Most U.S. doctors don’t use e-mail with their patients, the Associated Press (AP) reported April 23. The AP cited recent studies that show fewer than one-third of doctors e-mail patients, but when they do it can save time. Patients who used e-mail were less likely to phone or visit. Doctors also responded faster to e-mails than to phone calls. But doctors are concerned that e-mail may increase their work without payment, AP reported. They also worry about privacy and getting e-mails about problems that are urgent. Experts told AP that training can help expand e-mail use between patients and doctors.
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Researchers used rewards and enticements to demonstrate that smokers might be more likely to quit if they were offered something that they percieved as more valuable than the pleasure derived from smoking.
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Elderly patients with dementia who were exposed to bright light for several hours each day showed a slight improvement in symptoms.
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What would cause a consistently low white blood cell count in a healthy person?
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Can I control excessive salivation (sialorrhea) with medication or treatment?
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I have been diagnosed with astigmatism (-0.75 in the right eye; -2.00 in the left). My vision is not perfect, but I don’t feel I need glasses. I don’t have headaches even though I read a lot and work on a computer. Occasionally, I skip a line of the text I’m reading, but that doesn’t bother me. My doctor told me I must wear glasses, otherwise my condition could worsen. Is that true? Is there any health risk to not wearing glasses?
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Young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder may benefit from family-based cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Young people with an opioid addiction who received a more prolonged treatment regimen during a study were less likely to relapse, but after the study’s end they were almost as likely to use again as the group receiving less intensive treatment.
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The onset of dementia can increase the risks of driving for older people. Older drivers, their family members, and doctors should be alert for patterns of behavior that indicate diminished capacity behind the wheel.
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