When I took the "Advanced Internet" class through my university, they actually "taught" us to look at sources and figure out how one could verify them. But that people don't astonishes me a bit too. I would think they'd do like the article wonders about and use WebMD or something they've "heard" of (I tend to like what the Mayo Clinic says). I read all the stuff, the quacks and "out there" health people too, just to get "ideas" about other things I might try when the default, established, medical people (who often seem to just copy one another's pages) get less useful. You'd think too that anyone with advice or pills costing money, people would be wary but they're not. Too willing to accept instant miracles as the TV with its infomercials shows. The goal of an advertisement is to make money, not help a person. If information wanted to be helpful, it would be free (like PC is). All the sites that have this wonderful, new, information and they tell you to buy their "vitamins" -- they're selling whatever, not trying to be helpful and informative. That's what I don't understand why people can't see it. Put a "Dr." in the name and people think it's legit.
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