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W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 craziest things about the Japanese medical system【Weird Top Five】
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Scott Wilson
Feb 9, 2017 - Tweet
With the world’s knowledge quite literally at our fingertips, the sheer amount of information available to us can be overwhelming. With the ability to look up anything from recipes to diagnostics and treatments for diseases at the touch of a button, how are we to know what to believe?
A doctor’s office in Japan has posted a list of 10 tips to help patients weed through all the falsities in order to make the best decisions about their medical care.
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