Tips on Managing Your Own Thyroid Disease and Health Information: Marie Savard, MD on How Information May Save Your Life

Do you have a right to your own medical records? If you do, why would you want them? How can you get doctors to take symptoms seriously, when you may see a different doctor during each visit, or doctors have no time to review your chart? And what can you do if your doctor refuses to test your thyroid? These are just a few of the questions answered by internist and patients' rights champion Dr. Marie Savard, best-selling author of "How to Save Your Own Life" and "The Savard Health Record." Dr. Savard knows that in today's managed care HMO world of 10-minute doctor appointments, you need some very specific information and tools in order to ensure that you receive the best possible care, and in this interview, she shares unique and important advice. Read the interview now.