Doctors watch helplessly as 15% of the afflicted children suffer relapses and die.

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Doctors will watch Giffords' functioning closely and modify her therapy program "to address individual impairments and deficits, " he said.

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The Cleveland Clinic's LeGrand recommends using case studies instead of mere lectures, and getting other doctors to watch closely how pain specialists prescribe medicine.

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The survey of GPs also found almost three-quarters of GPs were unaware of Department of Health guidelines published in February which outlined the symptoms doctors should watch for.

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Patients have this expectation about doctors because they watch TV.

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The people watch Malaysian shows on television, buy Malaysian-made goods, are treated by its doctors and use the ringgit.

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But the doctors told me if I kept going down the path I was headed, I would likely not be around to watch them graduate from high school.

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