Health carequeries rank among the most frequent topics of information-seeking activity initiated by users of commercial search engines.
There is a danger of becoming more confused than you started primarily because of the spectrum of opinion that you may find on your subject of interest. Anyone can publish on the internet and there is no filtering system to guide you on the validity of the information that you find. At the very least, you should check whether the source is backed by a qualified person or a bone fide organisation. You should also try to determine whether there is clinical trial evidence (Q33.24) to support the claims being made. Online medical information may be a useful adjunct to traditional physician-patient interaction because it is readily available, is wide in scope, and can provide the patient with basic knowledge on a given topic. style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">0601 Educating consumers to find and interpret Internet-based information on medicines may help them use their medicines in a safer and more-effective way.0301
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