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mbarkerI happened to catch a little bit of a program called Dr. General today. I won't be watching it any more -- it's on early in the morning, and is not something I particularly want to see at that hour.
Very simple format, at least the part I saw. A three-star panel, four young doctors who might be interns, and the master doctor -- who showed us clips of a patient presenting certain symptoms, and... stop. Ask the stars and the doctors what's wrong with this person. Then after they have made their guesstimates, the master reveals... TaDa! The actual problem! In today's case, a young lady had incomplete arterial growth, as demonstrated with 3-D scans. The symptoms? Ah, she was known to faint sometimes, and felt dizzy when she stood up on occasion.
I wonder just how many people watched that show and rushed to their doctor to tell them about the times that they felt dizzy, or even fainted, and insist on a 3-D scan of their arteries.
Now you too can suffer from every disease known to the medical profession, without even becoming a first year intern! Just watch Dr. General every day, and learn what those innocent-seeming symptoms you've had all your life really mean...
A prescription for hypochondria. Take two episodes, and visit your doctor in the morning.
Very simple format, at least the part I saw. A three-star panel, four young doctors who might be interns, and the master doctor -- who showed us clips of a patient presenting certain symptoms, and... stop. Ask the stars and the doctors what's wrong with this person. Then after they have made their guesstimates, the master reveals... TaDa! The actual problem! In today's case, a young lady had incomplete arterial growth, as demonstrated with 3-D scans. The symptoms? Ah, she was known to faint sometimes, and felt dizzy when she stood up on occasion.
I wonder just how many people watched that show and rushed to their doctor to tell them about the times that they felt dizzy, or even fainted, and insist on a 3-D scan of their arteries.
Now you too can suffer from every disease known to the medical profession, without even becoming a first year intern! Just watch Dr. General every day, and learn what those innocent-seeming symptoms you've had all your life really mean...
A prescription for hypochondria. Take two episodes, and visit your doctor in the morning.
