Patients’ opinion a better predictor of illness, death than standard tests

Sunday, July 17, 2016 - 12:41 in Health & Medicine

Patients’ self-rated health is a better long-term predictor of illness and death than standard blood tests, blood pressure measurements or other symptomatic evidence a doctor might gather, according to a new study from Rice University. The study in Psychoneuroendocrinology lays out mounting statistical evidence to support this conclusion. The team led by Christopher Fagundes, a […]

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