Stop Googling your symptoms. Doctors are sick of it...

DOCTORS have warned they are seeing too many "cyberchondriacs", those patients who misdiagnose their illnesses after Googling their symptoms.

The Australian Medical Association is concerned the plethora of online medical information is doing more harm than good, with patients increasingly referring to the internet for advice before consulting a trained GP.

"You can't make a diagnosis using the internet," AMA vice-president Steve Hambleton said. More...

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