Harvard Commentaries 35320 Harvard Commentaries What Your Doctor Is Saying • Dysphagia -- "Medical Speak" for Trouble Swallowing • Breathing Problems -- What Do they Mean? • Contain Yourself -- The Language of Your Body's Linings • Decoding Disease Names • Getting 'Hyper' • How To Understand When Your Doctor Talks Statistics • A Day in the Life • 'Dys' Can Help You Understand Your Doctor • The Mystery of the 'Opathies' • Not So Fast: Why Your Doctor Is Skeptical • Who's Who in Your Health Care, Part 1: In the Hospital • Symptoms -- Location, Location, Location • 'Hypo'-thetically Speaking • When the Research Doctor Says, 'More Study Needed' • Understanding Your Prescription Slip • How Your Doctor Looks at Research: the Error Factor • Sometimes It's 'I Don't Know' • Circulation Troubles -- What Do They Mean? • Who's Who in Your Health Care, Part 2: Non-M.D.s • The Case for Moderation • Uncertainty: Medicine's Frequent Companion • What Are the Odds? Understanding Risk • Feet Matter • Twisted Medicine • Decoding the 'Plasties' • The Many Ways To Say 'Normal' • Making Sense Of Medical Warnings • Understanding Why Your Doctor Might Say No • Taking the Pain Out of Pain Relievers • The '-osis' Diagnosis • Decoding the '-Omas' • Pool Rules: What Your (Public Health) Doctor Is Saying • Name That Drug • Medical Terminology - When Size Matters • Placebos -- What Your Doctor Is or Isn't Saying • What I've Learned by Listening • What Makes a Drug a Drug? • Tech Speak • Mysterious Acronyms • The Ultimate Natural Remedy • Medical Doctors Or Spin Doctors: Sorting Through Conflicting Information • Common Versus Rare Conditions • Learning From History • The Many Faces of Heart Disease • The World Of Syndromes • Math In Medicine: Know Your 'Rithmetic • Name That Disease! • Inflammatory Words • Top Five Digestion Misconceptions • Medical Terminology - The Case For Accuracy • The 'Excluding' Language Of Medicine • Describing A Hospital Patient's Condition • Body Language: Telling Your Anterior From Your Posterior • When Your Doctor Is Vague • Medical Test Results: Are You Normal, and Is That a Good Thing? • Reading Your Medical Record Back To Today's Commentary Back To Index Of All Commentaries  •  A Parent's Life  •  Woman to Woman  •  Focus on Fitness  •  Medical Myths  •  Healthy Heart  •  Highlight on Drugs  •  Food for Thought  •  What Your Doctor Is Saying  •  What Your Doctor Is Reading  •  Minding Your Mind  •  Man to Man