Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Is it too good to be true?
I wanted to see where my search on ovarian cancer would lead me again using Google as a starting point. I quickly scanned the links to only then be drawn to a promising tagline that read, "Use 10 Basic Strategies to prevent and reverse ovarian cancer." Whether or not this would be a legitimate commercial website, I would soon find out. The website CancerFightingStrategies.com does not have the profession appeal or layout that one would find on more well-known sites. The website looks like it could have been designed by anyone with a computer. The language of the content also hinted at the lack of professionalism on the site. There is no clear organization of information and the introduction on the home page of the site seems more like a sale pitch than a genuine source of information. It is necessary to be cautious of the information on this site because like their disclaimer says, the statments made were not evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and should not be taken to be the truth. Still curious of the promises of the "10 Basic Strategies," I tried to find where on the site this information would be located. It certainly was not obvious from the home page and the links on their side menu were not obvious cancer strategies. The links were listed as "oxygenation", "Methylgloxal", and "Energetics", just to name a few. Someone without a medical background like myself, would have a difficult time understanding these terms. Even upon clicking on one of these links, I was directed to a page that contained a lengthy and verbose article on the history of that particular cancer strategy. There were also no citations to verify the sources of the claims made on the website. Do not let websites like this one fool you. The attractive tagline that comes up on a Google search does not necessarily mean that the website will deliver. This website fails to discuss its supposed topic of cancer fighting strategies and is not at all reliable thus earning itself a rating of 1.
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