Health
Search engine self-diagnosis and 'cyberchondria'
QUT research is aiming to improve search engines after finding online self-diagnosis of health conditions provides misleading results that can do more harm than good.
May 5, 2015
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Make your diet anti-inflammatory with a few easy changes
Use your search engine or explore a local bookstore, and you'll find a wide variety of anti-inflammatory diet books. This eating approach is promoted to reduce everything from heart disease to asthma, and often requires you ...
Mar 4, 2015
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Tips offered for docs to manage their online reputation
(HealthDay)—Physicians can manage their online reputation, according to a report from the American Medical Association (AMA).
Dec 14, 2014
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Poor-quality weight loss advice often appears first in an online search
Given that obesity affects one-third of Americans, it is not surprising that more than 40 percent of U.S. Internet users use online search engines to seek guidance on weight loss and physical activity. A new study in the ...
Nov 14, 2014
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Want to know about vaping? Turn on the TV or go online
Adults are widely exposed to e-cigarette marketing through the media, but those messages reach different demographic groups in different ways, according to a survey by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's ...
Jun 18, 2014
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Quality of health-related Internet searches varies, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—If you're like most people, you've gone online to find out what's causing that ringing in your ears or whether a gluten-free diet is worth considering. Be careful.
Apr 9, 2014
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New search engine finds rare diagnoses
Doctors are trained to think "common disease" when they meet patients in their practices, and as they rarely or never meet a rare disease, it often takes many years to reach the right diagnosis. A new search tool called FindZebra ...
May 21, 2013
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Pediatrics
Academic websites offer the most reliable pediatric orthopedic information online
Most parents frequently rely on the Internet for pediatric health information, and yet the content and quality of information can vary greatly from website to website. According to new research presented on Sunday, Oct. 21 ...
Oct 21, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Study update: Cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable
It is a commonly held that information on Wikipedia should not be trusted, since it is written and edited by non-experts without professional oversight. But researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found ...
Sep 16, 2011
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