It's a cross between that moment in the Apprentice when the young hopefuls go to face the music with Lord Sugar and a visit to the doctor.
And while some are of the view that a yearly visit to the doctor for a routine physical is essential, many of us do no such thing.
The FDA approved the elimination of a third visit to the doctor for the nuclear imaging procedure.
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On a recent visit to the doctor, he mentioned that he was a trader.
The newspaper then arranged for him to secretly tape the doctor during a visit to Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight.
In other words, over 50s can go online later this year, when the government has worked out how the service can be delivered, and those who actually need to see a GP can be identified and encouraged to visit the doctor.
Of those, two-thirds intended to visit a doctor as a result of the ads.
Dr. Hardeep Singh, who led the new study at the Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, added that most of the missed diagnoses were traced back to the office visit and the doctor not getting an accurate patient history, doing a full exam or ordering the correct tests.
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The secondary reason is children in under developed countries (where the vaccine is administered for free under humanitarian missions) may not visit the doctor a second time, and vaccination has to be done in a single visit.
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Who better to decide (before the fact) whether a doctor visit is worth the cost than patients themselves?
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Fans will be able to visit the Tardis in 3D in a special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who later this year.
Syria was, as the doctor said, a friendly and safe place to visit.
Germans stay longer in hospital than almost everyone else, have more x-ray and ultra-sound examinations, swallow more medicines, and visit the doctor more often: researchers say that up to a half of consultations are unnecessary.
Why is it that you can seamlessly share, send and collect information between your smartphone, tablet computer, and laptop, and yet you have to fill out the same paper forms every time you visit a new doctor.
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Rush Limbaugh's attorney argued Wednesday that investigators violated the conservative shock-jock's privacy rights, in a surprise visit to a doctor's office to seize medical records.
Think about wearing a device that allows your vital signs to be remotely monitored all the time, rather than at a once-a-year doctor visit.
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After Mr. Davidson was recently referred to a cardiologist because of some incidents of dizziness, his primary-care doctor at his next visit had the specialist's notes and test results available electronically.
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