national guidelines.

They found that when comparing nutrients per gram, children's cereals were higher in calories, sodium, carbohydrate, and sugar, but significantly lower in fiber and protein.

They also found that the majority of children's cereals, 66 percent, failed to meet national recommended nutritional standards for foods sold in schools.

So now ,what do you think about cereal for breakfest ??

Watch Genuine Nerd Toby Radloff - Breakfast Cereal Test :