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Doctor's Office Etiquette: Turn Dr. No Into Dr. Yes the Next Time You Visit a Medical Professional

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Doctor, Appointments, Nurse, Insurance, Medical Professional, Medical History, Etiquette, Etiquette and Advice, Culture News

If you want good service before, during, and after your office visit, here are some tips for making them go as smoothly as possible.

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The Doctor Won't See You Now

Jena Kingsley | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Doctor Office Wait, Waiting, Doctor, Waiting Window, Waiting Room, Wait in Doctors Office, Waiting Room Times, Waiting Room Times America, Comedy News

The cable company calls it a "window" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., which most people have a problem with. But the truth is, they are honest. Why don't doctor's offices start calling it a window.

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You and "Your Doctor"

Vicky Shorr | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Doctors, Doctor, Healthy Living News

You see it in every drug ad, and in a lot of the articles in the New York Times Science Section: "Talk to your doctor." "This is between you and your doctor." "If you experience bleeding, memory loss, black-outs, tell your doctor," and so on. And my own reaction is: "What doctor?"

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"Too Cuticle for Words"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Cocktail, Nurse, Columnist, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hangnail, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Band-Aid, Thanksgiving, Ginsu Knife, Obituary, Physician, America, Paronychia, Finger, Epsom Salt, Infection, Antibiotics, Doctor, Stamford, Bacitracin, Comedy News

I can just imagine the lead of my obituary: "Jerry Zezima, a longtime newspaper columnist and certified public nuisance, died yesterday of complications from a hangnail. He was 58."

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How To Find The Best Doctors

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Find Doctor, Video, Best Doctors, Find the Best Doctor, Personal Health, Doctor Search, Doctors, Doctor, Best Doctor, Find a Doctor, Healthy Living News

By Kate Lowenstein When it comes to finding a doctor, chances are you spend a lot more time worrying about your partner, your kids or your parent...

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6 Reasons We Ignore The Doctor's Advice (And Why We Shouldn't)

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Video, Doctors, Doctor, Women's Health, Doctors Advice, Personal Health, Beauty and Skin, Doctor Advice, Healthy Living News

By Jené Luciani for Shape.com Exercise more, eat less, don't smoke, stay out of the sun -- we're inundated with dozens of messages like these on a...

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Can I Borrow a Hug?

Pat Gallagher | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Howie Mandel, Hugs, Doctor, Hypochrondriac, Giving Birth, Nat King Cole, Comedy News

I'm a hypochondriac. Is there a support group out there anywhere for people like me? Or am I in this alone, wallowing in my misery? I really, really l...

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Do Doctors Deliver the Worst Customer Service?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Doctors, Customer Service, The Doctor, Average Wait Time for Doctor, Poor Bedside Manner, Waiting for the Doctor, Going to the Doctor, Bedside Manner, Rude Doctor, Doctor, Fifty News

When you think of customer service, the image that comes to mind is a long line at a cash register, right? Yet some of the worst customer service being delivered comes from the medical community.

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I Don't Think Physicians Are as Arrogant as You Do

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Arrogance, Physician Behavior, Physicians, Patient Care, Difficult Doctors, Medical Doctors, Mindfulness, Doctors, Doctor, Doctors Care, The Doctors, Health Care, Healthy Living News

I am a physician, and I don't think I am more arrogant than non-physicians. While patients and media frequently accuse us of behaving arrogantly or poorly, I'm not sure these are fair generalizations.

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I Am Doctor. Hear Me Roar.

Priya Malhotra | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Scrubs, Women, Doctor, Chicago, Medical School, Women Doctors, Nursing, Nurses, Women in Medicine, Chicago News

On days I've worn scrubs in public, strangers often comment on my monochromatic cotton garb. The most common comment I get is this: "you must be a nurse."

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America's Most Underrated Careers

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Center for Work Policy, Unemployment Rate, Danger, Paralegal, Jobs, Work-Life Balance, American Jobs Act, Doctor, Pilot, Job Competition, Center for American Progress, Income, Business News

As the debate over job creation in America continues to heat up in Washington, turns out there are several careers worth taking a closer look at. ...

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Remembering Dr. Benjamin E. Mays' Legacy

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Fund, Childrens, Defense, Mwe, Tron: Legacy, Dr, Children, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Benjamin E Mays, Doctor, Children's, Cdf, Column, Impact News

Ramrod straight of posture, unwaveringly principled and caring, keenly intelligent and elegant in speech, Dr. Mays was one of the most important people to me during my college years at Spelman.

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How To Build A Better Relationship With Your Doctor

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Dr. Cindy Haines, Doctor Patient Relationship, Patient, Doctor, Health Care Savings, Primary Care Physician Relationship, Health Care, Doctor Relationship, Home News

I think it's possible to stay healthier for less money. One of the most important steps to take in getting there is to effectively partner with a primary care provider.

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"Kidney Stone II: The Sequel"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Ray, Nurse, Stamford Advocate, Urologist, Humor, Hospital, Prescription, Anesthesiologist, Medical, Doctor, CAT Scan, Long Island, Stamford, Kidney Stones, Percocet, Comedy News

In what I fear will become a series with more sequels than "Rocky," I had my second kidney stone.

