Imagine you`re not feeling well and you trudge into a doctor`s office. As usual, your blood pressure, temperature, weight, and blood tests are taken, and the results are entered into your record. But then, rather than ask you a bunch of questions you`ve already answered before, the doctor hits a button and calls up your entire healthcare history-all your past test results and your risks for hereditary and lifestyle-influenced diseases-along with findings from the latest, relevant scientific studies. After asking some computer-assisted questions about your symptoms, the doctor has the system churn through all this information to make recommendations for treatments, medicines, and lifestyle...
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