Internet is Changing The Patient - Doctor Equation

The reliability bond between patients and doctors is taking a new turn all thanks to the Internet power.

Technology has brought the world closer. There was a time when patients used to wait for their Doctor to arrive instead they now log on to the net and find out what is wrong with them. There are numerous communities and groups online which help people by giving health problem related information. There are also specialists doctor groups who address people around the world and prescribe medication online.

It is a revolution of its own kind, from a person suffering from cold and cough to a cancer patient all are highly dependent on the Internet. Not only patients even doctors follow a lot of websites which give information about their study interests. Any new advancements or new vaccination details it hits the Internet first.

Internet in a way has made life easy for doctors and their patients. The Geographical distance does not exist in this virtual world. Video chat, e mails, forums, premium sites all this and a lot more is on the move.

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However there are some harmful things involved in the Internet world. The medium is huge and reach is vast in all this a bit of wrong information can lead to dangerous outcomes. In all this a lot of people ignore their Doctor they depend a lot on the information online and follow the self cure route. The Internet provides ample information no doubt but every person is different and so are his/her health problems. What your local Doctor can say after examining you will never be said by any online medical group as they cannot examine you the way a Doctor will.

If the information available is used as a reference and not as a sure cure it can help a lot of curious minds and patients. But depending on such sources 100% can be a bit risky. The Doctors are advising people to make sure if they are following any advice online they should make sure it is from a trusted and authentic source.

Doctors Worried Over Smoking Scenes in Movies

Doctors in Britain have raised their concerns over the smoking scenes shown in British movies. They feel these movies are ahead of Hollywood in inculcating the smoking habits in the people of Britain.

They feel movies that portray high level of tobacco consumption should be given a higher age rating. This change is needed because smoking on big screens appears fascinating to the young crowds and they are tempted to smoke. As per researchers from Nottingham University young minds pick up what they see on screen pretty fast and this is a serious problem as it is leading to heavy smoking habits.

The researchers went through high smoking influence movies released in UK between1989 and 2008. They concluded that smoking imagery and branding images in the most popular films have become substantially less common over the past 20 years, it was apparent that children and young people watching films in the UK are still exposed to frequent and, at times, specifically branded tobacco imagery, particularly in films originating from the UK.

Bridget Jones's Diary featured Renée Zellweger regularly smoking Silk Cut. The film was rated as suitable for anyone aged 15 or over but the impact the smoking scenes would have caused would have been huge.

The authors of novels whose books are used as base stories for movies call on the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to factor depictions of smoking much more heavily into its ratings, just as it already does for portrayals of violence and illicit drug use.

The board currently rates about two-thirds of films which portray smoking as suitable for viewing by under-18s as 18 is the legal age for smoking. But a lot of doctors are not against the current age classifications.

The British Television has put in a lot of efforts to reduce on screen smoking depiction but the film industry is not strict enough. Prof Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians feels that smoking is shown in a very glamorous way in movies this highly influences the minds of under 18s and a lot of such movies manage to get U certifications.

The tobacco companies have a long history of product placement in films aimed at children including the Muppet Movie and Superman. This is surprising as the UK laws are against tobacco advertising and on the other hand do not object in film tobacco promotion.

Entire world is fighting to eradicate smoking and reduce the risks of cancer and other deadly diseases. It is high time the British film industry stops showing in film smoking or at least follows strict guidelines while certifying such films.