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Hardly anybody now alive can remember the good old days of in-home medical care.

Believe it or not, in your grandparent’s day, the family doctor used to leave his office and travel to your home to deliver personal care, rather than vice versa.

That’s the basic idea behind the online doctor, who uses the high-tech internet to deliver high-touch, personalized medical service via video conferencing or the telephone. Does it really work? Is it really as effective as a personal visit to your home?

 

Benefits of the Online Doctor

There’s a lot to be said for the online doctor visit. The service purports to be …

 

· Efficient – you can bypass the waiting room,

· Affordable –low monthly subscriptions

· Fast and immediate – skip the drive time,

· Effective for a wide array of medical problems,

· Private – just you and the doctor,

· Available – 24/7/365 service ensures emergency service at all hours.

 

Problems Treated By the Online Doctor

The range of problems that can be treated over the phone falls into two categories: physical and behavioral. Many of these are for simple conditions, but still, it’s actually quite a substantial list.

Some of the physical problems eligible for online treatment include allergies, constipation, flu, headache, rash and urinary problems, to name a few. If a prescription is needed, in most cases the online doctor is authorized to issue an e-prescription or a fax to a pharmacist near you. Exceptions include non-therapeutic drugs, DEA controlled substances, and other drugs with potential for abuse.

Behavioral issues include stress, panic attacks, depression, addictions, and child or adolescent issues. Among many others. The range of service even extends to men’s and women’s issues, marriage issues, and parenting issues.

When you consider that these categories cover 70% of doctor visits, the value of the service becomes obvious. The average $14.95 per month subscription is clearly a tremendous cost advantage. This has been a tremendous boon for the un-insured in particular.

Performance of Online Doctors

There are a number of online doctor services, including MDlive, TeleDoc, and American Well. Some of these are moving into the realm of preventative care. The first two are by far the largest, but American Well is expanding into nutritional services in an effort to capture that niche market.

All of the online services stress that they are not a replacement for your family physician or an emergency room. They will help you decide if those services are needed, or not. For chronic issues, they will typically defer to the local facility.

There is some concern that online doctors are too conservative because of their obvious limited access to the patient and potential for liability. For example, some subscribers looking for a prescription of antibiotics have complained of being turned down. A few other complaints come from members who call in for help with things like stitches, which are obviously not covered.

But for the most part, the job performance of online doctors is overwhelmingly positive. There is about 95% satisfaction with doctor performance reported from literally thousands of patient feedback reports. That figure holds for both of the two main providers, MDLive and TeleDoc.

Hunting is the oldest and probably the most famous adventure sports. You must have heard about kings, queens and royal heirs going on hunting expedition in folklores and tales about the past. As time passed, commoners also started going on hunting expeditions. This soon became a trend, and people started killing animals at a fast pace. This soon affected the eco-cycle and government of most countries across the globe started banning hunting activity. The main reason behind the banning of this recreational activity is that some people started smuggling precious skins and body parts of rare animals, which could soon lead to perishing of few exceptional animal species.

Before you go hunting, it is important to get all the valuable information that you can. There are so many different tips and tricks that you will find helpful while you are hunting, and so using hunting guides is the best possible thing that you can do.

Finding hunting guides will not be difficult, and the Internet is going to be your best friend here. With the Internet, you can browse through hundreds of different websites in a matter of minutes, which means you can read and absorb that much more information.

Out of all the hunting guides in the world, there are a few tips in particular offered that are going to be important to you and which will help you have the most success in your hunting adventures.

Tips

One of the best tips that you will find in any hunting guides involves hunting moose and their habitat. Understanding the habitat of an animal is very important if you want to hunt them successfully, and for the most part, moose habitat is quite diverse.

They may be found in swampy areas as well as mixed forest and higher ground. Generally speaking, a site which includes both young trees and marshy lakes would be around prime moose country.

When it comes to the actual hunt, many calibers are considered as being suitable for hunting moose, as long as they have the power that is going to be required for a clean kill. It is also advisable that rifles you are using for moose are equipped with a telescopic sight, so you will see a crosshair and make sure that you are shooting the moose in the right spot, for the cleanest and quickest kill.

Another issue that is always discussed in hunting guides involves clothing. You need to ensure that you wear the right clothing if you want to hunt successfully. You should wear camouflage clothing, typically in yellow and brown colors, so you will blend into the surroundings and not be spotted by the animal you are hunting.

You can have a great time hunting and be successful if you keep these tips in mind and of course take the proper safety precautions. You need to make sure that you are always safe while you are out hunting, as well as any others who are out there with you, and this is easy if you take the necessary steps.