General Articles
Guideline Issues
- AMA Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites (link to JAMA)
- HONcode Principles: What Do They Signify?
- HONcode Violators
- Untrustworthy Organizations in the Healthfinder Database
- URAC Violators
- Web Site Ratings Systems Questioned
Links to Highly Recommended Sites
- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
- Chirobase: Quackwatch’s skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices
- Internet Health Pilot
- MLM Watch: Quackwatch’s guide to multilevel marketing
- National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF)
- Links to Skeptical Information Sources
- Links to Other Valuable Sites
Sites Recommended with Reservations
These major sites are mostly reliable but have “blind spots” that damage their credibility. Their reliable parts can be very useful, but some parts should be disregarded or viewed with caution.
- Arthritis Foundation (avoid information on “complementary” and “alternative” methods)
- WebMD Health (articles related to “complementary and alternative medicine” are highly misleading)
Nonrecommended Major Sites
Each of these sites provides a huge amount of information, most or all of which promotes unsubstantiated theories and/or methods. They may be useful to researchers seeking descriptions of these theories and methods from their proponents. However, they should be avoided by persons seeking high-quality information on which to base a health-related decision.
- Ask Dr. Weil
- Doctors Medical Library
- doctoroz.com
- The Anti-Aging Medical Clinic
- Healthmap.com
- Healthshop.com
- Mercola.com
- MotherNature.com
- Natural News (Mike Adams)
- Prevention Magazine
- Progressive Radio Network (Gary Null)
- VitalCast.com
- WholeHealthMD
Nonrecommended Minor Sites
- American Osteopathic Association
- DoctorYourself.com
- Dr. Whitaker.com
- NutritionalTest.com
