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...notice a symptom, decide it's unusual and begin exploring for more. Since we all have minor twinges from time to time, when you go looking for more, you find them. "You build a case in your own mind that something's wrong," says Barsky. Even if a doctor assures you it isn't true, you have the symptoms to prove to yourself that the doctor is mistaken...
Both men agree that their primary-care colleagues aren't very well attuned to the problem. "Things are improving," says Barsky, "but there's not a heck of a lot of education about hypochondria in medical school. We teach doctors that their job is to find disease and weed out those who are physically well. They have no time for hypochondriacs." It needn't take as much time as they think, though. "It's not hard to identify a hypochondriac," says Fallon, "if you have the right antenna out." And once a hypochondriac is identified and properly treated...
...Feisal watches from the sidelines, hoping to take advantage of Lawrence's heroism. In The Bridge on the River Kwai, his Colonel Nicholson becomes so obsessed with British pride he ends up a puppet of his Japanese captors. Even from those sidelines, Guinness could loom over a film. In Doctor Zhivago, his burnt-out, hollow face is unforgettably marked by the horrors of war. His Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations shines with the exuberance of youth, which ultimately defeats the aged bitterness of Miss Havisham. Omar Sharif was the star of Zhivago, John Mills of Expectations, but Guinness...
...There isn’t a simple solution. I’m a medical doctor. I’m against death and all the health problems associated with alcohol,” he said. “You need a multi-faceted approach to combat this problem. Strict enforcement, however, might be needed to control the heaviest drinkers...
After only one year Morse become Program Coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center. She made some major life decisions too. She no longer wants to become a doctor and she decided against studying abroad. “Why go abroad after you appreciate what goes on right around the corner?” she says. Her co-program coordinator, Charmi Wijeseva, a student at BU, was also interested in medicine but now is pursuing a career in public health. Morse also says that her work at Project Health has definitely shaped her post-graduation goals...