On the Same Wavelength With the Doctor
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Feel like going to the doctor is a waste of time? With a little preparation, your next doctorâs visit can be a lot more productive.
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The doctor is out, but his tactics drive campaigns from Florida to Alaska. By Samantha M. Shapiro from Wired magazine.
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Some family doctors have five times the number of patients than others, research shows.
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Don&#39;t be embarrassed to question your doctor about that new prescription he&#39;s written, the National Council on Patient Information and Education advises.
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar &#151; via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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A doctor takes a risk and goes against a patient's wishes in order to save his life.
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Doc Rivers is not a real physician, but he may be starting to feel like one.
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My friend talks rapidly on the phone. Her husband has just been diagnosed with a rare skin cancer. It is a second marriage for both, a good marriage. But suddenly they've started to bicker. This is not like them. The change is scary. What is happening here?
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A patient of one of my psychiatric residents recently caught him off guard with a challenging question: âHave you ever been in psychotherapy yourself?â
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Second opinions can be awkward, to say the least, for doctor and patient, and surprisingly little is known about them.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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Dr. Jerry Avorn brings convincing data and sharp analysis to ''Powerful Medicines,&quot; his timely, challenging appraisal of health policy.
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For some patients, it can be difficult to determine how much treatment is just too much.
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Life changed for Steve Lunt and his wife when they called Dr. Gordon Moore, who is among a growing number of doctors nationwide who have adopted same-day service. The idea, which experts say is gaining steam, is that scheduling patients immediately for even routine physicals will keep them healthier and happier.
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Race appears to be a factor in how doctors communicate with their patients, according to a new study of primary care visits conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
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The pilot episode of "Medical Investigation," NBC's new medical science series, makes a hash of the N.I.H., and of a classic piece of journalism.
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Doctors aren&#39;t afraid to say it: Practicing medicine has never been more difficult. General practitioners are under intense pressure to see dozens of patients daily.