Friday, December 21, 2012

Top Google Health Trend of 2012 Is… | Synopsis

Top Google Health Trend of 2012 Is…

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Google's annual roundup of the year's top search trends revealed that people took to the internet to learn more about Whitney Houston, Hurricane Sandy and Big Bird, but an unlikely pain in the butt joined the group, too: hemorrhoids. The top trending health issue in the United States this year was "hemorrhoids," according to Google's annual "zeitgeist" roundup of the world's hottest search trends, and doctors say it may be because patients would rather ask Google than their physicians. "I'm not exactly surprised that it is something people would rather Google as opposed to discuss it with their doctors," said Dr. Patrick Okolo, chief of endoscopy at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Dr. Patrick Okolo

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-0.208816"I'm not exactly surprised that it is something people would rather Google as opposed to discuss it with their doctors," said Dr. Patrick Okolo, ...
-0.168666"I'm not exactly surprised that it is something people would rather Google as opposed to discuss it with their doctors," said Dr. Patrick Okolo, chief of endoscopy at Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Even though it is very common and affects anywhere from 14 to 20 million Americans, most people do not discuss it with their doctors for those reasons."
-0.0526277"It's a serious symptom and one that is often ignored," Okolo said. ...
0"It's a serious symptom and one that is often ignored," Okolo said. "Probably a good proportion of the 47,000 to 50,000 deaths in this country to colon cancer probably start in ignored rectal bleeding."
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Roya Soleimani

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0"I'm not quite sure why there was a spike in hemorrhoid searches this year, but something that was distinct and showed in the data brought it to number one," Soleimani said. ...
0Soleimani said "pregnancy symptoms," ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
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Whitney Houston

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Dr. Kelly Thomsen

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-0.0866498"I don't think we're truly having a surge in the number of people affected by celiac disease, but there's probably more awareness," she said. ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0866498
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Emmy Rossum

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Keith Olberman

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Elizabeth Hasselbeck

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Monroe Carell Jr

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HealthCondition: hemorrhoids

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Relevance: 0.835727

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HealthCondition: Celiac disease

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Relevance: 0.498273

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