Medical Truthiness

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Participants in the burgeoning health care industry make more claims than ever about services, products, and procedures, presenting us with a true challenge in discerning the good from the not-so-good. Fortunately, Janet Golden, a professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University–Camden, frequently writes about the history of health care for The Public’s Health, a blog for Philly.com. She recommends these websites for getting valid medical information:

FDA.gov/forconsumers

Healthnewsreview.org

Quackwatch.org

Snopes.com

Webmd.com