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Medical ID For Peace of Mind

  1. Knowing your family medical history

    Often the worst day in a parent's life is the day of diagnosis of a serious medical condition. Perhaps it's diabetes or asthma, a heart condition or something else equally serious. Or maybe you're having trouble getting a condition diagnosed. One of the first things to do is establish the family medical history. Is the condition inherited? Genetic? How severe was it in others. What other conditions presented? Knowing your medical family tree enables doctors to: Continue reading →
  2. Keeping allergy-affected children safe

    It's not just peanuts. There are dozens of allergies - to seafood, antibiotics, latex, wheat and more. So how do you keep them safe in schools? Some general answers are in this article, but the rule of thumb is that parents must remain vigilant. Most schools have an action plan and will welcome your input into how best to manage...
  3. Keeping asthma-affected children safe

    Our Mediband® and MedibandPlus® products are an ideal safeguard against a sudden asthma attack when your child is out of your immediate care - at a friend's house, in the school playground, visiting relatives. Mediband is discreet, attractive, not embarrassing for the kids to wear and can alert supervising adults to the immediate steps they need to take, or better yet, allow swift diagnosis by medical personnel. This is particularly important for asthma sufferers. The Asthma Foundation has some good tips for Continue reading →
  4. Keeping school-age children safe

    Mediband Keeping You Safe Our Mediband® and MedibandPlus® products are getting a lot of interest as we in the southern hemisphere start our new school year. Every school takes its obligations for the safety of students seriously and with the figures for childhood illnesses like diabetes and asthma seemingly on the upkick, a lot of schools are working out how best to protect students and enable medical attention as quickly and efficiently as possible. Continue reading →
  5. Keeping your family fit and healthy

    With the advent of skim milk parents suddenly had a choice - but children need a certain amount of fat in their diet especially at a young age, so when can children move to low fat skim milk? The people at Kids Health answered the question by reiterating that breast is best for kids up to 1 and beyond and whole fat cow milk can be given to children from 1 - 2. After that it's your call. If you're the typical modern family then your iPad is probably mostly in the hands of your young children. So what apps can you buy that will keep them entertained, focussed (out of your hair!?) and maybe even educate them into the bargain? Continue reading →

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