Although you haven’t had leeches applied to your arms and legs to bleed you, you have had to endure something only a little bit better.

But those days are over.

Just as smart phones have transformed communication, the information and tools of undoctored, self-directed health will change the way you think about yourself, how you achieve health and your relationship to healthcare—and free you from the appointments, impersonality, neglect and expense of doctor and hospital visits.