See here's the problem with the layman: Yahoo Answers. I didn't have health insurance for years and to cure some maladies I would look it up online. Forums of

See here's the problem with the layman: Yahoo Answers. I didn't have health insurance for years and to cure some maladies I would look it up online. Forums of laypeople just get bogged down multi-page threads full of speculation and misinformation. Sure, you get some real answers once in a while but for the most part its just all anecdotal suggestions, 'you have cancer' or 'drink some more tea' type comments. Maybe the comment system for laypeople would have to be validated by some sort of 'buried until proven legitimate' type of user rating system. And as far as malpractice goes, there are many medical advice sites there are out there with legitimate doctors. Usually they just preface everything with "consult your doctor first". I think the difference between this and that would be its objectiveness - the doctors wouldn't necessarily be offering up advice, just suggesting & voting on tests and treatments. What the medical world would think of it, I don't know. That's up for the market to decide I'd think right?