googlemaybethecure

For Docs Stumped for a Diagnosis, Google May Be the Cure

Everyone's using it, so why not your doctor?

That's Google, of course, the Internet search engine now so popular; it's a verb in several different languages.

According to a new study in the Nov. 11 British Medical Journal; a quick Google search could help doctors diagnose difficult cases.

In fact, it already seems to be happening.

"It's a reality," said Dr. Robert Schwartz, professor and chairman of family medicine and community health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Schwartz didn't know how many doctors at his facility, which includes the nation's largest public hospital, were turning to cyberspace but stated, "Absolutely, people are using the Web."

And perhaps more doctors should try.

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