Researchers have figured out that people may be using medical sites for, er, “stimulus“…

The researchers assessed request patterns received by the site over a 6-month period, in terms of diagnosis, age group and anatomic site.

Of the more than 7800 dermatological images available on the site, 5.5 percent involve genital regions. However, 12 percent of queries for a specific diagnosis involved a genital area. Also, 37 percent of the requests for an anatomic site involved a genital region, and 12 percent of the 10,000 free text queries were for images of genitalia.

In searches that specified both an age group and an anatomic site, images involving children were 48 percent more likely to be requested than those involving an adult.

An analysis of the top 43 referring sites to the dermatology service revealed that 9 (21 percent) were pornographic/fetish sites. However, these sites only accounted for 14.3 percent of all 141,285 referrals.

The authors conclude, “Developers of online clinical image libraries containing potentially sensitive health information on topics such as sexuality and anatomy must be aware of issues beyond technical and domain knowledge.”

Wow… I love studies…

Here’s another one…

Study how many 11 year olds with National Geographic subscriptions given to them by mommy and daddy for “school work” actually use it for such.

Just sayin’… As a kid, you take any material that comes…

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