Med Ed
Body Browser "is like a basic anatomy course," commented Rizk. "I wish I had this when I was in medical school. Medical students, in particular, are going to adopt Body Browser for studying and researching."
Access to killer med ed apps aside, Rizk warns that "patients should not play doctor. Just because you can manipulate an image on a computer doesn't make you a medical expert."
To people searching the Internet for medical advice and self-diagnosis, he warns, "Information from the Internet nearly killed my daughter. Twice."
Although it's "more toy than tool right now, Google's Body Browser will tempt users to try to pinpoint if they have a medical problem using a one-size-fits-all image," Goldberg told TechNewsWorld.
At the same time, however, "showing is always better than telling, and for educational purposes in the context of training or treatment, the Body Browser certainly could be beneficial," he acknowledged.
"The average person has limited knowledge of their own body and how it actually works," plastic surgeon Rizk added. "Body Browser is a killer app that has the power to change all that."
Read the full article here.
