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email your doctor for better health!!!


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By Dr. Steve Silberberg - Posted on 07 September 2010

E-mailing doctors improves care (From consumer reports)

Emailing your doctorPeople with diabetes or hypertension, or both, who e-mail their physicians about the ups and downs of their test results and other aspects of their care appear far more likely to undergo screening tests and keep their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood-sugar levels under control compared with those who don’t e-mail their doctors, according to a study of 35,423 patients published in the July 2010 issue of the journal Health Affairs.