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credible information on the Internet. Other excellent sources of reliable informa-
tion are the National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov), the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov), Medline Plus (www.med
lineplus.gov), NIHSeniorHealth (www.nihseniorhealth.gov), and the National
Health Information Center (http://www.health.gov/nhic).
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Predicting future directions for technology-based health education is somewhat
difficult, because one may not be able completely to envision the technology of
the future. One can predict, however, that ...