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>Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:49:33 -0400 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: NNF - Internet Information Remains Unhealthy >X-Unsubscribe: send a blank message to [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] > >August 16, 1999 >NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS >"Nutrition news is important. We help you understand it!" > >Today's Topic: Internet Information Remains Unhealthy > >Nutrition News Focus has been warning readers to be skeptical of >health information available via the Internet. The lead story in the >August 1999 issue of the respected medical journal Cancer reported a >survey of 400 Web pages checked at random from about 27,000 entries >on Ewing's sarcoma, a rare type of cancer. > >Fewer that half the pages contained information on medical treatment >of the disease. Almost 60% had peer-reviewed information from >reliable sources. But the rest had information that was not reliable >or unknown. The researchers determined that 6% of the pages >contained information that was clearly wrong. Details from the >research are available from the University of Michigan >(http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/1999/Jul99/r072699a.html), >but the journal provides access only to subscribers. > >HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: There are few ways you can be sure >the information on a Web site is accurate. One is to look for a >logo stating the site subscribes to the HON Code (Health on the Net) >principles. Another, that is usually true, is to look for sites that >are from the government (.gov) or universities (.edu). Finally, you >can verify a specific claim by doing your own literature search, as >NNF explained last week. > > >******************************************************************** >Subscriber report: 14,757 readers in 89 countries. >Please recommend Nutrition News Focus to your family and friends. >If you like, point your browser to >http://www.nutritionnewsfocus.com/cgi-bin/birdcast.cgi >where you'll find an easy recommendation form. > >DISCLAIMER: The information in Nutrition News Focus is intended >only to help you understand the Nutrition News. We do not recommend >any treatment, food or supplement. It is not intended to replace >the advice of a physician. If you read something in this newsletter >that in any way contradicts what your physician tells you, TAKE YOUR >PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE, NOT OURS. > >Copyright 1999 Nutrition News Focus Inc. > >******************************************************************** >* NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS >* We take the confusion out of the nutrition news >* For a free subscription to our daily email newsletter: >* Send a blank email to [log in to unmask] >* Or visit our website at http://www.NutritionNewsFocus.com >******************************************************************** > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- >To subscribe, send a blank message to [log in to unmask] >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [log in to unmask] >To change your email address, send a message to [log in to unmask] > with the other address in the Subject: line > > >