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In the US, the typical doctor's office visit lasts seven to 10 minutes. During that time, the doctor reviews your medical history, asks questions about your symptoms, performs an exam and orders tests, if necessary. This approach can be effective...
Speak up. A new survey shows that patients usually don't say anything-which puts them at risk for medical errors. Patients...
A 5O-year-old man I knew went for an annual checkup. His doctor pronounced him in excellent health. Eight months later the man...
All Americans are at risk of receiving substandard health care, regardless of gender, race, income or even insurance status. In fact, a...
With medical information and practice changing at lightning speed, making sure your doctor keeps up with the latest breakthroughs could prove vital...
New research shows that many hospitals and health plans do not require pediatricians to be board-certified, a finding that may have implications...
For more than J0 years, I have recommend that health-care consumers ask a friend I or family member to accompany them on...
What happens to people who have potentially serious health conditions after V V they're treated and released from the emergency...
Increasingly, major American merchandisers are partnering with health-clinic chains to provide routine medical services in a mall like setting. This retail health-care...
Even if they're otherwise health-savvy, few patients know as much as they should about diagnostic blood and urine tests. Result:...
New, simplified guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) now place more emphasis on pushing on the chest than on breathing into a person&...
Many hospital patients and their families don't realize that at every hospital, in addition to all the advanced drugs and...