Have you ever taken an upside-down peek at your medical chart, only to bristle at seeing “SOB” written on it? Don’t take offense! “SOB,” in this context, is likely to stand for “shortness of ...

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As is traditional after a bank-holiday weekend, this week’s column will try not to tax your brain cells too much. So let’s have a look at medical slang. Medical jargon is something some readers will ...