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Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis

NEW YORK - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association (AMA) when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage. More »

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