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What's the difference between findings and prognosis, and diagnosis?
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Medical Jargon: Findings are the information or data one gets when looking for a reason for a patient's symptoms. Prognosis means a prediction on how the patient will fare on any given treatment or non-treatment.
Answered 4/17/2013
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