BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 14, 2000 ISSUE
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY The Net Is a Cornucopia of Good Medicine...and Bad Some Internet medicine sites teem with information that could save your life. Others earn the ire of the Net's medical watchdogs. Here are some of the best and worst: SITES THAT CAN HEAL... AMA HEALTH INSIGHT www.ama-assn.org/consumer.htm A user-friendly site from the American Medical Assn. HEALTHFINDER www.healthfinder.org A portal for the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept. MAYO CLINIC www.mayohealth.org Easy-to-understand information, vetted by Mayo experts ...AND SOME THAT MAY NOT THE ORIGINAL PARASITE ZAPPER www.island.net/~zapper/Original.html Markets an electronic device to zap illness-causing germs CHILEL-WORLD'S LARGEST MEDICINELESS HOSPITAL www.chilel-qigong.com/hospital.htm Cites miracle cures for cancer, lupus, and other diseases MOTHERNATURE.COM www.mothernature.com A target of quackbuster Dr. Stephen Barrett _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS When Web Sites Play Doctor TABLE: The Net Is a Cornucopia of Good Medicine...and Bad INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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