Then again, the subjects of Diagnosis aren't dealing with passing indigestion (or the kind of insomnia that can lead you down wild WebMD holes about what said indigestion really means). Or at least getting second - or third, or sixth - opinion when it comes to your health. You'd think a Yale Medical School professor, physician, and New York Times columnist would have a little more common sense, right? But after watching patient after patient find solidarity, peace of mind, and yes, sometimes a life-changing diagnosis on her new series, you might start to think differently about the benefits of crowdsourcing your own symptoms. Lisa Sanders, the host of Netflix's Diagnosis, is such a cheerleader for crowdsourcing medical diagnoses is kind of surprising. Anyone who has ever Googled a remedy for a stomach cramp in the middle of the night only to eventually (and wrongfully) deduce that they have an advanced terminal illness knows that taking medical advice from strangers on the internet is not always the best move.
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