Browsing Medical Websites &#39;Can Be Bad for You&#39;
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Itâs news that will have health obsessives breaking out in a sweat: browsing medical websites can be bad for you, a new study claimed today.
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Six years ago, when my primary care physician suggested I have an MRI to help figure out why my left fingertips kept tingling, I went straight home, sat down at the computer and typed "tingling fingers MRI" into my Web browser's search box.
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Web portal Yahoo and media agency OMD unveiled the findings of an Internet Deprivation Study examining consumers&#39; media habits and their emotional connection to the internet.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Although it has been a long time coming, physicians are beginning to consider the Internet an integral part of their practice.
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If you&#39;re sporting one of those yellow LiveStrong bracelets, you might want to take it off before visiting your local hospital.
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People with chronic disease should think twice before relying on the internet for health advice, research suggests.
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For some people, carrying on a normal routine without the Web is almost impossible, because the Internet&#39;s tools and services have become firmly ingrained in their daily lives, according to the Internet Deprivation Study.
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I&#8217;ve heard the warnings at conferences and especially in the Social Media Optimization field that spamming or multiple submissions to Digg and other social news sites could lead to the banning of that URL from future Digg listings. Seems that such a horrible fate was brought about on SearchBliss.com although they say that they were not [...]
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There's a lot of talk these days about healthy food, but it's not always what we're looking for on the Internet
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You can buy almost anything online these days, but try shopping the Internet for an MRI, strep throat test or even an annual physical exam and you'll run into roadblocks.
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&quot;The State of Search Engine Safety,&quot; a recent study by McAfee&#39;s SiteAdvisor group, has some classic good news and bad news for Internet surfers. Using several automated techniques, the SiteAdvisor study determined that 4 percent of the query results offered by the major search engines lead to potentially dangerous Web sites, and the total for sponsored links is nearly twice as high at 7 percent.
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By John McBride, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--For some parents, the risks of the Web may appear to outweigh the benefits. Does e-mail and help with homework trump pornography and predators?   One way to gain some peace of mind is a product called K9 Web Protection.
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Hubris can be harmful to your health, especially if that underwarranted confidence comes from drug manufacturers concerned more about obscene profits than protecting the consuming public from potential harm.
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NEW YORK  - People who buy contact lenses online may be less careful about their eye health than those who buy from their doctors, a new study suggests.
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According to new British study, patients who use the internet to find out information about chronic disease rather than listening to their doctor could be putting their health at risk.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.
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Spending hours staring at a computer may raise the risk of glaucoma, an eye disease that can lead to blindness, scientists say. The discovery contradicts years of advice that suggested that