Playing Doctor

Why see a doctor when you can test yourself for infertility, diabetes, HIV, colon cancer, and other things? Because maybe that test isn't telling you all you need to know.

By Joe Yonan

December 5, 2004

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You remove a little card from one foil pouch and an alcohol swab from the other and clean off a fingertip: usually the middle or ring finger of your nondominant hand. You take a little plastic device called a lancet and twist off one end to expose the needle waiting inside. You let the chosen hand fall to your side ... (Full article: 1876 words)