{"id":2713,"date":"2019-03-01T14:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:05:35","slug":"2713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2019\/03\/01\/2713\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Health Information Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When searching online to find information on medical issues, it is important to read from reliable and credible sources.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few questions to consider when looking at a website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the author affiliated with medical institutions?<\/li>\n<li>What are the author\u2019s credentials?<\/li>\n<li>Is the source peer-reviewed or read by a medical or scientific board?<\/li>\n<li>Does the source have cited statistics? Where do the statistics come from?<\/li>\n<li>Is the website a reputable source?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Is the published article outdated? Look for a date to see how long it has been since the article was written.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Who is responsible for the content published? For example, it could be from a professional organization or the government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember, it is important to talk to the doctor about medical concerns. Do not just rely on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Source: National Institute on Aging<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When searching online to find information on medical issues, it is important to read from reliable and credible sources. Here are a few questions to consider when looking at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200980],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}