The search engine Google has proved in a test trial as a reliable helper in the diagnosis of disease. The Internet is still no substitute for the doctor, warn researchers. An Australian has Ärtzeteam for the journal "British Medical Journal, the search engine Google tested as Diagnoshelfer, reports the BBC. For this, the symptoms of 26 medical cases were entered. For each case, while three to five relevant search terms were selected.
15 cases detected
In 15 cases showed the result of the right Diagonose. These included, inter alia, cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [CJD] and the immune disorder Churg-Strauss syndrome [CSS].
"No substitute for the doctor"
Google could be a useful aid in the diagnosis of disease, said Hangwi Tang, head of the research team. The Internet is not a substitute for a doctor, warned the researchers.
"human experts"
The success of search engine diagnosis took to the selection of search terms by "human experts" back. The success rate, said the researchers would fail to lay certainly much lower. The problem is also that many will be published on the net content of false information, the researchers had to consider.
[ theInquirer , BBC, British Medical Journal ]
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