Is Looking Up Your Health Symptoms Online A Good Idea?

Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician

01-Apr-21 14:00

Is Looking Up Your Health Symptoms Online A Good Idea?

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Many of us have probably looked up our health symptoms online before, whether it's a mysterious rash or a cough that just won’t go away. But does it cause more harm than good?

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Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Dashran Yohan, Hezril Asyraaf

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Categories: Health Policy, Diseases & Conditions, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Fitness, Medical Innovation and Technology, Social Issues

Tags: The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, health symptoms online, internet, Google, googling symptoms, self-diagnosis, cyberchondria, hypochondria,

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