Tag: google-improves

  • Google Improves Its Symptoms Search Results With Help From Medical Professionals

    Google has improved its symptoms-searching capabilities for the millions of people turning to the internet to diagnose their health conditions. The new algorithm gives users a list of related conditions when they search their medical symptoms. Google will also give an overview description for individual symptoms and self-treatment options, the tech giant explained in a…

  • Google Improves Its Symptoms Search Results With Help From Medical Professionals

    Google has improved its symptoms-searching capabilities for the millions of people turning to the internet to diagnose their health conditions. The new algorithm gives users a list of related conditions when they search their medical symptoms. Google will also give an overview description for individual symptoms and self-treatment options, the tech giant explained in a…

  • Does heart disease mean a less active sex life?

    By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Middle-aged adults with recently diagnosed heart disease may be less sexually active than their healthier peers, a recent U.K. study suggests. Researchers analyzed survey data from about 3,000 men and 3,700 women aged 50 and older, including 376 men and 279 women with heart disease. Among heart disease patients…

  • Medicare program spending within target rate: trustees

    The U.S. federal program that pays elderly Americans’ hospital bills will exhaust its reserves in 2028, two years sooner than last year’s estimate, trustees of the program said on Wednesday, but spending growth remained within forecasts. The Medicare program, which provides health coverage for more than 55 million older as well as disabled people, said…

  • Volkswagen owners close ranks as investors vent fury over crisis

    By Andreas Cremer HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen's top shareholders closed ranks behind management on Wednesday, defying a torrent of criticism from smaller investors about the German carmaker's emissions test cheating and its response to the scandal. Europe's largest automaker was holding its first annual shareholder meeting since admitting in September to rigging U.S. diesel…