Study: Doctors beat online diagnoses

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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A lot of people turn to the internet to help diagnose medical problems. But a small study out of Harvard is backing up real-life doctors.

A lot of people turn to the internet to help diagnose medical problems.



But a small study out of Harvard is backing up real-life doctors.



They did a head-to-head comparison. Human doctors were given the same information as online symptom-checkers.



The doctors got the right diagnosis 72 percent of the time.



The doctors were also more likely to spot serious and less common problems.

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