Adriana Lee says, “Google has now made it easier for armchair physicians to find things to freak out about.

The tech giant just announced the inclusion of medical information to its Knowledge Graph searches, allowing anyone to contradict their doctors right in their offices. Essentially, it amounts to Google’s own souped-up version of WebMD, but with a simpler interface and more direct access. (Of course, it could spell doom for the actual WebMD website, which is still alive and kicking, at least for now.)”.

Google Now Gives Hypochrondriacs What They Want

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