Overview
Many sources exist to find information such as TV, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and medical journals, to name a few. Learning how to evaluate sources of media can be an important skill to make the best decisions for your health care or the health care of your family. How do you know if a source is credible, and what can we do to counteract medical misinformation? This misinformation may be tailored around personal beliefs and bias.
Without our awareness, we are constantly preventing, detecting, and fighting health threats every day. Medical advice can come with a cost. What can we do for prevention? Maintaining your health can keep you out of the doctor's office and save you money. We will take a closer look to have more awareness about our well-being related to our nutrition, body, and environment.
We all learn about medical information on the news and in media. At some point, we have all heard about health-related information in the media or looked up symptoms on the Internet; however, how do we know if our search is accurate? How do we know if what we hear is true?