A new use for Google: diagnose your most complicated health issues. Type in your symptoms and get a diagnosis. Researchers Tang and Ng found that the right diagnosis came up in Google about 58% of the time.
The researches do point out that it still took medical expertise to identify the Google result with the correct diagnosis.
Googling for a diagnosis--use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study -- Tang and Ng, 10.1136/bmj.39003.640567.AE -- BMJ
