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October 31, 2006

Health Searchers may be Getting Bad Medicine

Most health searchers don't bother checking the source or date of the information they find online, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Even so, a majority say that they are comfortable using this information to alter their own health-related behavior or to share with others. More on the findings released in this report in today's SearchDay article, Rampant Malpractice Among Health Searchers.

Posted by Chris Sherman at October 31, 2006 2:20 AM