Google now allows users to chat with doctors as they
find out about their symptoms
If you have been suffering from a niggling symptom and
have been using Google search as a way to help diagnose your condition, you
might just be in luck. According to reports the famous search engine is now
testing out a new feature that can help connect you with your doctor and find a
more concrete diagnosis for your symptoms .
While there isn’t much information available about what
Google is actually doing, but some users looking for answers to symptoms like
knee pain, found a tiny, blue video icon on the right hand corner of the page,
which offered the person a chance to speak to a doctor as they looked for
answers. So far the feature is only being tried out and will not be available
on all user’s pages.
What you can expect
According to Engadget, Google will help run these medical chat
requests in a Helpouts-like video session where a patient can chat with a
doctor to help diagnose their symptoms. Helpout is form of video chat
that Google launched in November last year where people can connect with people
and learn about any subject they would like to know. According to
Engadget this service will be a paid one and has huge potential to help people
all over the world access proper medical diagnostic aid.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
13.10.2014
Beware fruit
juices can wreck your heart health
A new study has found that daily consumption of fruit
juice can actually prove dangerous for the heart. According to study’s lead
author, Dr Matthew Pase, from the Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia, the sweet drinks could significantly increase the central blood
pressure of the people who have it on daily basis than the ones who have it
occasionally, which could heighten the risk of heart attack or angina and
cognitive impairment, the Daily Express reported.
She added that though fruit juices have the essential
vitamins, they also contain high amounts of sugar, and the findings were
important since it was commonly believed that it is good for health.
Previous researches have said orange juice to be equally
bad as sweetened drinks, and a 250ml serving contains 115 calories or seven
teaspoons of sugar while a can of cola has 139 calories. As per World Health
Organization’s recommendation, people should consume only six teaspoons of
sugar per day.
The study is published in the scientific journal Appetite.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
13.10.2014
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow
Melody Beattie
No comments:
Post a Comment