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:

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.