The other benefit of using the microchip is that it can be equipped with biosensors, which means that a doctor can monitor how effectively the drug is treating the disease, and remotely program the device according to adjust to changing circumstances.

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The decision means Venter, a qualified medical doctor, can only resume match-day involvement with Saracens from 30 July.

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That means the doctor will oversee a team of less- highly paid nurses, physician assistants and orderlies who will perform many basic tasks.

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Essentially, that means nobody wants a solo practicing doctor and nobody in the physician workforce wants to be one, Merritt Hawkins said.

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And the military still reports that it's short-handed for mental health professionals and, because of the vacancies, that means either veterans don't see a doctor at all, there's delay seeing a doctor, the veteran is put in group therapy instead of individual or the veteran is given prescription drugs instead of receiving one-on-one counseling, which is the best standard.

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It means I can afford a copay should my son need to see a doctor.

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Efficacy here means that of the sample of people who came to the doctor with a flu-like illness, 62% of those who had been vaccinated did not have influenza.

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The difficulty is that they have a duty of patient confidentiality which is central to the success of the doctor-patient relationship and means that patients feel able to confide honestly with their GP.

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