The launch of a new website brings excitement to the medical community and a form of relief to people who suffer from chronic health problems such as migraine, asthma, arthritis, diabetes and heart condition. MediClim.com tracks weather patterns, identifies when weather conditions are more likely to affect health and alerts subscribers when there is potential risk.
Founded by physician Dr. John Bart and senior career meteorologist Denis Bourque, this free subscriber-based web service is available in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Users will be able to subscribe to MediClim through www.mediclim.com and receive advance warning via email alert when their health matter is more likely to be aggravated as a result of pending weather conditions.
Over the past 25 years Dr. Bart and Mr. Bourque have collaborated on what is the most robust form of online weather health link in the world.
"Our goal is to improve the lives of people with chronic or re-occurring illnesses by warning them when their health matter may flare-up. It is our hope that, armed with this knowledge, people may heed their doctor's advice more carefully during an alert to minimize any impact," says Dr. Bart.
Backed by European research that supports the weather health theory such as studies completed by the International Society of Biometeorology, Bart and Bourque have developed an index that maps specific weather conditions known to trigger health. The results of their research have culminated in 14 distinct categories of weather known to affect health.
"We're just at the tip of the iceberg in terms of the weather health relationship," says Mr. Bourque.
There are already plans underway to expand the range of health matters MediClim will warn against.
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