Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts

Saturday, March 28, 2009

The Doctor-Patient Relationship

DOCTOR AND PATIENT
How Connected Are You to Your Doctor?
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
Published: March 26, 2009
Patients with the strongest relationships to specific primary care physicians are more likely to receive recommended tests and preventive care, a new study found.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/health/26chen.html

Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Real-Life Equivalent of Dr. House

Fascinating stuff. Tragic stories but at the same time it gives me hope that medical progress is being made one SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) at a time.


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