Most of the time, these searches lead you down a WebMD- and Wikipedia-fueled rabbit hole that usually ends on a diagnosis of cancer or a sexually transmitted disease.
Google knows that. And the search engine has been working with doctors so "fewer unnecessarily scary conditions show up," said Veronica Pinchin, a product manager on Google's search team. With the company’s new and improved symptom search, which recently launched on mobile in the United States, Google aims to deliver more accurate and accessible medical information to users.
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