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TeleHealth – thriving services

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“Millions of people will be cared for by remote control in their own home with medical equipment that will monitor their health and transmit the results to doctors”, David Cameron said. TeleHealth is the method to consistently monitor patients, providing them counseling, advising and prescribing the appropriate drug or therapeutic methods.  Now, all over the world, patients are more interested in getting medical treatments remotely, especially problems of mild or moderate severity. In UK, already there are many organisations giving their TeleHealth Services and the results of this service are completely successful.  That is the reason UK Government is trying to expand TeleHealth Service all over the country. Prime Minister, David Cameron said cancer patients will have access to experimental new drugs sooner by investing £180m in the period between new drug development and its use in the NHS. Where physicians and paramedics are efficiently working to provide better health

RFID Human Microchip Implant

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RFID transponder is a human microchip implant, which is encased in silicate glass and implanted in the body of a human being. This can be implanted under the human skin (i.e. on wrist). Each microchip contains a unique ID number through which external information can be linked, such as personal identification, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact information and more. The first health implant was carried out by British scientist Kevin Warwick in 1998 and then finally, this device received FDA approval in 2004. Furthermore, this microchip was manufactured by VeriChip Corporation and VeriTeQ. The following are the basic benefits of the RFID microchip implant: Personal Identification : This microchip will give each individual a unique ID number (16-digit ID number) which will be linked with his nationality record and all other government useful records. Security : This microchip will be used for the state security purpose, majorly. The security departments can