Google Health is a Phenomenally Useful Tool for Armchair Doctors
Google Health officially launched today and I couldn't help but create a profile and see what I could do. In under 5 minutes, I linked my Longs Drugs account to my profile, added my doctor to my profile and added some pertinent personal details.
Right now, the feature that impresses me the most is the "condition or symptom" reference tool. You can enter a condition like "Vitiligo" and Google Health provides a whole package of amazing results.
Here is a quick rundown of all the stuff Google Health's Vitiligo page provided:
1) Definition
2) Symptoms
3) Treatment
4) Causes
5) Tests & diagnosis
6) Complications
7) When to contact a doctor
8 ) Illustrations, 9) Related news
The related news feature is very helpful in finding relevant news coverage on Vitiligo.
10) Google Scholar results, 11) Related Groups
I like that you can see what the experts have published on Vitiligo or you can go find advice/support/whatever from people who also have Vitiligo (AKA the amateurs).
12) Search trends
This is probably the most Google-y feature on the Vitiligo page. And, it also seems to be highly relevant and insightful.
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