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SLEEPING ROOM
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Is Anybody
Listening?

A Mayo Clinic study of physician-
patient communication has found
that patients frequently do not
remember what their doctors tell
them
The study, which focused on the `--\
results of general medical exams
given to 566 patients, found that the
patients, questioned at home after
the exams, did not report 68 percent
of health problems diagnosed by
their physicians, including 54 per-
cent of the most serious problems.

Choosing Doctors
A Low Priority

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A recent MasterCard survey of 1,000
adults found that Americans spend
more time deciding on vacation
plans than choosing a doctor. The
survey revealed that while 42 per-
cent of Americans spend "weeks" or
more choosing a new car or vacation '\
destination, only 22 percent spend
this much time deciding on a doc-
tor.

BARBARA ANN

Wayne State University

The Detroit
Medical Center

This is an official notice to all parents whose
children were immunized at any Detroit Medical
Center facility beginning January 1, 1994. To
improve your child's health opportunities, we're
forwarding details of your child's immunization
history to the Michigan Childhood Immunization
Registry (MCIR), where the information will be
entered into a database. Entry in the registry means
that your child's history will be immediately avail-
able at all points of service no matter where medical
treatment is obtained. If you do not wish for us to
foward your child's record to MCIR or for more
information, please contact Carol Legwand, RN,
BSN, Community Outreach, (313) 745-5658, by
March 15, 1998.

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The Detroit Medical Center
Wayne State University

Cancer
Prevention Tips

■ Eat foods high in fiber
and low in fat

■ Include fresh fruits,
vegetables and whole
grain cereals in your diet

■ If you drink alcoholic
beverages, do so only in
moderation

■ Don't smoke or use
tobacco in any form

■ Avoid unnecessary X-rays

■ Avoid too much sunlight;
use sunscreens

■ Take estrogens only as
long as necessary

For more information
call (800) KARMANOS
(800-527-6266)

Visit our website at
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The Migraine
Pain Connection

ALISON ASHTON
Special to The Jewish News

recent issue of Archives of
Neurology reports that peo-
ple who suffer from
migraines or severe
headaches have an increased risk of
stroke.
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In a large-scale study, researchers
found that 40-year-old migraine suf-
ferers are three times more likely to
have a stroke than people who don't
have migraines. This disparity
diminishes with age, but 70-year-old
migraine patients are still twice as
likely to have a stroke as their pain-
free counterparts.
Since women have much higher
rates of migraine than men (12.8
percent vs. 3.6 percent), female
migraine sufferers are most at risk of
stroke.

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Alison Ashton writes for Copley News
Service.