The twist here is the medical component and the expectations of privacy expected therein.

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At least, that is likely if hospital costs keep climbing as rapidly as they have been doing for the past several decades (in March, while the CPI as a whole went down for the first time in 17 years, its medical-care component went right on increasing at a 12% annual rate).

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When Medicare began in the 1960s, drugs were a tiny component of medical costs for the elderly.

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Even academics are starting to realize that a considerable component of medical discovery comes from the fringes, where people find what they are not exactly looking for.

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The cost of sensor technology, a common component of medical devices, has also fallen "exponentially" in recent years, according to Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at Duke University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization.

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He said TA servicemen and women were a "vital component to the deployment of military medical services".

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But the more valid analysis is to look at how much of each dollar spent goes to medical services (which after all is the key component of why we are providing services).

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You know, the doctor is going to not only know about the state of the science about these things, but they also know the patient's medical history and are, I think, a very important component here of helping to give clear, simple messages about what people can do about it.

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Jude Medical (nyse: STJ - news - people ) failed because of susceptibility of a component to damage caused by cosmic rays.

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