WebMD Unveils the Internet's Most Comprehensive Kidney Failure Community.ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--March 29, 1999-- New Community Joins WebMD's Consumer Healthcare Content and Support Network Offering Personalized Information and Support WebMD, Inc., a leading full-service Internet healthcare portal, today announced the Kidney Failure kidney failure or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. Community, offering free, personalized information and interactive support from both medical professionals and those suffering from kidney failure. The Kidney Failure Community will integrate into the WebMD Health and Wellness Center. The site, available at www.WebMD.com, currently has over 160,000 members in 10 disease-based communities and a 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. Place, which covers eight topics. WebMD's healthcare portal offers consumers comprehensive, trusted medical and healthcare information. Patent-pending personalization technology allows members to create customized information portfolios, and receive health news and interactive chat updates pertinent to an individual profile. The community hosts weekly chats with medical practitioners from institutions such as University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Oregon Health Sciences University. The site also offers updated content provided by healthcare information leaders such as: Thomson Healthcare Thomson Healthcare is one of the five operating divisions of the Thomson Corporation. The division provides information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. Thomson Healthcare is based in Connecticut with about 2,600 staff around the globe. Information Group, InteliHealth--the Johns Hopkins/Aetna U.S. Healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. (TM) site, ADAM Internet __FORCETOC__ History Adam Internet, South Australia's oldest ISP grew out of the original bulletin board system of the Adelaide Amiga User Group (ADAM - ADelaide AMiga). Health anatomical and physiological software, and HealthScout medical and health news service. "More and more of today's consumers are turning to the Web for reliable health information and support," said James Kean, WebMD's executive vice president. "People with kidney failure now have access to specific information about their condition and its treatment options. They can share experiences with others who have faced their condition." Kidney failure occurs when the kidneys are no longer functioning and are unable to filter waste. An irreversible condition that affects more than 300,000 Americans, kidney failure usually requires either a kidney transplant or a dependency on dialysis. Vasca, Inc., a developer of an innovative dialysis access system that improves patient comfort and reduces post dialysis bleeding, will sponsor the Kidney Failure Community. About WebMD Launched October 5, 1998, WebMD, Inc. (www.WebMD.com) offers a comprehensive suite of Internet-based services for physicians, including a premier medical information library; a virtual office with real-time insurance verification and referral authorizations, unified messaging and telephone-based patient test results; customized Web sites for physician practices; competitively priced supplies and hundreds of continuing medical education continuing medical education See CME. courses. Its separate consumer Web site offers a broad range of premium branded content and services designed to allow Internet users to take charge of their health and to access healthcare professionals, resources and communities. |
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