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Can deciphering your doctor’s notes improve care? (AP)

AP - Don’t be offended if your doctor writes that you’re SOB, or that an exam detected BS.

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If Your Doctor Prescribes an HbA1c Test (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — If you are diabetic, your doctor may prescribe an HbA1c test to measure your blood sugar control during the prior several months.

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Doctors face board specialty ‘expiration dates’ (AP)

AP - The next time you’re at the doctor’s office, take a peek at those certificates hanging on the wall. Like gallons of milk, some of them are expiring.

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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin’s birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

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For obese, vaccine needle size matters (Reuters)

Reuters - Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor’s needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic.

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Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical (Time.com)

Time.com - British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted “dishonestly and with “callous disregard” for the children involved in his study

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Mail-Order May Help People Stick to Med Regimens (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan.

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Stubborn asthma may signal poor use of meds (Reuters)

Reuters - People with difficult-to-control asthma are often not taking their anti-asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor, new study findings indicate.

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Babies Spot Human Speech at 5 Months (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children as young as 5 months old are able to tell the difference between human speech and monkey calls, a new study has found.

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After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — A three-day course of antibiotics may be as effective as a seven-day course in reducing pain after children have their tonsils removed, a new study has found.

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