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The Best Screening - Talk with Doc

January 11, 2010

Great article about the best medical screening for you. Bottom line - the most important thing you can do is talk to your doc about your family history. From the article "...70 percent of a diagnosis comes from talking with a patient or from his or her family history. Another 20 percent comes from conducting a physical examination. 'Maybe 10 percent comes from testing,' he said. 'Talking is the most important part. Sometimes I see people getting away from that.'"

Read more here http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=237536&format=html.

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