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Reducing Expenses After Divorce

Natalie Pace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HuffingtonPost.Com, Debt, Pace, Irs, Divorce, Stocks, Bonds, Budget, Natalie, Medical, Health Insurance Annuity, Parent, Kid, Wealth, NataliePace.Com, Doctor, Divorce News

Reducing expenses after divorce is a must for most parents...

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"Hot Stuff"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Engines, Stamford Advocate, New Year's, Humor, Computers, Kitchen, Christmas, Joke, Surgeon, Death, Oven, Repairman, Military, Jet, Cooking, Heat, Dishwasher, Doctor, Dogs, Italian, Comedy News

If you can't stand the heat, get into the kitchen. That's the lesson I learned recently after the oven lost heat in the kitchen and I couldn't stand t...

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Weekly Pulse: DADT, Vampire Bees, and Other Hazards to Your Health

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Lgbt, Honey, RH Reality Check, San Diego, Brooklyn, Hyde Amendment, Monica Potts, Kenneth Katz, Crackpot, Military, Dadt, Sti, Bee, Affordable Care Act, Grist, Abortion, Stupak, Beekeeping, New York, Food Stamps, Red Hook, Gay, Planned Parenthood, Choice, Recession, Sarah Goodyear, Tapped, Campus Progress, Hunger, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Health Care Reform, Std, Doctor, Home News

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Dr. Kenneth Katz recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Health...

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Astoria Characters: The Pilates Performer

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New South Wales, Nurse, Astoria, Achilles Tendonitis, Chris Noth, Outback, Emma Bryant, Julliard, Meisner Technique, Pilates, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Robert Duvall, London, Nancy Ruhling, Equinox, Tony Randall, Down Under, Actress, Collective Theatre Company, Dance, Doctor, Italian, CD Player, New York News, Pekinese, Sheltie, Dubbo, Neighborhood Piltates NYC, New York News

Emma Bryant is an actress. She's not waiting on tables. She's not waiting for the big break. So far, what Emma has made happen are a theater production company and an in-home Pilates studio.

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Eradication of Familial Cancer: The Wave of the Future?

Jacqueline Kravette | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Ovarian Cancer, Healing, Cure, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Cancer, Doctor, Cedars Sinai, Death, Brca1, Los Angeles News

For however long I can remember, there was always that ominous threat of the "C" word. I don't believe there was ever a family get-together without the mention of cancer. My family carries the mutated BRCA1 gene.

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It's About Time

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stamford Advocate, Taste, Time, Research, Chicago, Late, Humor, Football, Books, Science, Coffee, Study, Mask, Traffic, Teenager, Bank, Powder, Smell, Doctor, Health Care, Tardiness, Comedy News

I was born more than three weeks past my due date and haven't been on time for anything since. In fact, I have such a reputation for tardiness that people have said I will be late to my own funeral, which is fine with me because I am in no big hurry to get there.

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Meet Dr. Chan

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patient, Doctor, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medicine, Video, New York News

Dr. Chan and Mrs. Geng (not their real names) eased out of their chairs in the waiting room using their matching wooden canes, the kind distributed by...

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Jerry Appleseed

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tree, Cider, Stamford Advocate, Baseball, Applesauce, Orchard, Humor, Football, Reporter, Apples, Wagon, Midwest, Wife, Juice, Fruit, Farms, Bags, Pies, Baskets, Candies, Applejack, New York Times, Doctor, Stamford, Comedy News

Everyone knows the story of Johnny Appleseed, who introduced apples in the Midwest by saying, "Granny Smith, meet McIntosh. Mac has invented a newfang...

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Abortion: The View From Both Sides of the Street

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Activists, Abortion, Documentary, Patient, Doctor, Abortion Debate, Propaganda, Delaware, Florida, Film, Entertainment News

12th and Delaware is a film about two clinics across the street from each other -- one run by pro-choice advocates and one run by a Christian group opposed to abortion.

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Lack of Sleep is a Nightmare for Teens

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Marissa Cevallos, Parenting Tips, Sleep Advice, Teenagers, Pediatricians, Kansas, Sleeping, Sleep Deprivation, Parents, Universities, Sleep Tips, San Jose Mercury News, Nightmare, Activities, High School Sports, Sleep Challenge 2010, Parenting, Grandparents, University, Sports, Teenage Health, Education, College, Health, Teens, How to Sleep Better, High School, Doctors, Schools, Doctor, Sleeping Well, Sleep, College Sleep, Healthy Living News

Over the years, I have noticed an increasing problem in many of my teen patients: sleep deprivation.

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An American Doctor Packing Scrubs for Afghanistan

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doctor, Muslim, Global Health, CURE International, War, Female, Afghanistan, American, International Health, Relief Work, Physician, Pediatrics, Humanitarian Aid, World News

After many experiences in global health in Lebanon, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, and the Balkans, I am older, but only mildly wiser. I am now plunging head first into a medical trip to Afghanistan working with CURE International.

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