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Once that kind of intelligence is wired into a computer, the next logical step is connecting the system to the outside world. In fact, "tele-medicine," as doctors refer to a range of such long-distance ministrations, is the latest buzz in medical technology. The idea is simple enough: doctors and computers in advanced research centers should be able to "dial in" to rural areas to diagnose and treat patients, opening up a whole new medical frontier...
Besides the several thousand doctors who include elements of various "unconventionals" in their practice, many others refer patients to non-M.D. practitioners on a case-by-case basis. Dr. Mark Anderson, an internist in Greenwich, Connecticut, directs some patients to homeopaths or acupuncturists for pain that has not responded to conventional treatment. "Patients ask about these things, and so long as they really want to try them and keep in touch with me afterward," he says, "I go along...
...tests, Home Access ($39.95) and Home Access Express ($49.95), must send a blood sample to a lab, then call a toll-free number with a private personal identification code to get the results. If the results are positive or inconclusive, a counselor gets on the line to refer people to a full-time counselor and discuss medical options. "The advantage of a home test is the sense of privacy which might encourage more people to get tested," says Gorman. "The hope is that the company providing the tests is as careful in maintaining the confidentiality of its records as medical...
...still refer to Hammer by his last name alone, at his request. He thinks it makes him sound more sinister. In the late '60s, when Hammer and all of his friends liked to think of themselves as dangerous, you could make him glow by calling him the Hammer, as in "Do you think the Hammer's phone is tapped...
...asteroids heading toward Earth would strike oceans, not land. Had asteroid 1996JA1 collided with any of our oceans, a tidal wave of Noachian-flood proportions would have deluged every province of the planet. The survivors, should there have been any, wouldn't know what had happened. Perhaps they would refer to an act of God that cleansed the planet of a sordid past. Thank God there are prudent souls working to protect us from such an event. ROBERT D. BROWN Lincoln, Nebraska Via E-mail...