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There's a ton of stuff for heart-related issues though, something I'd never risk an answer gotten online for.
P.S - If you have even little knowledge about browser dev console, you will know that the name doesn't even leave your browser.
Jokes aside, human doctors won't be replaced in foreseeable future, but many people will screw up their lives because non-human gave them the diagnosis (to read, or ai, or webpage), and be late for receiving the appropriate medications.
Think Theranos, but with far greater potential (because there are no physical tests here, it's just text, so the reach is greater) to screw people to not seek the correct help, in a timely manner.
If anything, there should be law outlawing websites like this.
There is, don't worry. This would be 'Standalone Software' that is labeled as:
"intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in man or other animals"
So, by claiming to be a Medical Device, it's regulated. And since it seems to be a pretty lousy, unapproved, medical device, it's actually illegal.
Maybe when Theranos.com comes available, these guys could try to snag it though!
[1]http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidanc...
Having said that, this is not a commercial website. This is an open source[1] demo showing how can an online checkup tool work.
I don't think such kind of informational tools is a bad thing, even if they are commercial. In fact, these tools are helpful for personal research. Of course, actual diagnosis and treatment should be left to medical professionals. AI application in the medical domain is still in nascent stage and can presently only work as "assistive" at best. It is not going to become "prescriptive" or replace professionals in near future.
AJAX Post in dev tools: 403 Forbidden Authentication Failed
Still being worked on, I suppose.
For what it's worth, I tried a query about chest pain lasting 5 minutes and associated with diaphoresis but without radiation down the left arm, and it offered "unknown diagnosis."
EDIT: Anyway, what we really need is a crowdsourced solution, where we can automatically correlate our conditions with the conditions of thousands of other patients, and find treatments that have a high probability of working.
We really need this, because right now, for certain diseases there are hundreds of different possible treatment paths. See e.g. the number of drugs available for "depression". We really need big data, the expertise and experience of our doctors alone is not good enough anymore.
Also: The hypochondria is strong in this one.
I trust that your intentions are in the right place, just that when it comes to medical-related things it's worthwhile to err on the side of caution. If some information is not being used, it's best not to ask for it in the first place.