This will provide the most likely diagnoses in a box at the top of search results in a move aimed at helping users cut through the clutter, although it’s not intended as a substitute for a doctor’s opinion. Photo: Virginia Mayo/APWashington: Whether it’s a tummy ache or a pain in the knee, Google is working to come up with better answers to questions on specific health issues. “When you ask Google about symptoms like ‘headache on one side,’ we’ll show you a list of related conditions (’headache,’ ‘migraine,’ ‘tension headache,’ ‘cluster headache,’ ‘sinusitis,” and ‘common cold’),” product manager Veronica Pinchin said in a blog post. “For individual symptoms like ‘headache,’ we’ll also give you an overview description along with information on self-treatment options and what might warrant a doctor’s visit,” the post said. Google is upgrading its health results for its mobile application in English in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and the Mayo ClinicGoogle says around 1% of all Internet searches are “symptom-related” but that health content online “can be difficult to navigate, and tends to lead people from mild symptoms to scary and unlikely conditions.

Source: Mint June 21, 2016 09:11 UTC