BethU
Extremely helpful member
- Joined
- May 11, 2008
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- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 05/2008
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- US
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- California
- City
- Los Angeles
Hi, "Slate" has a great article about the hazards of self-diagnosis online, and it centers on ALS and BFS.
It explains why the rarest and most dire diseases end up at the top of search results, and how this placement affects searchers psychologically.
It also has some good information about new search procedures that will help people who are researching their symptoms get more accurate results. Ideas being considered include having search engines pre-screen searchers by asking age, gender, etc. to give results that are most likely for that specific person.
It's a great read. Here's the link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2206521/
It explains why the rarest and most dire diseases end up at the top of search results, and how this placement affects searchers psychologically.
It also has some good information about new search procedures that will help people who are researching their symptoms get more accurate results. Ideas being considered include having search engines pre-screen searchers by asking age, gender, etc. to give results that are most likely for that specific person.
It's a great read. Here's the link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2206521/