Medico, the information of health and community questions and answers from global reach portal, was launched in the market Mexican.

New York, August 17, 2011-  Medico.com is an entrepreneurial initiative in the global website focused on the field of health, which has been recently released in Mexico. The site contains quality in Spanish information about health, comprising over 4,000 articles about diseases and common conditions today, such as diabetes, cancer or depression, as well as other health-related topics, such as pregnancy or baby care. The information has international accreditation, constant updating of news on related topics and an active community of questions and answers, which allows people to help and help share experiences related to their daily experiences when they suffer a medical ailment. All functions and Medico.com services are free of charge.

In addition, hospitals, health centres, communities of patients and individual professionals, have been especially excited about his involvement in Medico.com, taking advantage of the specific functions of the site for institutions or professionals who want to have a profile on the portal.

Elan Dekel, who previously worked at Google as responsible for the development of products in Europe in the East, Middle East and Africa is founder and CEO of Medico.com. Passionate about the issues of health and connoisseur of the scope and possibilities of the Internet, he formed a team with colleagues of outstanding career on the Internet, including Director doctor Dr. Julian Fisher, neurologist of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) and member of the Harvard Medical School Faculty.

In the words of the founder “We want to provide online high-quality health information to our users in Mexico and that are relevant at the local level”; It is their wish that Mexico users can use the platform for their own benefit and share their knowledge.

Howard Morgan, partner in the First Round Capital investment firm and a member of the directive Board of Medico.com stated: “health care is of crucial importance throughout the world;” “we are very happy to support the creation of communities and resources to make that information accessible through the work of Medico.com, and believe that the arrival of Medico.com to Mexico is an essential step in this process of global spread.”