Patients often leave the doctor's office with careful instructions about what to do if their illness doesn't get better – or if it gets worse.

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Sometimes, late at night in the hospital when no one is around to bear witness, Dr. Peter Murphy will see an open elevator door just waiting for a passenger.
"Tai Chi for Wellness"; American Buddhist Seminary, 423 Glide Ave., West Sacramento; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; $10 per class; (916) 662-4567.
Editor's note: This is the fifth story in a series that follows The Bee's Anna Tong as she takes boxing lessons at Prime Time Boxing.
Behold the common potato: such a staple of our diet, such a disparaged tuber. Take our quiz about potatoes – blissfully free of any questions about the fattening french-fried variety.
If you have questions about the practices of your managed-care coverage, ask the experts at the state Department of Managed Health Care.
Rock drummers, some claim, are finely tuned athletes, as fit as any long-distance runner. But to get your head around that idea, you'll have to put aside all sorts of assumptions and stereotypes.

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