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redletterdave writes "When you feel sick and don't know why, Google wants you visit its site and simply search what you're feeling. On Monday, Google officially added health data to its search terms, letting users enter their symptoms directly into Google's search bar, which returns a list of potential causes directly on the front page. Google's algorithms collect what's written on the Internet about the symptoms you searched: By searching words like "headache," Google will return definitions for the most likely health conditions affecting you, such as "migraine" or "tension headache." Each potential cause also lists a brief description to the right of it, which are all drawn from sources like Wikipedia and the National Institutes of Health's website. While Google's new tool is not meant to replace advice from a doctor, its new search system hopes to accommodate those 80 percent of Internet users that regularly search the Web for health-related information in a quick and simple way."
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