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Where
Can You Find Reliable CAM Information On the Web?
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"Caveat Surfor"
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Look at the URL
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.gov, .edu - usually reliable
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.org - sometimes reliable
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.com, .net - usually not reliable
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Red flags
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Sites selling anything (herbs, vitamins,
crystals, books, etc.)
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Uses testimonials and marketing hype
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Eco-phrases: "Nontoxic", "natural",
"holistic"
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Dark conspiracies against CAM or a particular
practitioner
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Unverifiable claims ("Millions have benefited...")
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Bogus science (eg. homeopathy)
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"Secret" science or "delivered wisdom"
(eg. Dyanetics)
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Sites broadly promoting CAM (too broad
to be critical)
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