Sudbury, ON 0 The kind, gentle old family practitioner keeping an eye out for the patient0s overall health is a thing of the past. These days, doctors are as swamped with HMO paperwork as they are with patients.
The New England Journal Of Medicine reports the average doctor0s appointment lasts less than 22 minutes. An American Medical Association report sites patients changing health insurance providers as a reason few have the same 0family doctor0 watching over them year after year. It0s becoming the patient0s responsibility to keep an eye on their own changing health, guide their doctors, and do their own bodies 0preventive maintenance.0
In his new book, 0Medical Crisis: Secrets your doctor won0t share with you,0 Dr Anthony Martin asserts that breast cancer and prostate cancer are nearly 100-percent preventable. It takes more than 5 years for most cancers to grow to the size of the tip of a ball point pen. By the time cancer is found by routine blood tests or feeling a lump, the patient may have missed precious time.
0Your car has dashboard warning lights to alert you that the oil is low, or you0re out of gas,0 says Dr. […]

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