Weather warning and health
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- March
- 30
Do your bones ache when it’s about to rain? Asthma acts up on certain days? A new Web site says it offers a warning system that can signal when health conditions might flare up.
The site, MediClim, says that it takes into account “a multitude of weather parameters known to affect health, such as humidity, barometric pressure and temperature.”
The site was started by a Canadian doctor who noticed that he would see more patients with specific conditions on days that had certain types of weather.
The site says it can warn people when it identifies days that the weather will affect specific chronic or recurring diseases including migraine, arthritis, asthma, and cardiovascular disease.
It offers to warn you via email that the weather might be about to trigger your health condition.
It appears to be free, but always read the fine print. Here’s the address:
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on Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 5:17 pm by Jane Lerner. 
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