Wednesday, March 28, 2018
We’ve all done it — felt a cough, headache or fever coming on then searched online for a remedy. If you’re like most people, you’re probably confident you can assess the effectiveness of treatments you find on the web, separating medically beneficial ones from those that are a waste of money, dubious or even harmful.
But a recent study conducted by PhD candidate Amira Ghenai and her colleagues in the Data Systems group at the Cheriton School of Computer Science should give pause to anyone who thinks assessing online health information is straightforward. Read the full story.