Google Playing Doctor With Health Searches

by | Feb 14, 2012 | Cape News, UPDATE | 3 comments

According to a Google blog post by Dr. Roni Zeiger, Google’s Chief Health Strategist,many users searching for symptoms often follow this up with a search for a condition related to those symptoms. For example, those searching for abdominal pain may follow it with a search for irritable bowel syndrome. So Google decided to speed this process up a little. According to Dr. Zeiger, now when you search for a symptom or set of symptoms, you’ll often see a list of possibly related health conditions that you can use to refine your search. The list is generated by our algorithms that analyze data …

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  2. David
    David on March 21, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    I’m 15, still in high school and I have severe depression and aspergers. I am being seen by a mental health specialist, family therapist, psychiatrist and am on a full dosage of both citalopram and prozac. I’m also ill very often (doctors think partly depression, partly platelet problems) so its very hard for me to show up to school to make friends and beside the friends I had made have down some really horrible things to me and put me off making friends.

    I’ve wanted to kill myself for about 6 years now and have attempted around 12 times but given up as I feel far too guilty about leaving my mother behind who is also depressed but she says she doesnt kill herself because too many people rely on her so it would be selfish to do so.

    I’m really out of idea’s of how to get better and I can’t help my mum till I’m better because I’m part of the reason she’s depressed (she’s depressed because she feels like a bad mother for raising a depressed child.)

    I knows its not something that can be easily solved, but if anyone can think of anything you think could help or a place online where I can talk to someone I would really appreciate because, as I think you can tell, I’m realllllllllly desperate!!! And you can suggest anything! It doesnt have to be proffessional, formal and dont worry if you think it might sound stupid! I just really need some support!
    Thankyou too everyone who’s answered, just knowing people are listening and there are other people makes me feel less alone. Honestly I’m really touched people even bothered to answer my question seriously.
    Some people mentioned groups online to talk to other people experiencing the same thing or people who can help. Does anyone know any of these sites?

  3. xiM Clutch
    xiM Clutch on May 29, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    Okaay I’m in 8th grade and I need a new hair color! Right now my hair is dark brown with clip-in extentions and i really want to do blonde and a color underneath, I like to be unique but I need a bit of help because i don’t want my hair to look stupid, should i do blonde with a rainbow color underneath like pink or aquablue or should i do blonde with red-blonde underneath or should i do the classic blonde with dark underneath? Which would look best?

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