Mar 31, 2021
If you suddenly start feeling off, what’s the first thing you do? Check with Dr. Google, right? Lots of us turn to Internet searches to see if we can figure out what’s causing our headache, sore throat or back pain, but nurses and doctors typically advise against Googling symptoms, concerned we’ll start doomscrolling and end up with anxiety or “cyberchondria.” But a
new studyreveals that doing our own online research
may actually be a good idea.
Researchers at Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy asked 5-thousand people to read a case study that includes various symptoms and then give a diagnosis. After searching for symptoms online, they were asked to give another, more informed diagnosis. And it turns out, people are more likely to accurately diagnose a sickness after doing an Internet search.
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