Check fine print in your doctor's report

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2008 | by Al Neuharth

Usually, when I get the report after my annual physical at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, I carefully check my cholesterol and PSA and then just glance at the rest. For some reason, last week when I got the latest account from my lead Mayo physician, Dr. Francois Lette, I read the whole thing, including the fine print. Headlines:

*My PSA is OK and my cholesterol in the proper range.

*But under "Social History," I was listed as a "nondrinker."

Shocked, I fired off a letter to Dr. Lette that included the following:

"I have no idea where this 'nondrinker' information came from, but it is false and potentially defaming if it were to become public. My love for a martini (vodka) is well known among my friends.

"Since many of them...