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Reminder: NEVER use WebMd to diagnose yourself. And not just for the normal reasons not to do it.

Posted by ty97 Apr 6 '16, 11:16

" In 2010, Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the site after finding that a WebMD quiz for depression, sponsored by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, was rigged to suggest everybody who took the test was at risk for major depression. Naturally, that would make them a potential candidate for antidepressants, conveniently manufactured by Eli Lilly."

http://www.vox.com/2016/4/5/11358268/webmd-accuracy-trustworthy (www.vox.com)

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Hot hands and feet? WebMD: Cancer. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Apr 6, 11:37
I once convinced myself that I had the diabetes. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:23 9
- My wife has significant hypochondriacal tendencies. That website is literally dangerous for her. I keep telling her I'm going to put parental - pmb Apr 6, 11:38 4
  - I have slight tendencies as well (you all are shocked by this, I know) so I pretty much self-ban. - ty97 Apr 6, 11:43
  - Jerry Lewis' movie "The Disorderly Orderly" had me feeling diagnosis' as a kid for a while - just someone describing symptom's and I'd feel them - - JenBro Apr 6, 11:40 2
    - Are you feeling fatigued? Yes. Jittery? Yes. - Spawn Apr 6, 11:42 1
      - :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 11:44
- So did Kelly. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:26 3
  - I think I even emailed her at one point. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:27 2
    - Thank god it was only lupus. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:32 1
      - It's never lupus. It was legionnaires. -- nm - sycor Apr 6, 11:36
Amy has one of the, "Google will find you 1,000 answers but a librarian will find you the right one." t-shirts. - Spawn Apr 6, 11:18 2
- That's a great shirt -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 11:19 1
  - agreed ... and doctor in the phrase wouldn't be better - they are in cahoots with the pharmaceutical co's too! -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 11:22
2010 sounds dangerously close to an election for Chuck Grassley to be doing any work on behalf of the voters -- nm - the brain Apr 6, 11:17

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Reminder: NEVER use WebMd to diagnose yourself. And not just for the normal reasons not to do it.

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