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Virtual medical checkups on the increase

March 12, 2006

Associated Press: A growing number of people are monitoring their vital signs through "telemedicine," which allows health care providers to perform checkups by video. The technology can be as basic as kiosks that transmit blood pressure and weight readings to a remote facility monitored by a nurse. On more sophisticated devices, live doctors appear on a screen to listen to everything from a patient's heartbeats to lung waves. Some machines let patients aim a camera at injuries so doctors can instruct them how to properly dress a wound.

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