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Apparently, it doesn’t get funding:
Why Medicine Should Care Less About ‘Sick,’ More About ‘Normal’
If you had died 50 years ago, your body would have stood a pretty good chance of serving science. In the 1960s, autopsy rates at US hospitals exceeded 50 percent. Pathologists weren’t necessarily looking for what killed people — they were taking [...]

I’ve long thought that licensed ‘purchased’ materials is an asinine business plan that some day some hero will come through and shatter. Much of our cultural history has been created through sharing and reshaping. Now that the technology has come along to do it, companies and governments are attempting to create technological and legal barriers [...]

Jason over at Healthcare Economist seems to think this is a good idea. I have to disagree with the specific instantiation described here (going solely on Jason’s description). Besides the obvious problem, pointed out by Jason, that most people have way too little expertise in medicine to properly document their health history, making that history [...]

I have previously said that privacy is more than just about keeping secrets. Here is a real life account of a major figure who has had problems maintaining his on-line privacy. No, I do not expect the government to be any better at maintaining secure systems than the private sector (though creating clear liabilities for [...]

Anyone who knows me knows I am not an ACLU-hater, though as with any organization, I have some issues. My problem with their privacy angle to many of these questions is that people do not understand what privacy is. Ask 99% [a completely fabricated number] of people what it is, and you will get a [...]

The company says that customers who do not want their CPNI data shared need to call 1-800-333-9956 to “opt-out.” Failure to opt out will be interpreted by Verizon Wireless as “consent” for sharing your call records with certain other parties.
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