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U.S. Army HOOAH 4 HEALTH.com - Occupational Health: Safety in the Work Area Environment - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Helge V. K. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 1:01pm cost solution while connected to a telemetric diagnostic service. U.S. Army HOOAH 4 HEALTH.com - Occupational Health: Safety in the Work Area Environment - Carpal Tunnel...I've been writing about work related carpal tunnel syndrome for over a year. With time I find more areas where we're most probably facing this common health problem. It leads Read on »

Medical history and the medical humanities between two reductionisms by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 30 Jun 2010 5:34am It’s hard to escape the impression that the humanities (including medical history, medical humanities, etc.) are living a wobbly existence, balancing on a fine line over... as both a producer and a product of history and culture, and thus as a shaper of himself”. Not an entirely new or radical conception, I guess, but it deserves being repeated Read on »

15th congress of European Association of Museums for the History of Medical Sciences in Copenhagen, September 2010 by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 20 Jun 2009 10:30pm Make a note in your 2010 calendar already — for the 15th Congress of the European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Sciences (EAMHMS), which will be held here at Medical Museion in Copenhagen, 17-19 September 2010. The congress theme revolves around the question: How can medical history museums contribute to the popular engagement Read on »

The recent history of medical technology — piecing it together from memoirs and reminiscences by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Dec 2009 3:00am of the complexities of the recent history of medical technology. I haven’t made a systematic search for memoirs and reminiscences of similar kinds — but I’m convinced there are many out there, although they can be difficult to find. (Btw, for a useful academic course syllabus for the history of medical technology, see here). Read on »

Personal Health Record: Manage Your Medical Records and Medical History - www.HealthAtoZ.com by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:16am Personal Health Record: Manage Your Medical Records and Medical History - www.HealthAtoZ.com: " Free, easy to use and completely secure, the PHR allows you to manage your family's medical records on-line - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Use the calendar to keep track of medical appointments, lab tests, prescription refills and appointments Read on »

Wellness Programs Get Thrown a Left Hook From GINA – No Family Medical History Allowed on a Health Risk Assessment by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Oct 2009 10:02pm the provision of the law. Also as it explains below, the use of a Health Risk Assessment cannot be used if family medical information is included. This is getting more interesting... that including family history on a Health Risk Assessment is out the window, so stay tuned, or there could be new forms coming soon. I really don’t know how much more they can literally Read on »

Walgreens Partners with Microsoft HealthVault to Populate Medication History in PHR by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Wed 03 Jun 2009 11:41am .” Offering health care providers access to complete medication history can help improve overall health outcomes through more coordinated care, Huonker said. HealthVault will also... to their personal prescription history through Microsoft® HealthVault™, a Web-based platform that helps people gather, store and share health information. In addition to prescription Read on »

ALERT: For a Complete Medical History, Compile Your Own Health Records by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:16am ALERT: For a Complete Medical History, Compile Your Own Health Records: "Like most people, you've probably moved many times during your life. Settling in to any new... complete medical history. Each healthcare provider you see keeps his or her own files detailing your visits and treatment. The same is true for hospital stays, physical therapy Read on »

The future of medical history — the swansong conference of the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:40am The Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicne at UCL has circulated an announcement for a conference which “represents our swansong and statement of what we would have liked to have been allowed to achieve in the history of medicine”. Appropriately titled ‘The Future of Medical History’, the conference will take place on 15-17 July 2010 Read on »

New and emerging risks in occupational safety and health by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Tue 09 Feb 2010 1:08am Interesting and very recent report on the occupational safety and health status of the EU workforce. It is affected by many factors, not least its changing demographic... in English New and emerging risks in occupational safety and health Filed under: New occupational risks , Occupational exposure Tagged: Emerging risks , Europe , New risks Read on »