# Vox: Don't Google your health questions. Use these sites instead. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365 "2015-01-20T07:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365/1 "2015-01-20T07:14:09Z")
Use google haphazardly and you put your health in the hands of Google’s search algorithms, a Frankenstein monster that nobody understands, including its creator. Luckily [there are alternatives](http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6005999/why-you-should-never-use-dr-google-to-search-for-health-information). If you really want the medical lowdown, visit [The Cochrane Collaboration](http://www.cochrane.org/), which conducts systematic literature reviews so that, “…decisions about health and health care are informed by high-quality, relevant and up-to-date synthesised research evidence.” They are one of the champions of evidenced based practice. Personally, I’m a fan of the [the Mayo Clinic](http://www.mayoclinic.org/) and often search their website with google. The Vox article lists other websites for digging deeper, ones which present systematic reviews on health issues, clinical issues, public health issues, health systems issues, education, crime, justice and social welfare. They recommend a bookmark for [this list](http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/) of 100 trustworthy sources of information on health. Great roundup of trustworthy health websites at Vox. [I link again](http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6005999/why-you-should-never-use-dr-google-to-search-for-health-information). ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365/2 "2015-01-20T07:28:03Z")
Meh, Yahoo Answers is the only doctor I need. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365/3 "2015-01-20T23:05:21Z")
I turn to [Jack Chick](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0072/0072_01.asp) for all my medical needs. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365/4 "2015-01-20T23:13:01Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I turn to [Jack Chick](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0072/0072_01.asp) for all my medical needs. I believe the OP is referring to \*physical \*health, not mental. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-dont-google-your-health-questions-use-these-sites-instead/710365/5 "2015-01-20T23:16:07Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Meh, Yahoo Answers is the only doctor I need. "Right, kick ass. Well, don’t want to sound like a dick or nothin’, but, ah… it says on your chart that you’re fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit’s all retarded. What I’d do, is just like… like… you know, like, you know what I mean, like… " I’m assuming that Mike Judge sees Yahoo Answers as a big influence on the future of medical care.