PAGING Dr Google! The search giant has entered the medical arena with , a website which helps users find doctors and medical information. What鈥檚 more, if any of your healthcare providers have signed up to the service, Google Health allows you to import your medical records from them and share the data with other doctors.
But Bob Gellman, a privacy consultant in Washington DC, warns that if you use Gmail and Google鈥檚 search engine, and now entrust Google with your medical data, the company may have 鈥渕ore information about you than any other source鈥�. Google Health, which is so far open to US residents only, and rivals such as Microsoft鈥檚 are not covered by US privacy regulations concerning health records, although they do promise to protect personal data.
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