| Where to go for a reliable health advice? | | | | the training and knowledge necessary to provide an |
| People can go many places to get a health advice. | | | | answer. The answer a person gets from a health |
| Going to the internet: | | | | care professional can be trusted. They can feel |
| With the internet the source for answers to a health | | | | secure with the answer and know that they can |
| question are only a click away. The problem, though, | | | | follow the advice without harming themselves. |
| is many people rely too much on sources that may | | | | The best source for the answer to a health question |
| be unreliable for their health question answers. | | | | has been and always will be a medical professional. |
| Before the internet became a household commodity, | | | | When a person seeks answers to a health question |
| people only went to one source for their health | | | | from an unqualified source they are putting their |
| questions - they doctor. | | | | health at risk. Getting advice from someone whose |
| Today, though, people are searching online and hitting | | | | only knowledge may be form a personal experience |
| online databases and message boards to get the | | | | or something they read somewhere is dangerous. |
| health questions answered. This can spell trouble, | | | | There are many things that can go wrong. A person |
| though. | | | | could take the advice and end up with an allergic |
| Going to the doctor: | | | | reaction or prolonging treatment for a serious illness |
| A doctor or other health care professional is the best | | | | or injury. Taking this type of advice should lead to |
| source for an advice to a health question. They have | | | | further illness or injury. |