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How to find the best medical information online

January 17, 2013

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tech-savvy-health-20130117,0,5353311.story

 

Source - Los Angeles Times


Last year, 1 in 3 Americans typed their symptoms into search engines and medical websites before seeing their physician, according to a Pew Research Center study released this week. Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital, tells her patients to check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and the American Academy of Pediatrics' website for peer-reviewed medical information.

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