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."
Apostrophe abuse (Score:3, Informative)
As Dave Barry said, "An apostrophe doesn't mean - Yikes! Look out! Here comes an S".
Tip: It's means "it is".
Re:20% error compared to 42% error of Google? (Score:5, Informative)
Don't get too excited about these numbers. The whole study is based on 26 examples.
Re:Since we're using famous websites (Score:5, Informative)
ASO, MD
Neurology
That's actually not been shown to work (Score:4, Informative)
-Francis C. MD
Dept. Musculoskeletal Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery.