Discuss five precautions you should take when seeking health information on the Internet
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: ? Look for government, university, non-profit, or well-known medical school websites.
? Look for credentials of the person or organization sponsoring the site.
? Check when the site was last updated. Credible sites are updated often.
? Look for medical research presented in the information. Give more credence to reliable scientific evidence than opinions and testimonials.
? Watch for advertisers that use valid medical terminology in an irrelevant context or use vague pseudo-medical jargon to sell their product.
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