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Tue 03 Mar 2010In search of a normal diagnosis
MEDICAL MATTERS:Glad to hear there’s no treatment required
MOST OF the time, we go to see a doctor hoping to be told that a symptom we have is actually a variation of normal. Sometimes, with say bleeding from the back passage or blood in phlegm, the possibility of something serious crosses our mind. But, human nature being what it is, reassurance is what we are really after.
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