As a doctor I have a brief moment of sympathy with this idea - I've seen far too many patients badly mislead by "Dr Google" - but ultimately I think it is important to provide clear, helpful, and well-targeted health information online for the layperson.
Of course there's no incentive for WebMD to do this, they just want clicks on ads. But in Australia our governments publish a fair bit of helpful health information online, and I do often print some of it out for my patients when they go home. Sometimes it's not enough in itself, but it's great for a "you've got X, here's some info about it" situation.
UpToDate is the medical-grade, actually helpful, for professionals only, quite expensive "Wikipedia for Medicine", I use it every day, among a few other resources. But it's not something you can just open up and use - it's very much designed to be used by people with the right background knowledge - you need to know how to find what you want, and you need to know how to use what you find.
Of course there's no incentive for WebMD to do this, they just want clicks on ads. But in Australia our governments publish a fair bit of helpful health information online, and I do often print some of it out for my patients when they go home. Sometimes it's not enough in itself, but it's great for a "you've got X, here's some info about it" situation.
UpToDate is the medical-grade, actually helpful, for professionals only, quite expensive "Wikipedia for Medicine", I use it every day, among a few other resources. But it's not something you can just open up and use - it's very much designed to be used by people with the right background knowledge - you need to know how to find what you want, and you need to know how to use what you find.