The Saturday, August 14, 1999 Edition of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered included: Doctors Dot Com -- NPR's Joanne Silberner investigates the burgeoning world of on-line medical advice. While there are some useful elements - like on-line support groups, there is, not surprisingly, a lot of misinformation and bad advice. (7:30 min) For an overview of the program go to: http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=08/14/1999&PrgID=6
You can listen to the Doctors Dot Com segment via RealAudio at: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/19990814.watc.07.ram
You can order a transcript at: http://www.npr.org/inside/transcripts/

Published in The Ferguson Report, NPR Story on Online Health, August 1999

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