Look after yourself online
Laura September 22nd, 2008
Market research company E-Marketer has reported that visits to health related websites have increased by 21% in the past year.
I don’t find this hard to believe, at the slight sign of a sniffle I am off checking out all my symptoms to make sure I haven’t caught the bubonic plague, however, turning me into a slight hypochondriac aside; having such information at our finger tips is incredibly valuable, we can become much more attune with what is happening in our bodies and by accessing these resources many people with mild ailments may choose to go online rather than pester our overworked GP with something that will turn out to be nothing more than a common cold.
Another valuable tool online has to be Google Health a facility within Google that allows users to manage your health records in a safe and convenient manner, the benefit for users are that such health information can be easily imported every time you see a new doctor- sadly this feature is only available to USA, but it heralds the beginning of a new way to manage secure documents.
Online pharmacies and prescription services are also on the rise, high street pharmacy Lloyds are now offering prescriptions online, allowing individuals to have their prescriptions delivered to their house for a small postage cost. On 360innovates seo client list is online pharmacist Pharmacy at Hand who offers customers a variety of pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products from cotton wool buds to indigestion tablets. One of the main advantageous many customers find when using the website being that they can discreetly purchase any embarrassing products that they would feel uncomfortable buying in the local Tesco’s.
Overall, taking our health matters online is a very good thing, it increases awareness and can help take the weight off our GP’s, the only concern we should have is the possibility of people incorrectly ‘self-diagnosing’ and letting a problematic illness go without proper treatment.
