‘Jeopardy!’-winning computer delving into medicine

By: Jim Fitzgerald
Associated Press 7:14 pm

YORKTOWN, New York — Some fellow in his pajamas, home-sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments.

A doctor who is helping to prepare IBM’s Watson computer system for work as a medical tool says such blog entries may be included in Watson’s database.

Watson is best known for handily defeating the world’s best “Jeopardy!â€