Google Used To Diagnose Disease 167
dptalia writes "About 20% of all diseases are misdiagnosed, a percentage that has remained steady since the 1930s. However, scientists have discovered that by inputting the key symptoms into Google they can get the correct diagnosis about 58% of the time. For rare and unusual diseases, this provides doctors the information they need to get a correct cure. Of course, Google is only as good as its knowledge base, and its users, so this isn't a cure for everything."
Good luck (Score:5, Funny)
Another great medical breakthrough! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I always knew I was right! (Score:2, Funny)
hypochondria (Score:3, Funny)
It's true (Score:3, Funny)
self diagnosis = fun! (Score:4, Funny)
the search engine told me that at best i had herpes but more likely leprosy.
my doctor finally returned my call, had me come over, and told me it was chickenpox...
can you imagine what a hypochondriac's google search logs might looks like?