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updated: 11 November 2000

Becoming Your Own Hospital

 

From Wired News

When scientists gather to talk about the latest advances in medical technology, the new-fangled gadgetry they unveil almost always finds its home within the traditional doctor-hospital-HMO structure now central to the healthcare industry.

But even a decade ago, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, Americans made more visits to "alternative" practitioners than they did to the old-fashioned doctor's office.

Where are their gizmos?

 

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