Some persons want to stop receiving the e-mails and want to know how to stop them.  You control what e-mails you are sent by selecting  (Check mark) the ailments on the “Health Information” section of the “Manage my Account” web page.  If you do not select any ailment, then you will no longer receive any e-mails (but still have access to the website).  Log in to MediClim.com, go to “Manage my Account”, click on “Health Information”, un-check all the ailments  and Submit.

Subscribing to MediClim.com gives you access to the MediClim community via the website.  This includes participating in discussion forums provided for subscribers like you who have interests in weather and health issues, and to see how the weather has influenced health in your community. If you live in selected countries (see below), subscribing also provides access to an e-mail service where MediClim.com will e-mail you a 1-day notice of days where certain ailments can be aggravated by the weather.  You select the ailments for which you want to receive e-mails  - the decision is yours. You can select the ailments initially during Subscription, or if you prefer, you can do so at a later time by Logging in to MediClim.com, going to “Manage my Account”, and clicking on “Health Information”

Subscription is simple.  Click on the Sign-up button and follow the instructions.  You will be asked to fill out a form.  We do not ask you for your name or personal health information.  We need your postal code and some other mandatory information to know where you are located.

We require these mandatory fields in order to be able to deliver our services to you.  Regrettably, if you do not provide these, we cannot add you to our list of subscribers. 

you are free to use any password you choose.  This will be a password to login to the MediClim website, where you will be able to view past alerts and find more information about weather and health.    Note that we recommend that you NOT use the same password that you use for your personal e-mail account. 

Once you have completely filled out the form and clicked the “Submit” button, you should get a response on your web browser from us within a few minutes indicating that an e-mail has been sent to your e-mail account with instructions to complete the registration  (This is called the “Activation e-mail”). You must click on the link in that e-mail to complete your registration. Naturally, you did not get that response, since you are asking this question.  There are several possible reasons for this, so you can check a few things: i) First, please always check your e-mail – your account may still have been set up and the e-mail delivered, but you were never presented with our response because of a problem with Internet communications. ii) If you do not have any e-mail message, then please try completing the form a second time – regrettably, it seems your original message was never received by us.

Most of our subscribers have no problem receiving the e-mail.  However, we are aware that some persons do not readily see the e-mail in their Inbox. There are two reasons why this may have happened.   First, please check your SPAM or Junk folders for an e-mail from Mediclim@Mediclim.com.  If it is there, Click on the “Not Spam” or “Not Junk” button which should have been provided somewhere on your e-mail page by your e-mail provider.  Upon doing this, this e-mail will be moved to your Inbox, where you will now find it.  Go to it and follow the instructions within the e-mail to click on a link which will complete your sign up.   If our e-mail is not in your Spam or Junk folder, we suggest you carry out the following steps in the order shown (you may want to print these steps):    a) add mediclim@mediclim.com to you e-mail list of contacts.    b) Then send an e-mail to Mediclim@mediclim.com, with the subject line  “Reset the Sign Up”.  There is no need for anything to be within the message.    c) Wait 5 minutes, then go to the mediclim.com homepage, click on “What’s my Username or Password”.    d) Enter your e-mail in the box which will appear on your screen    e) Click on Submit    f)  You will be sent an e-mail with a ‘one-time’ link to our web pages.  Go to your mail, locate the message and click on the link which is in that e-mail.    g) A web page on our site will open for you.  Now you will have to confirm or reset your password, since your original password will have been deleted.  To do so, Click on the “Manage my Account” button found at the top of the yellow bar on the right.  A page will open which has boxes for you to enter any password you wish. Fill  these in and ‘Submit’ (found at the very, very bottom of the page). 

If you are told you are 'blocked', then the Sign Up process was never actually completed.  This usually happens because actions described in the e-mail that was sent to your e-mail account were not completed. Please check you e-mail Inbox for an e-mail from mediclim@mediclim.com with instructions to click on a link to confirm your sign up. If you do not find that e-mail from us there, please see the next question.

Please click on “Forgot your Password or Username? Click here” on the mediclim.com homepage and follow the instructions.  An e-mail will be sent to your e-mail address, with instructions to allow you to access the site and select a password.

Please click on “Forgot your Password or Username? Click here” on the mediclim.com homepage and follow the instructions.  An e-mail will be sent to your e-mail address, with instructions to allow you to access the site and select a new password. 

We can never be absolutely certain that some particular weather will impact the diabetic condition in any one particular individual – we have to leave this for you to determine.  However, there are statistics that indicate increases in diabetic complaints in the population under certain weather conditions.  This we can provide to you.  Diabetes is a friable disease. By that is meant that for many patients, it is often unstable. Mostly it is clear what has brought about the instability... lack of exercise, emotional stress and poor food adherence are well known triggers. Less well known is the finding that certain weather conditions can contribute to detrimental changes in a diabetic's health. While we cannot specifically determine whether you, individually, will be affected by the upcoming weather, we believe that providing you with an indication of the likelihood that detrimental changes will be more prevalent in the population as a whole could help you.  Our hope is that diabetic sufferers who monitor our forecasts will be able to take measures provided by their consultant physicians to address their ailment and mitigate its impact on their lives.  While we do not provide any medical advice, per se, we feel that our information can be useful to many, and therefore, we offer it freely. 

