Dr Nick Hopkinson, a member of the British Lung Foundation, thought the study was helpful back-up when patients ask them for antibiotics.
The campaign is also urging patients to ask questions about the tests their physicians prescribe.
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Before Pradaxa was approved, advertisements were running on TV telling patients to ask their doctors about atrial fibrillation.
Another major feature of the site is useful questions which patients can ask their doctors when faced with a diagnosis of cancer.
Another bonus: direct email contact with doctors allows patients to ask about small concerns without having to make that visit to the office.
HealthTap is a website that enables patients to ask questions of physicians, who can earn status points by providing answers with which other physicians agree.
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However, as one seeks any health care services, patients must ask questions about the provider, his or her staff, facility, training and compliance with infection control guidelines.
Clients find they can ask patients up to 40% more questions by using the app, Lanier says.
The major feature is the ability for patients to privately ask questions of doctors through the service.
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He said doctors were beginning to realise that it is important to ask patients about siblings' history of heart disease.
Instead, physicians should not routinely ask patients whether they own guns, because it could compromise the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship.
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To protect against this, they say, we need a system where physicians have to ask patients for permission to access their information.
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Patients may still ask for vertebroplasty no matter what the results show.
Serco's call-handling system lists questions for Serco staff to ask patients.
But experts say mental-health counselors should ask patients about their medical histories as well as emotional issues, and make sure they've had a recent physical exam.
Online health information startup HealthTap is launching a new version of its service Thursday that enables patients to privately ask questions of doctors via mobile devices.
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She thinks the drug may be being misprescribed and says doctors should be aware that they need to ask patients if they have a history of depression before they prescribe it.
Should doctors ask patients if they own guns?
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He said GPs should ask patients if they had any particular concerns about what might be wrong with them, or if they had read anything about a certain treatment, to involve them more in the consultation.
The researchers also found that some patients are reluctant to ask health professionals about their medicine.
Other scientists are contemplating the possibility of having doctors ask their patients to download an app in lieu of taking a drug and calling them in the morning.
Last week, The Washington Post reported on a little-known provision added to the 2010 Affordable Care Act -- better known as Obamacare -- limiting what doctors can ask their patients about firearms in the home.
What Spatz is calling for is a kind of truce, in which instead of engaging in a zero sum game, all the cholesterol drug makers pay for one single campaign for all their drugs, just getting patients to go in and ask their doctor for treatment.
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BAAPS, which backs calls for better regulation of the industry, says patients need to take responsibility and ask the right questions.
Why not use that money to build on the NHS and to employ more doctors and consultants so they can see patients within the system, they ask.
The trial is expected to start in the next six weeks and the hospital will ask up to 50 patients undergoing hip and knee replacements to take part, unless they have dentures.
But in order to make Zelnorm a blockbuster, Novartis needs to get patients to go to the doctor and ask for help for their irritable bowel disorder.
Most importantly, we must ensure physician remain advocates for the individual patients in their care, and not ask doctors to balance care of an individual patient with a broader commitment to preserving resources for society.
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