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Something You Should Know about the Doctor/Patient Relationship

Important Medical Truths - Part 2

April 30, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Richard Besser, author of the book Tell Me the Truth, Doctor: Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Can the radiation from a cellphone cause brain cancer?

 

Dr. Richard Besser:
The type of radiation emitted from a cellphone is not the type of radiation, ionizing radiation, that damages our cells and causes cancer.
 
Richard Besser, M.D.

Important Medical Truths

April 29, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Richard Besser, author of the book Tell Me the Truth, Doctor: Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Is it a good idea for people to take a daily aspirin to help prevent heart disease?

 

Dr. Richard Besser:
I read the data and my risk of having a bleeding ulcer from an aspirin is higher than my risk of having a heart attack because I don’t have risk factors – so I don’t think I should take an aspirin.
 
Richard Besser, M.D.

Keeping Up With Healthcare Changes

March 12, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Cary Presant, author of the book Surviving American Medicine: How to Get the Right Doctor, Right Hospital, and Right Treatment with Today's Health Care

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Healthcare in America is changing and we have to change with it.

 

Dr. Cary Presant:
With healthcare reform more is expected of patients than ever before. And you have to know how to navigate the system in order to really survive American medicine.
 
Dr. Cary Presant

Getting Better Medical Care - Part 2

January 9, 2013

 

Interview with Martine Ehrenclou, author of the book The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care

 

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to receive quality healthcare you really need to take more responsibility.

 

Martine Ehrenclou:
You know there’s a doctor shortage and doctors are forced to see …you know doctors who take insurance are forced to see patients between 7 to 15 minutes.
 
Martine Ehrenclou

Getting Better Medical Care

January 8, 2013

 

Interview with Martine Ehrenclou, author of the book The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Perhaps we should all make a New Year’s resolution to get more involved in our own healthcare and not just leave it all up to the doctor.

 

Martine Ehrenclou:
A lot of people are still passive in their medical care and that is how medical errors occur and patients are less satisfied.
 
Martine Ehrenclou

You & Your Doctor - Part 2

October 4, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Peter Ubel, author of the book Critical Decisions: How You and Your Doctor Can Make the Right Medical Choices Together

 

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Mike Carruthers:
When you and your doctor discuss medical advice it’s not just up to the doctor.

 

Dr. Peter Ubel:
Because the right medical choice isn’t always a medical matter it sometimes depends on value judgments and the values that often matter and those of my patients.
 
Dr. Peter Ubel

You & Your Doctor

October 3, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Peter Ubel, author of the book Critical Decisions: How You and Your Doctor Can Make the Right Medical Choices Together

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Medical decisions, we used to leave it to the doctor to decide what we should do.

 

Dr. Peter Ubel:
Doctor knew best and around the mid 70tys there was kind of a revolution in medical care where we realized that patients had a role to play in these decisions. But no one has really taught either doctors or patients how to work together.
 
Dr. Peter Ubel

Getting The Best Medical Care

July 6, 2012

 

Interview with Patrick Malone, author of the book The Life You Save: Nine Steps to Finding the Best Medical Care-and Avoiding the Worst

 

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Mike Carruthers:
During a typical doctor visit you don't get a lot of time to discuss the details, so a little preparation can help...

 

Patrick Malone:
Write down what is bothering you: "Why am I going to see this doctor, what are the top three or four things on my mind?"
 
Patrick Malone

Pitfalls of Getting Medical Information On The Web

May 28, 2009

Interview with Lisa Gualtieri Professor Tufts University Medical School www.lisagualtieri.com

 

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Mike Carruthers:
It's very common to go online to get health information from the Internet, particularly when you're sick because you want to know what's wrong with you before you go to the doctor. But that can cause a problem.

 

Lisa Gualtieri:
People are not talking with their doctors about what they find online and in some cases are actually using the information that they find to determine how current their physician's knowledge is.
Lisa Gualitieri

 

Facts About Back Pain

October 21, 2011

 

Interview with Dr. Lee Riley, co-author of the book The Back Book (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Back trouble is a lot more common than you might think.

 

Lee Riley, M.D.:
Eighty-percent of people over the course of their lives have trouble with their back. So it's very common. It's as common as getting a cold.
 
Lee Riley, M.D.


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