Google Flu Shot Locator Shows Where To Get Vaccines Near You!
Nov 10, 2009 at 1:43pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Looking for where to get a seasonal flu shot or that hard-to-find vaccine against H1N1 swine flu? Google has a new flu shot locator that can help.
When the locator loads, you many need to manually enter your location. Do so using the "Change Location" option:
After doing your search, a red needle icon shows where to get regular seasonal flu shots, a blue needle for the H1N1 vaccine or colored both ways if both are offered at a particular location (so many needles -- don't let your kids see this map before you go!):
Click on any of the icons, and you'll be shown more informatio [...]
Filed in: Google: Health, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines, Top News
NetBase Debuts “Semantic Search Showcase” With HealthBase
Sep 2, 2009 at 6:47am ET by Greg Sterling
Netbase is an enterprise-facing software and search company that appears to have one of the most advanced search platforms in the market. Earlier this week during a briefing Netbase marketing and product VP Jens Tellefsen asserted that no other search provider in the consumer or enterprise segment was as advanced -- an audacious claim.
Tellefsen went to considerable lengths with me to back up the assertion, however. He said, "The closest thing we've seen is what Powerset was trying to do." But he added that Powerset was essentially an elaborate proof of concept (subsequently acquired by Mic [...]
Filed in: Search Engines: Answer Search Engines, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines
Healthline Adds New Doctor, Treatment Search Tools To Site
Apr 21, 2009 at 8:58am ET by Greg Sterling
The American healthcare system is very broken, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others. Health insurance carriers and providers hold almost all the cards. However the internet has gone a long way to arm consumers with information and help them become more sophisticated about their conditions and treatment options. And while the health vertical online is quite competitive, many of the names in the segment are not well known to consumers because of the occasional nature of "health search." One of the most sophisticated and powerful is Healthline, which offers "semantic health search" bui [...]
Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Will Google Replace Your Doctor?
Dec 8, 2008 at 3:24pm ET by Matt McGee
Can a search engine accurately diagnose health problems? Can it someday replace your doctor? Questions like this aren't new, but the discussion has gotten a bit louder in recent weeks.
Just a couple weeks ago, I reported on a Microsoft investigation of cyberchondria, when inaccurate medical information online makes actual health problems worse. On Friday, Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams shared a different point of view, telling blog readers how Google helped him find treatment for a speech defect known as Spasmodic Dysphonia.
More specifically, Adams was using Google Alerts to get i [...]
Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: Alerts, Google: Health, Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Other, Microsoft: Other Search, Search & Society: General, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines, Top News
Cyberchondria: When Web Search Makes You Sick(er)
Nov 25, 2008 at 3:07pm ET by Matt McGee
Those muscle twitches you get probably aren't a sign that you have ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). But if you're using search engines to diagnose what ails you, there's a chance you'll come to that conclusion.
In a new paper, Microsoft investigates cyberchondria: "... the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomatology, based on the review of search results and literature on the Web."
Microsoft researchers Ryen White and Eric Horvitz studied a 40-million page sample of search results (from Live Search) and surveyed 500 Microsoft employees abo [...]
Filed in: Microsoft: Other, Microsoft: Other Search, Search & Society: General, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines
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