Mediband Blog

The internet has brought many things; news, views and sights from sources we've never had available before. Here's this week's round up. And don't forget, if you or a family member has a medical condition, protect yourself with a Mediband - so medical assistance can assess your needs quickly.   1. How much coffee?  It appears a few of us quite enjoy a coffee or two...  but how much should we drink? And is it doing us any good at all? It appears so, the full report is here, but essentially coffee helps lower the risk of diabetes, it can help you burn more fat (by increasing your endurance and possibly delaying the onset of fatigue). Coffee has been shown in some studies to reduce the chance of death - simply because less coffee drinkers in a huge study of something else, tended to die (read into that what you will), and Continue reading →

Going overseas for your holidays this year?  Worried your english mediband won't work in China because no-one speaks or reads english very well in China?  Or you might be travelling to Spain - need medical ID written in spanish?  Then again, Thailand is often beautiful at this time of the year, but not so beautiful if no-one can understand your...

The internet has brought many things; news, views and sights from sources we've never had available before. Here's this week's round up. And don't forget, if you or a family member has a medical condition, protect yourself with a Mediband - so medical assistance can assess your needs quickly.   1. To drink or not to drink.  There are a few articles running around the interwebs at the moment discussing the virtues - or not -of drinking 8 glasses of water a day. The consensus, and a  few reports noted here suggest the 8 glasses a day thing is a bit of a myth. Propagated by the bottled water industry? The standard advice is to drink when you're thirsty. 2. When is it too much exercise? We all know we need to exercise, but where's the line in the sand. When is too much exercise too much? The Mayo Clinic people have reviewed over 50 studies, as detailed here, and Continue reading →

A MOSMAN resident had a good reaction to allergies. Michael Randall had noticed that children with life-threatening conditions or allergies were reluctant to wear the traditional metal medical bracelets usually worn by older people. So he came up with a colourful, lightweight design that appeals to both children and adults. The bands are designed to warn people of the wearer's adverse health reaction to foods like peanuts and shellfish, or as an alert to conditions like diabetes, epilepsy and asthma. Continue reading →

If so, we want to hear your story . . . There are over 230,000 adults and children with potentially fatal ailments wearing Mediband medical wristbands in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the United States of America. As you know, Medibands help to alert other people and medicos of the wearer’s condition such as diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, anaphylaxis, and...