Video: Google's Symptom Search Can Help Diagnose You
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Paging Doctor Google!
Feeling sick and you're not sure why? Google is here to help! In the tech giant's latest mobile site update, special medical information will be displayed immediately in users' search results.
If you search a symptom like "headache" or "fever," instead of just generic results, Google will also provide a field called featuring health conditions related to your search, located in a blue box. Search headache and conditions like "migraine" or "sinusitis" will pop up.
Click on a condition to get more information, like other symptoms and treatment options. All of these results are compiled from information from the World Health Organization, Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School.
Feel better!
To learn more and, check out the video below from CNET: