Joogle Launches Medical-Records App

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When you see blatant attempts of Stealing information from you, it make you sick. Privacy is so important and yet we are conditioned to just hand over everything about ourselves.

Google's long-awaited attempt to manage your medical records is live.

Google Health launched today in what could portend a far more personal, digital future for health-related data.

"It's a really exciting day for us. We're really happy to be able to offer this service to all our users," Marissa Mayer, the Google executive overseeing the health project, said in a webcast to mark the launch.

Proponents of Google Health and Microsoft's similar Health Vault say they could make medical data more accessible for patients, enabling them to take control of their health care. Opponents worry that putting the information online is a threat to privacy and unlikely to make much of a difference in how doctors treat their patients.

Early testers like ZDNet's Garett Rogers weren't shy about remarking on the limited nature of the offering. "Basically, Google Health is what I expected