You may have tried search for a single topics in search engines and gave you millions of pages about it. People are getting more dependent with the information they found on the internet. Medical information is one of the frequent searches in the internet. Millions of website related to health are already existing. This render the net users vulnerable to accumulating wrong information.
How can you validate the accuracy of the medical information you get from the internet? Medical information is variable and changes from time to time so checking multiple site for clarity is recommended.
You can start with a reliable source, as I have stated in previous post. Example sites include:
- The National Library of Medicine Medline Plus is one of the best places to begin a search about health matters.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) is the agency for health by the United Nations.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) covers a wide range of information about children’s health.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. Its Web site provides a wealth of information about health, travel, the environment and disease prevention.
See the contact information. A good health Web site displays information about the webmaster or the organization responsible for its creation. Further, there should be a contact page or address of the author or the webmaster.
Health information should be accurate and unbiased. A health site contents should not be favoring a particular sponsor or source of funding.
Scientific basis of the information is of utmost important. The information should have been proven by scientific facts and research. Facts are more reliable if they come from a published scientific study on humans rather than from unpublished accounts or from reports of a single person or of animal studies. If only anecdotes or stories about individuals about supposed serious adverse events instead of scientific evidence should lead to uncertainties of the accuracy of the information.
Reference citations should also be included in an health article.
Lastly, discuss the information that you find on the web with your health professional. Health information found on the web should supplement rather than replace the information or advice given by your health care provider.
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