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February 16, 2013

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Bill Kleine

Computers are great at sifting through myriads of data--very useful tools. A doctor's hands, however, can sense things no data point will reveal. More, a doctor's touch can convey a healing in a way no pill delivers. I eagerly await more "smart" medical computers for they will prove powerful in the hands of doctors.

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This post hit home. A dear friend, nonsmoker like the woman exemplified in the video, died of lung cancer this week. Had Watson been available to her doctors (cancer was not even considered for lengthy initial back pain), the cancer might have been found earlier. She was first put on chemo, which did no good except to have her lose her hair and make her sicker. Then she was put on a targeted therapy, which extended her life by several months; she was alive for the birth of her 4th grandchild.

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