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On 29 Sep 99 at 8:16, Pam Bower wrote: >From http://www.raystrand.com > > PARKINSON'S DISEASE > Specific Nutritional Supplement Recommendations > > I feel that it is very important for my patients with Parkinson's disease > to be on a high quality nutritional supplement program. SNIP May I suggest you read Camilla Flintermans post.... Medical websites--caution Friends-- Our Dayton,Ohio newspaper today has a feature article on medical websites, which may be of interest. As I don't have a scanner, I'll summarize the main points. "While the popularity of medsites is growing, so is criticism....they can be riddled with unethical advertising, conflicts of interest, or bad advice." The American Medical Association (AMA) suggests they should be held to medecine's standards of trustworthiness. "In the online world, all information glows with the same intensity, whether it's accurate or not. The industry should establish policies for ensuring accuracy and disclosing conflicts of interest that come with mixing content and commerce, the livelihood of most internet businesses." "Every one of those ventures has a profit motive. so the information is always going to be suspect to profiteering" said David Morehead, president of Scott & White Health Plan, part of the Temple health care system that is paying drkoop.com $40,000. a year for packaged medical content and a place on its list of preferred hospitals. Different sites may gove conflicting advice, some sites' advice is just plain wrong. SNIP Remember that "dot com" stands for a commercial site..... Most sites are not operated by doctors, but by entrepreneurs , former health care executives, techies, and journalists...at drkoop.com for instance, the former US Surgeon General has little to do with the daily operation of the site, but lends it credibility Web sites that link information and advertising have potential for misrepresentation and bias. It is estimated there are 25,000 health sites, visited by more than 13 million people! This is not to say that helpful information can't be found on the web, but rather as a caution to be sure the source is reputable and not out to "sell" you something. Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55 Oxford, Ohio http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm <[log in to unmask]> May I also suggest you set the clock and date in your PC..... With All Due Respect ......................... murray [log in to unmask]