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2 IS MY HEALTH INFORMATION
RELIABLE?
3 RUN FOR IT
A WORKOUT THAT WORKS
4 A SPIRIT OF COURAGE
6 PUT SKIN CANCER IN THE SHADE
7 SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE
8 LOVE YOUR LABOR
BE THE CEO OF YOUR HEALTH CARE
9 HOW TO ESCAPE GUILT'S GRIP
POSITIVELY HEALTHY
10 HOW SWEDE IT IS
11 UNDERSTANDING STOMACH
DISCOMFORT
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS
12 WALK ON
13 DRINKING DURING THE GOLDEN YEARS
CELEBRATING SENIOR AMERICANS DAY
14 HOMING IN ON HEARING HEALTH
15 MUSICAL MOTIVATION
16 FROM THE FRONT LINE
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LEARN HOW
TO TRUST
WHAT YOU
FIND ONLINE.
A NEW HEALTH diagnosis often sends us straight
to our computers or mobile devices to search for more
information. It's important, however, to determine
whether that information is trustworthy.
So how do you know?
"Start by looking at the sponsor or source of the content,"
says Kelly Lauscher, 3D Community Health: Body.Mind.
Spirit Community Educator. "If it's on a hospital's or health
care organization's web site, that's a good sign.
For example, there are health libraries on both the
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital and the HSHS Sacred Heart
Hospital web sites."
If you read something that contains statistics, make
sure those statistics come from a reliable source as well.
Organizations or medical groups such as the American
Medical Association or the National Institutes of Health
are solid resources for this kind of information.
Be wary, however, of sites that seem like they're trying
to sell a product or miracle cure for the condition you are
trying to research.
"In the end, if something sounds too good to be true, it
probably is," Lauscher says. "Always discuss your findings
with your doctor."
Visit our online health library at sacredhearteauclaire.org/a-healthy-you/health-library or
stjoeschipfalls.org/patients-guests/health-library.
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