Study: Online symptom checkers often give wrong information when diagnosing illnesses

Free online symptom checkers which claim to diagnose illnesses are not often correct, according to new research. — AFP Relaxnews

New Australian research has found that if you're using Google to self-diagnose your illness, you're more than likely getting the wrong advice, as online symptom checkers are only accurate around a third of the time.

Carried out by researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU), the new study analysed the accuracy of 36 international free symptom checkers, which were found using five popular search engines – Google, Yahoo, Ask, Search Encrypt and Bing – and through Google Play (Android) and App Store (Apple).