Consulting “Dr. Google” for Prostate Cancer Treatment Options: A Contemporary Worldwide Trend Analysis

Cacciamani, Giovanni; Sebben, Marco; Marcer, Anna; Russo, Giorgio Ivan; Cocci, Andrea; Dell’Oglio, Paolo; Medina, Luis G.; Nassiri, Nima; Tafuri, Alessandro; Abreu, André Luís de Castro; Porcaro, Antonio Benito; Briganti, Alberto; Montorsi, Francesco; Gill, Inderbir S.; Artibani, Walter

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“…The CAPSURE study demonstrated an increase in the use of AS for patients with low-risk PCa, from 6.7% during 1990-2009 to 40.4% in the period between 2010 and 2013 [3]. Our findings [5] mirror the trends in management options for PCa, mostly confirming results for current national trends [3]. Nearly one-third of patients carry out a health-related search online to find information on medical issues [10].…”

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Asking “Dr. Google” for a Second Opinion: The Devil Is in the Details

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European Urology Focus

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“…Our group presented for the first time at the 2019 American Urological Association congress and recently published [5] a GT analysis to determine worldwide public interest in PCa treatments, their penetrance and variation, and how they compare over time.…”

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Asking “Dr. Google” for a Second Opinion: The Devil Is in the Details

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“…It allows to process and analyze "big data" collected worldwide in a certain amount of time. The use of GT in health care research programs is increasing, which provides useful information about epidemiological surveillance, screening, and treatment options [22,23].…”

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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pornography habits: a global analysis of Google Trends

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As the COVID-19 spread globally, social distancing, self-isolation/quarantine, and national lockdowns have become crucial to control the pandemic. However, these measures may also lead to increases in social isolation, loneliness, and stress, which can alter the consumption of pornography habits. The aim of the study was thus to explore the interest pattern in pornography and coronavirus-themed pornography during the COVID-19 outbreak. Google Trends® was employed to determine the most popular porn websites (Porn, XNXX, PornHub, xVideos, and xHamster), and coronavirus-themed pornography worldwide and in six nations with different COVID-19 outbreak and self-isolation recommendations. We analyzed every search trend on Google® from January 9, 2020 to May 25, 2020 using "joint point regression analysis". Comparisons of week relative search volume (WRSV) and temporal patterns were analyzed to assess the change of interest in search terms during nations lockdowns. Paired t-test was used to compare WRSV values among the porn websites during the national lockdowns and the equivalent timespan of the weeks in the previous 4 years. The research trend of almost every keyword increased with significant inflection points for those nations with a straight "stay at home orders" (China, Italy, Spain, and France). "PornHub" and "Porn" showed the highest increase of interest worldwide with an average weekend percentage change (AWPC) of 4.9 and 3.8, respectively. The mean WRSV for keywords in USA and Sweden did not show a similar increase as the other nations. The WRSV percentage change with the historical data had a peak during the straight nations' lockdowns (p < 0.01). All the nations had a significant increase in WRSV coronavirus-themed pornography for each keyword (p < 0.01) with an AWPC, ranging worldwide between 18.5 and 61.8 (p < 0.01), after the beginning of selfquarantine. As strengths this study uses a big data technology to collect worldwide trend of interest, however, data are anonymous and do not allow analysis of subpopulation groups. In conclusion, we demonstrated an increased interest in pornography and coronavirus-themed pornography after the outbreak of COVID-19 in nations with a straight "stay at home orders".

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“…Some researchers studied mental health [53] and depression [54] queries. Other topics studied using GT data are skin cancer [55], sunscreen use [56], sunburn [57], seasonality of bruxism [58], multiple sclerosis [59], cancer [60], stroke [61], HIV [62], lupus [63], norovirus [64], sepsis [65], pertussis [66], epistaxis [67], plague [68], rheumatoid arthritis [69], and prostate cancer [70]. In terms of general population behavior, research was done using GT data on pharmaceutical data [71], vaccinations [72], movement disorders [73], digital epidemiology [74], kidney stone surgery [75], foot and ankle pain [76], knee injuries [77], osteoarthritis [78], seasonality of cellulitis [79], tracking influenza epidemics using climate data [80], palliative care [81], cosmetic body procedures [82], and anesthesia [83].…”

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Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

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2020

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The Google search engine answers many health and medical information queries every day. People have become used to searching for this type of information. This paper presents a study which examined the visibility of health and medical information websites. The purpose of this study was to find out why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites and how to measure this decrease. Since August 2018, Google has been more rigorously rating these websites, since they can potentially impact people’s health. The method of the study was to collect data about the visibility of health and medical information websites in sequential time snapshots. Visibility consists of combined data of unique keywords, positions, and URL results. The sample under study was made up of 21 websites selected from 10 European countries. The findings reveal that in sequential time snapshots, search visibility decreased. The decrease was not dependent on the country or the language. The main reason why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites is that they do not meet high ranking criteria.

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Consulting “Dr. Google” for Prostate Cancer Treatment Options: A Contemporary Worldwide Trend Analysis

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Asking “Dr. Google” for a Second Opinion: The Devil Is in the Details

Asking “Dr. Google” for a Second Opinion: The Devil Is in the Details

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pornography habits: a global analysis of Google Trends

Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

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