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Evaluating Health Information

MedlinePlus offers a great set of material on how to evaluate health information online. It includes links to …


* a flash tutorial called Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

* 10 Things to Know about Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web (also available in Spanish) from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

* An article from the Harvard School of Public Health on Interpreting News on Diet: Research and the Mass Media

* Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

via: CogSci Librarian

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