Show Study finds many many women tell tel tell I doctors white li Delthia Ricks Many women have no qualms about not telling tellin g the truth to their doctors and a whopping 52 percent say they give in to the temptation of what they feel feelis feelis is a harmless little white lie The finding was made by by Dr Nancy Jasper an assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons Jasper sai said d its it's very likely that me men n also hide the truth on th the e examination table but asan as asan a aan S an OB GYN she said sh she e focused on the patients sh she e sees most often Key among her findings finding S in a national survey of women is that respondents who admitted to lying say they are not concerned about the consequences Jasper said a lie can lead to toa toa toa a wrong prescription which can prove detrimental Participants in the survey were between the ages of 25 and 49 I always ask my patients Jasper whether they smoke Jasper said A lot of women will say No but I am a social smoker And I say You'll have to define that for me mc because I have no idea what that means They 11 say they only smoke on weekends But nut you start to uncover more when you ask How many cigarettes do you smoke in a week Jasper said she tells patients that even casual smoking can lead to conditions such as emphysema and lung cancer and that smokers older than 35 who also are on hormonal contraceptives have a significantly increased risk of blood clots and stroke Jasper said women sometimes do not intend to lie they simply forget about important medical information that can have an impact on the healthcare health healthcare healthcare care they receive Many reveal neither the kind nor number of the over-the-counter drugs and supplements they take when questioned about medications they're on Many people do not think of the over-the-counter drugs or supplements as medication Jasper said Dr Shari Lusskin director of reproductive psychiatry at NYU Medical Center in Manhattan said Jaspers Jasper's survey revealed the kinds of lies all doctors encounter daily Women lie all of the time Men lie too Lusskin said I think the survey results are interesting They say the top reason for thelie the thelie thelie lie is that they didn't want wanta a lecture or they didn't want to be judged I really think they didn't want the embarrassment That's probably the underlying motivation especially if they're doing something they know their physicians would be concerned about In her survey Jasper found that 64 percent of women said they do not want a lecture and 38 percent do not want to be judged |