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...protective wife and doctor's daughter, Nancy Reagan believes strongly in the confidentiality of the patient-doctor relationship. But as her husband demonstrated last week, the straightforward answer can ensure that something minor does not turn into a nagging issue that attracts far more headlines than it deserves...
...behaves "somewhat flippantly," said a U.S. Navy doctor. He is "rather immature," reported a U.S. Air Force psychiatrist. "He took delight in being the center of attention. He was grabbing for the glitter and gusto...
When the State Department belatedly learned of the incident 13 hours afterward, it persuaded Soviet officials to let Medvid be interviewed. He was examined and questioned by State Department representatives as well as by the Navy doctor and Air Force psychiatrist, both of whom concluded that he was not under the influence of drugs and was competent to decide what he wanted to do. While his ship's skipper, its doctor and two Soviet diplomats watched, Medvid insisted that he had merely fallen overboard and had no intention of deserting...
...with a reputation for cutting taxes. No, not Ronald Reagan, but Reagan's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Otis ("Doc") Bowen. As two-term Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981, the diminutive (5 ft. 5 in.) Bowen, 67, maintained the gentle demeanor of a country doctor while running the state in the "less government is more" tradition, cutting taxes and leaving Indiana with some of the paltriest welfare benefits in the U.S. Reagan appointed him to replace HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler, who was pushed out to become Ambassador to Ireland...
...disease prevention program, notes that "one of the pitfalls is people not seeking medical attention when they should." Acknowledges Frank Morgan, vice president for a pioneering health promotion plan at Berol Corp. in Danbury, Conn.: "We certainly don't want employees doing stupid things like not seeing a doctor just to get a TV or microwave oven." But, he adds, there is no evidence that this has happened. The incentive chase may also induce some stress of its own. At Scherer, a worker who has not been late or absent for ten years wins a fortnight for two in Florida...