Why?

Why is this information on the Internet?

• Is it unbiased information?
• Is it supporting a college or university course?
• Is the information skewed to persuade you to a particular point of view?
• Is it designed to sell a particular product?
• Will you need to pay to access the information and why?
• Are they trying to obtain sponsorship or raise funds?
• Is the information evidence-based?

Remember, anybody can publish anything they want on the Internet and make up any credentials for themselves - nobody checks. A lot of health and medical Web sites are established to provide the best information available but not all do.

Think about the motives behind each Web site you look at and weigh up the information it provides accordingly.