Don’t Take the 11:30 A.M. Appointment on Monday Everyone’s heard that you’re most likely to see your doctor on time if you book the first appointment of the day, so that slot fills up fast. Because the office will most likely fall behind schedule by the third appointment, your next best option is to snag…
13 Things You Should Never Do Before a Medical Test
Medical tests usually seem pretty cut-and-dried, but they’re surprisingly easy to skew. Something as seemingly benign as eating the wrong thing can give bogus results, and now research suggests that you can affect blood pressure readings by just moving your arm. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicineshowed that shifting your arm from…