Many medical practices have on-call doctors to handle urgent issues outside office hours. You can learn about your practice’s after-hours policies on their website or voicemail. Share on Pinterest ...

Health care in America is too expensive. But you can make your physician your ally.

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Primary care doctors have heard it all—yet there are four words they hope their patients don’t say. Here’s ...

That’s a lot of details to cover in less than half an hour, so it’s vital to make the most of the little time you have. Be sure to write down questions for your doctor before the visit, either on ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Doctors don’t just examine bodies—they also decode language. And some words and phrases make them lean in, ...