Ask HN: Why isn't there a vertical search engine for health?

3 点作者 aidscholar将近 12 年前

Why hasn't anything replaced Webmd for general health information? And why isn't there a vertical search engine for symptom/potential issue matching?<p>Seems like an opportunity, but I'm curious why there isn't a site that already exists for this.

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ig1将近 12 年前

WebMD does it: <a href="http://symptoms.webmd.com/" rel="nofollow">http://symptoms.webmd.com/</a>

bifrost将近 12 年前

I suspect the answer is "liability".

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bhartog将近 12 年前

could it be to do with heterogeneity of data? and multitude of sources, difficult to link in the absence of clear standards?