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Until a doctor understands how a disease affects a patient's social life, daily routines, family interactions and anxieties, she or he does not really know that disease. A physician can gain credibility with patients and their families by asking how a disease is affecting their personal lives. Patients will feel understood and will be more likely to comply with the doctor's suggestions and instructions...
...made great contributions to the field. “[Ty]’s life was cut tragically short before he had the chance to deliver on all his promise,” the statement reads. “[He] was destined to have a stellar career as a physician-scientist.” —Staff writer Doris A. Hernandez can be reached at dahernan@fas.harvard.edu...
...least one thing in common: passion. Your article reminded me that the most important thing is not what I do; I just need to love doing it. Lydia Kim Evanston, Illinois, U.S. I admire your including Bill and Melinda Gates in the list of important leaders. As a physician who has spent 50 years working in more than 20 countries, I have always dreamed that there would someday be enough money for the control of diseases in underdeveloped countries. Perhaps my dreams will come true through the immense generosity of that couple. Fereydoun Arfaa Danville, California, U.S. After reading about...
...awesome as it is, an MRI is only one of the diagnostic tests at a physician's disposal. A PET scan, for instance, is even more complicated, measuring how much energy is being used by your cells in order to give an energy-use mapping of a slice of your body. It is better at showing some tumors than any other imaging method. We have tri-spiral CT scanners, radionucleide bone scanners, EKG-gated CT angiographic scanners. We can test the electrical activity of brain, muscle and nerve. We can test your blood in two thousand different ways...
...admire your including Bill and Melinda Gates in the list of important leaders. As a physician who has spent 50 years working in more than 20 countries, I have always dreamed that there would someday be enough money for the control of diseases in underdeveloped countries. Perhaps my dreams will come true through the generosity of that couple...