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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Doctor Google will see you now: search giant tests live medical advice

It seems Google is trying to bring an end to all the fake "diagnoses" resulting from folks searching for their symptoms and arriving at the wrong conclusions — or at least alleviate the problem.

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