Some interesting abstracts from PubMed:"Google is an efficient web resource for identifying specific medical information." Google was more efficient than all other resources for identifying medical information (P less than 0.0001) http://bit.ly/6FXATW
Google Scholar versus PubMed in locating primary literature to answer drug-related questions: no major differences http://bit.ly/8OygYt
Wikipedia is not authoritative and should only be a "supplemental source" of drug information http://bit.ly/7qzZ7k
Does Wikipedia provide evidence-based health care information? http://bit.ly/4WVLHt - No. Who is surprised?
Personality characteristics of Wikipedia members: Introverted women more likely to be members than extroverted women http://bit.ly/8YfrXb
Mobile Websites from Pubmed: Search Abstracts and Find Disease Associations http://bit.ly/7ucyn5 - Works on Kindle too. The mobile MedlinePlus (for consumers) is at m.medlineplus.gov http://bit.ly/6jjkt3
Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion (review article)
Image source: Doctors Using Google by Philipp Lenssen, used with permission.
Hi medical information in google in very helpful for the doctors how got doubts they can search for information in the place
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