Dr. Steven Mickley Community Health Resource Section of the Greenwich Hospital Medical Library: Evaluating Online Health Resources

Choose from a number of links to reliable information on MedlinePlus about different ways to protect yourself when reading health information online.

Follow this list of important tips from MedlinePlus on figuring out if that medical website you're reading is trustworthy or not.

Refer to the CRAAP test when evaluating medical websites.

Read this guide specially created for seniors from the National Institute on Aging.

The National Cancer Institute discusses information specifically for people with cancer that comes not only from websites but social media, books and magazines.

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health explains how to protect yourself from miracle cures and false promises about supplements and alternative therapies.

The FTC has created guides for healthy living, treatments and cures, and weight loss and fitness. Learn how to decode ads for products that promise to cure everything from baldness and cancer to diabetes and dementia, and for services that say they will shape you up, restore your youthful glow, and turn those abs into a well-defined six pack.

For help determining what to believe in news stories that you read or hear on TV, use our guide, Understanding Health News (on the left side of the Health News page).