Word: techs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gang of heroes break into a high-tech, top-secret facility to use a highly protected computer terminal; they dress up as an emergency fire crew as a ruse
...Arnie and his gang of heroes break into a high-tech, top-secret facility to use a highly protected computer terminal; they dress up as an emergency medical crew as a ruse...
This change in doctors' attitudes reflects a broader yearning among their patients for a more personal, more spiritual approach to health and healing. As the 20th century draws to an end, there is growing disenchantment with one of its greatest achievements: modern, high-tech medicine. Western medicine is at its best in a crisis--battling acute infection, repairing the wounds of war, replacing a broken-down kidney or heart. But increasingly, what ails America and other prosperous societies are chronic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, backaches, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, depression and acute illnesses that become chronic, such as cancer...
...only do patients with chronic health problems fail to find relief in a doctor's office, but the endless high-tech scans and tests of modern medicine also often leave them feeling alienated and uncared for. Many seek solace in the offices of alternative therapists and faith healers--to the tune of $30 billion a year, by some estimates. Millions more is spent on best-selling books and tapes by New Age doctors such as Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil and Larry Dossey, who offer an appealing blend of medicine and Eastern-flavored spirituality (see following story...
...credits has not yet been decided.) Scan was commissioned by CNBC's sales and marketing department, though Jack Reilly, vice president for business news, maintains he will have final say over whether it airs. "This is not hard news," he points out. "It is a feature program--a high-tech magazine...