CrowdMed: We've solved hundreds of the world's most difficult medical cases

Re:CrowdMed: We've solved hundreds of the world's most diffi... by orblivion on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:25PM (#9103636)

Do you think it's worse than WebMD? The problem with things like that is that (as it seems to me) they don't give you realistic answers, they give you "cover your ass" worst-case answers. That's why it triggers so much panic (speaking as someone roughly in the profile you describe). In a situation where you're actually talking to someone like on this site, perhaps there's hope that they give you realistic answers.

That said I agree that there is a potential problem, and there ought to be a good resource that gives you a good sense of what is a "reasonable" amount of worry. I'm not sure how that could be structured though, especially with the potential legal issues.

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Re:CrowdMed: We've solved hundreds of the world's most diffi... by krschultz on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @05:45PM (#9104072)

One thing I learned when I started getting actually sick and wasn't yet sure of the cause - don't read WebMD. It will always make you think you have cancer. Especially since at the time I was being tested for cancer, it was really scary. Every article felt like "Have a headache? Could be sinus pressure ....... or brain cancer".

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Re:CrowdMed: We've solved hundreds of the world's most diffi... by orblivion on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @07:01PM (#9104420)

I wonder where the point is that we can start to sue the lawyers who created this CYA environment for anxiety-induced heart conditions.

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