Specialized search engine for rare media5/20/2023 ![]() Just in case you weren’t paranoid enough already, there’s a new search engine that eliminates all the reassuring and straightforward diagnoses and concentrates on rare diseases and disorders. FindZebra, is a research project meant for use only by medical professionals, but that shouldn’t stop anyone with a computer having a go. But I also learned that the complaint is a common one, so the cause probably was too: when you hear galloping, medical students are told, think horse, not zebra. I learned an awful lot about Raynaud’s phenomenon the day I typed “cold mouse hand” into Google and hit return. Rather than waste a GP’s time with your embarrassing worries, just type your symptoms into a search engine, hit return and terrify yourself with the results. Most of us have had occasion to consult Dr Google.
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