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Your private health details may already be online

Your private health details may already be online

Imagine my surprise when, doing research for this story, I stumbled upon my own personal health information online: my annual mammograms; the visits to the podiatrist for the splinter in my foot; the kind of birth control I use, all on my health insurance company's Web site. Would you want your files online? Here are five questions to help you decide full story

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