We can never be absolutely certain that some particular weather will aggravate heart disease symptoms in any one particular individual – we have to leave this for you to determine.  However, there are statistics that indicate increases in heart disease complaints in the population under certain weather conditions.  This we can provide to you.  There are now studies that have shown that the prevalence of heart disease complaints rises in the population as a whole under certain weather conditions. While we cannot specifically determine whether you, individually, will be affected by the upcoming weather, we believe that providing you with an indication of the likelihood that heart disease complaints will be more prevalent in the population as a whole could help you.  Our hope is that heart disease sufferers who monitor our forecasts will be able to take measures provided by their consultant physicians to address their ailment and mitigate its impact on their lives.  While we do not provide any medical advice, per se, we feel that our information can be useful to many, and therefore, we offer it freely. 

We can never be absolutely certain that some particular weather will trigger an asthma attack in any one particular individual - we have to leave this for you to determine. However, there are statistics that indicate increases in asthma incidence in the population under certain weather conditions. This we can provide to you.

Though it is not as well known to be a trigger for asthma attacks as it is for migraines, there are studies that have shown that the prevalence of asthma attacks rises in the population as a whole under certain weather conditions. While we cannot specifically determine whether you, individually, will be affected by the upcoming weather, we believe that providing you with an indication of the likelihood that asthma will be more prevalent in the population as a whole could help you. Our hope is that asthma sufferers who monitor our forecasts will be able to take measures provided by their consultant physicians to address their ailment and mitigate its impact on their lives. While we do not provide any medical advice, per se, we feel that our information can be useful to many, and therefore, we offer it freely.

 

 

We can never be absolutely certain that some particular weather will trigger your particular migraine – we have to leave this for you to determine.  However, there are statistics that indicate increases in Migraine occurrences in the population under certain weather conditions.  This we can provide to you.  It is well known amongst migraine sufferers that weather is a trigger for migraine. Of course, it is not the only trigger, there are several others.  And not all migraine sufferers are weather sensitive. But common experience has proven that many migraine sufferers are sensitive to particular weather. While we cannot specifically determine which weather condition will affect any one migraine sufferer, we can provide an indication of the likelihood that migraines will be more prevalent in the population as a whole based on research conducted in Europe.  Our hope is that migraine sufferers who monitor our forecasts will be able to take measures provided by their consultant physicians to address their ailment and mitigate its impact on their lives.  While we do not provide any medical advice, per se, we feel that our information can be useful to many, and therefore, we offer it freely.  

Weather has been linked to health since the time of Hippocrates (yes, the same person involved in the medical Hippocratic oath.)  Studies of the effect of weather on health have been conducted for years, as can be seen in major summary works by Petersen, Huntington, Burton and Edholm, Tromp, Licht and Sargent:

• Petersen, W.F. (1938), The Patient and the Weather (4 Volumes), Edwards, Ann Arbour, Michigan

• Huntington, E. (1945)  Mainsprings of Civilization, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 660 pages

• Burton, A.C., O.G. Edholm (1955) Man in a Cold Environment, Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, London, 273 pages

• Tromp, S.W.  (1963) Medical Biometeorology, Elsevier Publ. Comp., Amsterdam, 991 pages

• Licht., S. (ed) (1964) Medical Climatology, Waverly Press Incorporated, Baltimore, Maryland, 733 pages

• Tromp, S.W., J.J. Bouma (eds) (1974) Progress in Biometeorology, Divs A Part 1, Effects on Basic Physiological Mechanisms of Man, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 726 pages

• ----------, (1977) Progress in Biometeorology, Divs A Part 2, Pathological Biometeorology,, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 416 pages

• Sargent, F. (1982), Hippocratic Heritage, Pergamon Press, New York, 581 pages

However, converting this knowledge into practical information to be used on a daily basis had hampered scientists for years. Twenty years ago, based on several decades of work, German researchers developed a sophisticated technique to accomplish this.  We have adopted their method.

MediClim.com does not provide any medical advice.  Our recommendation is that you consult with your physician or health care advisor to determine the best course of action now that you are equipped with the knowledge we provide to you. 

A typical Alert looks something like the following:

However, on occasion, depending on the browser being used, the rendering will appear only as text, as follows:

Yes, you can still Sign Up.  To prevent Alerts being sent, simply ensure you do not select any ailments in the Health Information Section (found in the “Manage my Account” section).  

Yes, we have plans to do so.   

Currently, MediClim.com provides ailment forecasts for: a. Asthma b. Migraine c. Arthritis d. Heart Disease e. Diabetes

Research has shown that certain ailments, or sometimes the symptoms of ailments, can be aggravated by weather conditions. We examine the forecast weather conditions, link them with the ailments which are known to be aggravated by these weather conditions, and provide you with a forecast that the particular ailment may be aggravated at that time (see also the questions about "How can MediCLim.com be sure that the ailments will be aggravated?" below)

We, at MediClim.com, tend to refer to our ailment forecast e-mails as "Alerts", because we are alerting you of an upcoming situation.

Yes, we are planning to include more countries in the future, with other European countries likely appearing first.

Anyone from anywhere can Sign Up to the MediClim.com web site to take part in the forums and discussions. On the other hand, we currently only provide the ailment forecasts for Canada (south of 60N), the lower 48 states of the USA, the UK, Ireland, France and Monaco.  Therefore, only subscribers in these countries can get ailment forecasts.