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Using Google, the internet search engine, can help doctors diagnose tricky cases, researchers have said.
A team of Australian doctors googled the symptoms of 26 cases for a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 15 cases, the web search came up with the right diagnosis, the paper published on the British Medical Journal website reports.
The authors say Google can be a "useful aid", but UK experts said the internet was "no replacement" for doctors.
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You always hear in the news about people finding things doctors have missed out on by searching the internet themselves so I think this is a good idea as long as they know what they're doing.
A team of Australian doctors googled the symptoms of 26 cases for a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 15 cases, the web search came up with the right diagnosis, the paper published on the British Medical Journal website reports.
The authors say Google can be a "useful aid", but UK experts said the internet was "no replacement" for doctors.
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You always hear in the news about people finding things doctors have missed out on by searching the internet themselves so I think this is a good idea as long as they know what they're doing.
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Ive googled my symptoms ive had before as i didnt want to go to the docs. By the end of my search i was on my death bed!
It can feed paranoia and would be terrible for hypochondriacs though. Plus not all the info is accurate.
Using Google, the internet search engine, can help doctors diagnose tricky cases, researchers have said.
A team of Australian doctors googled the symptoms of 26 cases for a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 15 cases, the web search came up with the right diagnosis, the paper published on the British Medical Journal website reports.
The authors say Google can be a "useful aid", but UK experts said the internet was "no replacement" for doctors.
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You always hear in the news about people finding things doctors have missed out on by searching the internet themselves so I think this is a good idea as long as they know what they're doing.
A team of Australian doctors googled the symptoms of 26 cases for a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 15 cases, the web search came up with the right diagnosis, the paper published on the British Medical Journal website reports.
The authors say Google can be a "useful aid", but UK experts said the internet was "no replacement" for doctors.
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You always hear in the news about people finding things doctors have missed out on by searching the internet themselves so I think this is a good idea as long as they know what they're doing.
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