Interesting article from Medical Economics:
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=581594&pageID=1&sk=&date=
Some excerpts (doesn't the first one sound like something that happens here from time to time LOL?):
"Once, Pector posted a picture of her own swollen, aching wrist and asked for feedback on what the problem could be. Numerous
diagnoses came in, ranging from arthritis to psoriasis to trauma. But after visiting a hand specialist, Pector learned the
ultimate cause of her inflammation: "Two hours a day of clicking on a mouse," she says."
And this:
"San Diego family physician Jeffrey Pearson, DO, shares Roy's disdain for social networking sites, despite the fact that he once advocated online communication earlier in his career: In the mid-1990s, he participated in an "ask a doctor" forum on http://www.MSN.com. He'd spend a couple hours each night in the forum, answering questions from patients.
"It made me a better doctor because it gave me insight into what was on patients' minds," he says.
But he has no interest in interacting with doctors on networking sites. If he has a clinical question, he seeks answers using more traditional resources."