What foods did we plug into our calorie counters the most? Google finds out.
Google’s Latest Search Innovation: Nutrition
On Monday, Google added a new feature to its search capabilities: in-depth and accurate nutrition information.
Summer of Safe Browsing: 5 Ways to Keep Online Searching Secure for Kids
With summer vacation about to start, kids will inevitably spend even more time online. So here are some tips for making sure they’re only seeing what’s appropriate for them.
Google Searches Reveal Seasonal Trends in Mental Illnesses
It’s easy to appreciate the seasonality of winter blues, but web searches show that other disorders may ebb and flow with the weather as well.
Family MattersPregnancy
Marissa Mayer: Is the Yahoo! CEO’s Pregnancy Good for Working Moms?
The Silicon Valley executive is expecting her first child, a boy, in October. Is it inevitable that the way she handles her pregnancy, maternity leave and new motherhood will play a role in how her job performance is assessed?
Google Helps Emergency Room Docs to Predict Flu Trends
How bad is the flu season? Doctors are Googling the answer
Family MattersParenting
Baby Name Game: How a Name Can Affect Your Child’s Future
All parents like to think that their baby is unique — the cutest, brightest, most engaging infant ever born. And one way parents seek to reflect their child’s uniqueness is by bestowing them with equally distinctive, sometimes …
Family MattersPregnancy
A New Health Site in Beta Testing for Pregnant Women, New Moms
Getting pregnant and having a baby can turn the most confident woman into an uncertain, anxiety-wracked ball of nerves. There are questions like this: is the pain in my belly a sign of my uterus expanding or of impending …
The Medical Insider: Helping Patients Google Symptoms
We’ve all done it. We’ve typed symptoms like “tingling, left arm” into Google, WebMD or any one of the myriad encyclopedic medical resources available on the Internet, before going to the doctor for an actual diagnosis. (Is it a …
Google Takes a Peek Inside Your Body
Google is the encyclopedia of all things. It maps your known universe, from your childhood home to the constellations above your head. Now it also gives you a window to the inner workings of your body.
Where can you get a flu shot? Ask Google
Google recently teamed up with the Department of Health and Human Services to create a map function that will let you find out where you can get both H1N1 and seasonal flu shots by simply entering in your zip code or home town. The recently launched “flu shot locator” is still in initial phases, and currently only has data for about 20
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