| People are constantly looking for up to date | | | | but having procedures and recovering in areas where |
| information about health care as modern medicine | | | | it is conducive to their condition. |
| marches froward with new technology. Physicians | | | | Therefore, manufacturers are setting up their own |
| and their patients are equally interested in getting the | | | | health care magazines in an effort to bring |
| most up to date information. There are several | | | | information to the public who may eventually |
| publications that will share this information with you | | | | purchase their products. These publications are also |
| for free. There are many health care magazines that | | | | called trade magazines and they help to keep the |
| have free subscription services. | | | | medical community abreast of advances in medicines |
| In most cases, your subscription will never expire, | | | | and technologies. |
| and will last until you ask them to stop sending the | | | | The publications allow different medical manufacturers |
| magazine. There are others that will provide a free | | | | to put their name forth into the medical community |
| subscription the first year and then begin charging | | | | making their products more recognizable. So, the |
| you for additional subscriptions from your second | | | | company expects to reap the benefits of these |
| year forward. You may be wondering why these | | | | publications and can afford to "give them away." You |
| magazines are being provided free of charge, are | | | | can find many different publications in the forms of |
| these publishing companies crazy? | | | | magazines and journals and they cover information |
| As baby boomers move into retirement age, there | | | | on equipment, imaging, medical care, medications, and |
| are more and more consumers of advancing age | | | | emerging research. |
| who are concerned about their health. Every year, | | | | Following are some examples of publications that can |
| new technology creates new medical upgrades by | | | | be obtained for a free subscription. |
| way of devices and medicines for use in hospitals and | | | | Medical Device Technology: includes an all |
| for use by the average consumer. A great example | | | | encompassing review of the technology of |
| of these upgrades is the medical alert system which | | | | manufacturing and design of new medical devices and |
| is used to alert the local hospital to senior citizens | | | | also of diagnostic products for in-vitro. |
| who may be in medical distress. | | | | Hospitals and Health Networks: this is a periodical |
| In nations that are still developing, health care is very | | | | which caters to executives in health care and |
| different. It is becoming popular to travel abroad for | | | | hospitals with information on their industry and career |
| medical procedures. With this kind of travel, people | | | | guidance. |
| are not just visiting tourist traps in other countries, | | | | |