{"id":1571,"date":"2021-05-20T18:41:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis\/"},"modified":"2021-05-20T18:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:41:07","slug":"doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors fear Google skin check app will lead to \u2018tsunami of overdiagnosis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are nearly 10bn Google searches for skin, nail and hair issues each year, prompting the tech giant to create a \u2018dermatology assist tool\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s entry into health diagnostics has alarmed health experts who fear a new artificial intelligence tool to identify skin conditions could lead to overdiagnosis, or rare and complex skin conditions being missed.<\/p>\n<p>At a technology conference in the US on Tuesday, Google revealed there are almost 10bn Google searches related to skin, nail and hair issues every year. In response, Google has developed an artificial intelligence \u201cdermatology assist tool\u201d for people with concerns about their skin. Users of the app can use their phone to take three images of their skin, hair or nails from different angles.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/may\/21\/doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/736c11dd626962215fdabb561995497be48cdafc\/0_60_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a06b2c216c08bb57d31a5dd4a6792157\" title=\"Doctors fear Google skin check app will lead to \u2018tsunami of overdiagnosis\u2019\" \/>There are nearly 10bn Google searches for skin, nail and hair issues each year, prompting the tech giant to create a \u2018dermatology assist tool\u2019<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s entry into health diagnostics has alarmed health experts who fear a new artificial intelligence tool to identify skin conditions could lead to overdiagnosis, or rare and complex skin conditions being missed.<br \/>\nAt a technology conference in the US on Tuesday, Google revealed there are almost 10bn Google searches related to skin, nail and hair issues every year. In response, Google has developed an artificial intelligence \u201cdermatology assist tool\u201d for people with concerns about their skin. Users of the app can use their phone to take three images of their skin, hair or nails from different angles. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are nearly 10bn Google searches for skin, nail and hair issues each year, prompting the tech giant to create a \u2018dermatology assist tool\u2019 Google\u2019s entry into health diagnostics has alarmed health experts who fear a new artificial intelligence tool to identify skin conditions could lead to overdiagnosis, or rare and complex skin conditions being &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Doctors fear Google skin check app will lead to \u2018tsunami of overdiagnosis\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}