Consumer Health Information

This tool provides 3 simple questions help to critically evaluate health information.

Resources from MedlinePlus on evaluating health information found online.

Click on "Start the Tutorial" to watch the National Library of Medicine's video on evaluating health information.

Guidance from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health on evaluating online health information.

Science-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in health care.

FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.

A network of Web sites and mailing lists maintained by the Center for Inquiry (CFI). The sites focus on health frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct.

Resources about medication fraud from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

Consumer alerts, information on health products and spotting health scams from the FTC.

Science Feedback is a publication verifying the credibility of influential information and media coverage that claims to be scientific in fields that are particularly prone to misunderstandings and misinformation such as climate change and health.