Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:39:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Health Smart <usnews.com_Newsletters@clickaction.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Do-it-yourself health care Message-ID: <1156813.1054550347980.JavaMail.weblogic@hawk>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
------=_Part_5205_2096347.1054550347977
Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
Dear Dag-Smorgreff,
~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~
W E L C O M E T O U S N E W S . C O M
~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~
Health Smart: Do-it-yourself health care
Volume 3, Issue 9 -- May 21, 2003
===================================
CHEATING ON YOUR DOCTOR (Sound bytes)
"Order any of 5,600 blood tests and save 40-70 percent! Click here to see how!"
-- Health-Test Direct's Web site
"This gives me more power. I wasn't getting the answers or tests I needed from my doctor. Plus it's economics. The thyroid panel ordered by my endocrinologist in Boulder cost me $210. The same test through Healthcheck costs $75."
-- Rinah Levine, a rancher from Conifer, Colo., who used HealthcheckUSA to get a complete blood count and a sophisticated thyroid test
------------------------------
TESTING MADE EASY (Health news)
The direct medical testing field is booming. Thyroid, cholesterol, allergies, liver enzymes, cancer markers, blood sugar, hormone levels--tests for all are on the market. Just click, phone, or fax any of these companies with your credit card at the ready, pick a test, and head to an office to have your blood drawn. Within days, the results will be mailed to your home. However, tests alone don't add up to a good diagnosis. Doctors, ideally, know a patient well, know the family history, and are familiar with how various drugs and medical conditions can skew lab results.
The ups and downs of direct-from-lab medical testing:
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a77043a159985359a3
------------------------------
TEST CASES (Chart)
Here are some of the most popular health tests you can get without visiting the doctor's office.
ANEMIA: iron status and complete blood count
DIABETES: glucose levels and hemoglobin A1C test
HEART: HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol; triglycerides
On your own:
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a77043a159985359a4
------------------------------
DO-IT-YOURSELF DIAGNOSIS (Health news)
Walk-in CT scanning centers have taken root in cities and tony suburbs where the worried well are willing to pay from several hundred to more than $1,000 out of pocket. But in last week's <i>Journal of the American Medical Association,</i> the first large study to investigate scanning's potential to change behavior suggested that the majority of people don't. The discouraging conclusion: The initial alarm at an ominous scan typically fizzles into apathy.
A CT scan can send a powerful message. So what's wrong with this picture?
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a77043a159985359a2
------------------------------
ONLINE CHATS HEAL WOUNDS (News You Can Use)
The medical establishment has had enough and is fighting back--via E-mail. Trying to improve relations between doctors and patients, the American Medical Association, along with several dozen medical societies, is helping doctors embrace online consultations. Surveys show that 90 percent of E-mail users want to reach doctors that way.
Visit your doctor virtually:
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a77043a159985359a1
====================================================
Sign up for other usnews.com E-mail newsletters or manage your account (including unsubscribing) at http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a77043a159985359a8
=====================================================
Copyright (c) 2003 U.S. News & World Report L.P. All rights reserved.
~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~
Tools for Living Smart
~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~
Click here to forward this newsletter to a friend!
http://www.you-click.net/GoForward/a15504a77043aSa159985359a2
~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~
You're receiving this email because you subscribed and requested news
and promotions from us. This is a recurring mailing. To unsubscribe
from future mailings; click the link below, reply to this email
with "unsubscribe" in the subject line or print and mail this page to
the attention of "Unsubscribe Request" at 2197 E. Bayshore Road, Palo
Alto, CA 94303 USA.
http://www.you-click.net/Change-Remove/a15504a159985359a2a77043
------=_Part_5205_2096347.1054550347977--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1156813.1054550347980.JavaMail.weblogic>