Only trust a website with medical information if the URL ends with a .gov or a .edu for the most part. The government websites such as the NIH, the CDC, the NIMH, and so forth are up to date with the most recent and most reliable information available. read more
"They include information about academic titles, research, and services offered by the practice that most patients wouldn't know anything about," says study author Tara Lagu, M.D., of the Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, in Springfield, MA. read more