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Doctors says to research your symptoms online, because we are good at self-diagnosing

Stressed woman at computer with mask and disinfectant
Stressed woman at computer with mask and disinfectant
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For too long we've heard to never search your symptoms fort any ailment on WebMD, because inevitably you'll worry yourself into believing you're sick with something that you don't really have.

However, that opinion has changed.


According to Study Finds, a study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School finds that it may actually be beneficial to google and research any symptoms you might be feeling, because we're actually pretty good at self-diagnosing ourselves!

Study author Dr. David Levine said in a media release, "I have patients all the time, where the only reason they come into my office is because they Googled something and the Internet said they have cancer. I wondered, 'Is this all patients? How much cyberchondria is the Internet creating?"