*** WEB WEEKLY *** news from the
Harvard Medical Community
July 19, 1999

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Korea Conference Explores 'Alternative Medicine'

Speakers at a July conference in Seoul, including David Eisenberg, showed evidence that physicians and scientists need to catch up with patient demand for complementary therapies.

Study Shows More Patients Could Qualify for Free-care Coverage

Investor-owned HMOs Deliver Lower Quality of Care than Not-for-Profit HMOs