Insider's Guide to Internet Health Searches: Real-Life Success Stories and Expert Advice for Finding Online Health Information You Can Trust

A first-ever collection of compelling stories of ordinary people who used medical information from the Internet to save a lifeToday, the Internet is more than an information superhighway. The sheer amount of information available is enough to boggle the minds of the 75 million people who currently surf the 'Net. With 70 percent of those people using the Internet to find health information, how can they tell if that information is accurate?The Insider's Guide to Internet Health Searches is a compelling collection of 52 stories from people who were not only able to locate reliable medical information but were also then empowered to make life-saving decisions. But The Insider's Guide to internet Health Searches goes beyond the stories, offering practical advice for people to increase their knowledge by researching accurate information and advice on their own. Readers will-- An index of the best Web sites for 50 most frequently searched health topics-- Keyword searches to help readers find the right information on any Web site-- A directory of 1,001 of the most useful and reliable health and medical Web sites-- Tips on how to identify and avoid dangerous scams-- Doctors' inside tips on how readers can share Internet information with their own physicians