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