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Should you Google your symptoms?

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    New warnings about online diagnosis

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He ever get -- and then you go to the computer struggle going your symptoms when you feel sick well a new study shows that were more likely to think that.

Was -- at grabbed the disease.

If if if your symptoms match what's on the website because the signal -- everyone does this.

I -- before you call the doctor you wanna go to Google C because you know what you have and -- can be scary.

Erica learned something when I was researching this -- -- -- -- first of all there's a new study out of yelled -- says if you seniors symptoms in sequence.

-- three in a row four in a row you're really gonna think it's you.

That's the first thing over the other thing is that I found out that doctors are doing this too and I'll tell you one thing about the somebody and I are not doing this.

We do it based on clinical experience reading the journals.

Really getting into what the issue -- but the idea that 50% of physicians out there.

Our cooling symptoms -- going diseases and telling their patients what to do as a result.

Bothers me I don't have a problem.

With people out there.

Finding their symptoms on line and coming to me or coming to that to somebody and -- what about this what about this I don't have a problem with sorting through what people find online and helping them -- it.

But I don't think that's where my source of information so you're you're advice is don't self diagnose and get information.

But then bring -- -- doctor I'm not gonna stop people from doing that they're going to keep.

Eric at the doctor -- go ahead.

Has revolutionized.

-- way we practice medicine because another patients come to the office and the first one -- of the consultation.

I have to you race for the misinformation that they have read online so.

DeWitt had algorithm of who goes set up is that if you put evade.

Symptoms abdominal pain or headache it's gonna give you tremendous amount of information that's gonna drive -- -- It's almost like when we -- -- medical school.

Are you actually read all the symptoms -- you like -- a second I have that I have that scenario crazy but it's not true now if you can use school go the right -- If you give it real diagnosis prostate cancer robotic surgery he would really bring you end zone into what you do then you have to see.

Which web site is legitimate.

Who is really the honest guy what information is really research well.

In that sense I think Google really is actually helpful he should use this as an -- a great point about you -- center of Mayo Clinic.

If you go to the main medical center web sites they're gonna give you good to.

I was also gonna say you doctors -- -- -- some surprise you're not promoting it because it's so worthwhile foxnews.com has its own health page.

You're on it why are we doing a commercial for Google I'm just saying.

No I absolutely agree with you I think -- -- good information good medical information and -- you know I disagree have had my own -- -- for the last ten years.

We constantly going Fox News health transparent.

Have a lot of his -- -- there and I didn't.

You know good information I think is -- and the chaotic.

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