Google partnered with Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School to come up with common
symptoms people search and what ailments they could be afflicted with.
Not exact matches
In general, this indicates that
people living in states with higher rates of heart disease hospitalizations
search for
symptoms more frequently, researchers said.
The study did not investigate whether internet
searches led more
people to visit the hospital after experiencing heart
symptoms.
«On an individual level, this study shows that
people are not just
searching for routine
symptoms but
symptoms that can be life - threatening,» said Conor Senecal, MD, resident physician at Mayo Clinic and the study's lead author.
«I know of one
person who died and the last thing in their
search bar was «heart attack
symptoms,»» says Sharonne Hayes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn..
The reason this model is inadequate is because it is entrenched in dispensing pharmaceuticals that often have severe side effects and not in how to
search for the «root» cause and treat the
person, not just their
symptom.
The «Doctor Google» phenomenon, where
people try to diagnose themselves by typing their
symptoms into a
search engine, isn't just applicable to human medicine.
Here is what I learned from a ninety - second internet
search: «The majority of
people with asthma notice that cold, dry air causes more
symptoms than mild - temperature or hot, humid air.»
«Green therapy,» also known as ecotherapy, is gaining the attention of researchers, nature enthusiasts, and
people in
search of alleviating
symptoms of depression.