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Originally Posted by pting
Doctors are the product of Medical Schools. They are not trained in preventative medicine. You're in partnership with your doctor...but don't expect them to prescribe alternative medicine...it's not their area of expertise.
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Unfortunately, I think most doctors take the "easy way out" by prescribing medication rather than delving deep into a patient's history.
They just don't have time.
As more Boomers become Wrinklies, the health system will become even busier.
Files get lost, results are misinterpreted, we need to keep copies of all test results.
We need to schedule mammograms and colonoscopies and bone density tests.
Luckily there are many health-related classes and clubs and lectures available in The Villages.
I think that self education is the key to maintaining good health as we age.