Nanny doctors?

Quarter of Women Not Getting Health Care They Need

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Costs are getting in the way of women's health care, with about a quarter of American women not getting the care they need, a new national report finds.

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Only 33 percent of women said they had talked to a health-care professional in the past three years about smoking, 20 percent about alcohol use, 43 percent about calcium intake and 55 percent about diet, exercise and nutrition.

Now here is a mystery. Why do women need to talk to their doctors about smoking, alcohol use, calcium intake or diet? Unless they are mentally deficient, they know what they have to or should do for their health. And there is plenty of advice out there a lot cheaper than a medical doctor's and most often more knowledgeable.