Re - Google and diseases diagnoses

The advantage of Internet is no doubt very enormous. The world is now a global village where interactions are flowing like your neighbour next door. Trillion dollars of business are bring transacted daily, even without living the confine of your bedroom.

One of the most current interesting advantages of the Internet is the the publications on it its uses in diagnosing diseases through the use of google search engines. This no doubt a breakthrough in information technology and the kudos google, who is labelled the best of all the search engines.

But not without its own disadvantage as claimed by doctors

"But Professor Mayur Lakhani, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said: "The Internet is in no way a replacement for doctors - their clinical judgement and expertise will always be necessary to make sense of the information.

"Rather, it should be seen as a way of supporting doctors and their patients."

A spokeswoman for the Patients Association said: "Doctors have a very wide knowledge when it comes to diagnosing conditions.

"But we would be concerned if they were using websites to diagnose people, what would happen if they gave the patient the wrong information?

"Also, a lot of sites are not credible. There are lots of good sites out there, but we also know that there are many that are not credible."

Source : BBC