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"  Feeling sick? If you&amp;#039;re like many of us, you&amp;#039;ll head over to some medical site and type in your symptoms to find out what it is instead of going to the doctor. Is it silly to trust a site or a Smartphone app? Of course. But, they&amp;#039;re all pretty accurate, right? Wrong.  A new study shows that trusting apps to diagnose us might result in deadly consequences. For the study, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a few Smartphone apps that help us determine whether or not that funky looking skin spot is melanoma or just a normal mole. The problem? Three of the four apps tested misidentified at least 30 percent of cancerous lesions as &amp;quot;unconcerning.&amp;quot; Yikes. That&amp;#039;s a pretty big number, especially considering most users would take that diagnosis as the final word and not get it checked out until it&amp;#039;s too late. That doesn&amp;#039;t mean you shouldn&amp;#039;t check out the apps\u2014they can be helpful. But bottom line: If something about your skin looks off, get it checked out by a doctor.  Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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