1.   He says physicians should be well-trained in standard medical care and also grounded in preventive medicine and healing alternatives.

2.   Primary care physicians are the first ones to see a sick patient.

3.   The physicians were perplexed, as were the specialists to whom they referred their patients for treatment.

4.   Physicians are more likely to admit old patients than young patients for any given severity of illness.

5.   Physicians should be aware that the diagnosis of CO poisoning still depends on a high degree of clinical suspicion and direct measurement of CO.

6.   Also, there are more physicians to share the costs of treating patients with expensive illnesses.

7.   Although patients regard the drugs as miracle cures for obesity, many physicians still are reluctant to prescribe them.

8.   And few physicians are comfortable talking with men about sexual function or other health issues, including depression, according to a Gallup survey released at the conference.

9.   And some physicians were reluctant to use anesthesia, fearing that it might put children at further risk for complications during surgery.