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He or she isn't using your name, of course, but rather descriptions such as "The Angry Patient" or "The Patient Who Knows Too Much."It's part of a physician-to-physician educational presentation titled "Managing the Difficult Patient" on QuantiaMD, which has drawn thousands of views from doctors and a good bit of ire from patients. (You must register to view, but it's free.)"If you look at their videos, they seem to want to get rid of these patients," says Sherry Reynolds, who tweeted about the "startling views" expressed in the videos."Honestly, I was a little shocked when I saw it," adds Amy Tenderich, founder of the popular website DiabetesMine.com. "It was upsetting to see them take such a defensive stand."In particular, the segment "The Patient Who Knows Too Much" has angered patient advocates such as Reynolds and Tenderich. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- When Dr. Carolyn LaFleur was in a car accident six years ago, she couldn't move her neck for a year and a half, she had terrible pain in her hip, and she would get headaches at her temples.Frequent icing, physical therapy and massage therapy helped her neck and hip, but didn't do much for the pain in her head.Then just last year LaFleur discovered yoga. While it didn't get rid of her headaches, it did make the pain much more manageable."Yoga has given me strength," says LaFleur, 66, an anesthesiologist who practices in Hudson, New York.She has her yoga "prescribed" by Dr. Loren Fishman, a rehabilitative medicine specialist at Columbia University's New York-Presbyterian hospital in Manhattan."Yoga lowers your tension. It relaxes the basic tone of your muscle," he says. "And the minute you notice that yoga helps, it raises your confidence that you can help yourself. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- With more than 5 million people suffering from Alzheimer's disease in the United States, a number that's expected to rise to 16 million by 2050, the pressure is on to find better methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.Around the world, Alzheimer's disease is the second most feared disease, behind cancer, according to a recent survey of five countries conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health.Yet there is still a lot of misinformation: Only 61% of Americans who responded to the survey correctly identified Alzheimer's disease as a fatal illness. Many participants also mistakenly believe there are sure diagnostic methods and effective treatments to slow the disease, but most would seek medical attention if they became aware of their own early signs.The research that came out of the Alzheimer's Association 2011 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, which took place in Paris last week, reflects a growing emphasis on early detection. [Read the full article] 
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