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Just 15% of online health seekers consistently check the source and date of the health information they find online, while another 10% say they do so \u201cmost of the time.\u201d Fully three-quarters of health seekers say they check the source and date \u201conly sometimes,\u201d \u201chardly ever,\u201d or \u201cnever,\u201d which translates to about 85 million Americans gathering health advice online without consistently examining the quality indicators of the information they find. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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