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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 17, 2020·4 min readNew research finds ‘Dr. Google’ is almost always wrongTurning to Google for medical advice or self-diagnosis may be doing more harm than good. A new study reveals online symptom checkers are only accurate about one-third of the time.Read More
