Before you can be treated for any ailment you need an accurate diagnosis.

Otherwise the treatment may be useless or counterproductive.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

Most health problems don't pose much of a diagnostic puzzle,

most health problems don't pose much of a diagnostic puzzle, but sometimes a disease or an unusual

manifestation of a condition will have the doctor stumped.

Today we talk with Dr. Lisa Sanders, who writes the diagnosis column for the New York Times about solving

medical mysteries.

Is there anything a patient can do to help a doctor make the correct diagnosis?

What about Dr. Google? Is it possible to use an internet search to

suggest what might be wrong or is this dangerous? Coming up on the People's

Pharmacy solving diagnostic dilemmas.

First, the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,

People who drink hot tea may want to In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,

People who drink hot tea may want to let it cool a bit before they sip.

That's particularly true for anyone who smokes or drinks alcohol.

Smokers and drinkers who also regularly imbibe scalding tea may be increasing

their risk for esophageal cancer. The research followed nearly half a million Chinese

adults for almost a decade. Those who drank tea at least every week

were asked whether their tea was room temperature, warm, hot, or burning hot when they drank it.

Tea is a popular beverage in China

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