Healthcare Help for Hospitals Treating Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Patients at www.factsabouthealth.com from InterLingua Medical Publishing.REDONDO BEACH Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , Calif. -- With over 10% of the U.S. population speaking a language other than English, an incredible burden has been placed on doctors, nurses, hospital administrations, HMO's, health insurers, and other medical providers. To assist those trying to provide proper healthcare to patients who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese, InterLingua Medical Publishing has launched a new website where English and foreign language health advisories can be downloaded and distributed by hospital administrators, nurses, doctors, etc. At www.factsabouthealth.com hospital personnel can download information in as many as five languages on everything from AIDS prevention to whooping cough whooping cough or pertussis, highly communicable infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. The early or catarrhal stage of whooping cough is manifested by the usual symptoms of an upper respiratory infection with . The advisories are available in pdf format and cost only $3.99 each. Once downloaded, hospital personnel can print as many copies of the information as they need. "There are over 400 healthcare subjects covered in English," says Jack Bernstein Jack Bernstein, also known as "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and Young Murphy," (born November 5, 1899, in New York, New York; died December 26, 1945) was an American boxer. He was World Junior lightweight Champion. Early life He attended P.S. , President of InterLingua Medical Publishing, "and while not all topics are available in other languages, the vast majority are." Information is provided in the following categories: * Alcohol/Drugs * Cancer * Diseases/Conditions * Eye Care * General Health * Men's Health Men's Health Definition Men's health is concerned with identifying, preventing, and treating conditions that are most common or specific to men. * Mental Health * Oral Care * Pediatrics/Child Care * Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely * Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. Visitors to www.factsabouthealth.com can view samples of the advisories before they decide to purchase. InterLingua Medical Publishing will be adding health advisories in more languages over the coming year with Arabic being the next language. Through its sister company, InterLingua Language Services (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), hospital personnel can request translations of these (or other) documents in any of 150 foreign languages. The source of the information used in the documents comes from a variety of government agencies, including the National Institute for Health, the Center for Disease Control, the National Institute on Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal-government research institute whose mission is to "lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. , and the National Cancer Institute. The InterLingua corporation is a Southern-California based company that specializes in providing support for healthcare professionals dealing with the with the ever increasing numbers of non-English speaking patients requiring medical treatment. Through its publishing services it provides much needed information on topics, such as pre-natal and post-natal care, and through it language services it translates educational materials, health & safety notices, correspondence, medical records, admission records, etc. between English and 150 foreign languages. |
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