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Oct 05, 11:39 AM

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Microsoft launched a Web site Thursday for managing personal health and medical information, jumping into an industry whose digital future is clouded by privacy worries. HealthVault is part library, part filing cabinet and part fax machine for medical records and notes. The free site is tied to a health information search engine the software company recently launched. It gives users a repository for health-related data such as medical histories, immunizations and records from the doctor's office and hospital visits as well as measurements from devices like heart rate monitors. Related links:

* www.healthvault.com:

Users can dole out access -- in the form of e-mailed invitations - - to different slices of their private health data to doctors, family members and other people they trust.

* www.americanheart.org:

Microsoft said applications from groups including the American Heart Association are in the works.

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