REF: 2 web site resources for medical hoaxes (fwd)

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I'm posting this from a colleague because it provides links to sites that
can help diffuse potential health and medical hoaxes. Note that one of the
sites is the CDC.

Regards,

Laura Larsson
NLM Informatics Fellow, OHSU
and
Clinical Faculty
Health Services, University of Washington
larsson at u.washington.edu
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 07:42:44 -0500
From: Ramune Kubilius <r-kubilius at NWU.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: REF: 2 web site resources for medical hoaxes

The April 2001 Reader's Digest "News of Medicine" short article on
"E-Rumors" includes two web sites of possible interest to health sciences
librarians.  (The item was originally contributed by Nissa Simon in New
Choices. )

CDC site--
Current Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors
http://www.cdc.gov/hoax%5frumors.htm

Don't Spread That Hoax
http://nonprofit.net/hoax/default.htm



Ramune Kubilius
Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern University