A Web of Health

摘要

According to a recent survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 80 percent of Internet users have searched online for health information—and have found websites devoted to every conceivablehealthtopic. But "there's no quality control on the Internet," warns Mary Frank, M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (aafp.org). "Consumers must determine for themselves what's accurate and what's misleading or incomplete."