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I found this dude to be so annoying. Well, annoying might be an understatement. Perhaps I should say, reprehensible. The quote and link below is about people turning to the internet and online support groups for help, assistance and information regarding their health issues. -------------------------------------- "Irdell Iglehart, a Baltimore rheumatologist and assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, says some e-patients may arise out of frustration: With doctors in short supply, they sometimes take too long to return patients' calls. "They'll look up symptoms and put in symptoms and see what they might have," Iglehart said of surfers. Unfortunately, he said, they "usually they get the wrong answer. They look up skin fungus and think they have Lyme disease. The Internet will often over-diagnose." Iglehart said most of his patients have used the Internet to get medical information and he does not have a problem with it "as long as they take it with a grain of salt and consult me. "I guess maybe I'm patting myself on the back, but I'm the Internet. I'm Google," he said of his medical expertise." http://www.dailytimesonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071210/NEWS01/71210016/1002/NEWS01
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