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MedicineNet is an American healthcare information website launched in 1996. The website provides a medical dictionary and information about diseases , conditions, medications and general health. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In partnership with Veritas Medicine, it connects site users with appropriate clinical trials.
Biomedical information must be based on reliable, third-party published secondary sources, and must accurately reflect current knowledge.This guideline supports the general sourcing policy with specific attention to what is appropriate for medical content in any Wikipedia article, including those on alternative medicine.
A result or statement from a reliable secondary source should be included without attribution if it is not disputed by any other recent secondary sources. You should do a search to check that the secondary source you are citing is the most up-to-date assessment of the topic.
Identifying reliable sources (law) Identifying reliable sources (science) Identifying and using tertiary sources; Identifying and using style guides; NPOV means neutral editing, not neutral content; Otto Middleton (or why newspapers are dubious sources) Reliable source examples; Reliable sources checklist (provides a ref-vetting method)
Some sources attempt mainly to state what the law itself says. Some other sources attempt to state the effect of the law, such as a source about social effects or impacts arising from the implementation of a law, a source about a policy recommendation that in someone's opinion should be embodied in a law, a source about the legislative process, or a source on constitutional history.
WebMD is an American corporation which publishes online news and information about human health and well-being. [4] The WebMD website also includes information about drugs and is an important healthcare information website and the most popular consumer-oriented health site.
The expert further noted that general anxiety about going to the doctor and undergoing medical procedures could render us more likely to pick up misinformation that might consolidate that fear.
This kind of source is opinion, and as long as the source is reliable as well as the writer, and as long as health claims are not being made, is acceptable. Its probably a good idea as the example here shows, to reference the writer by name rather than post in Wikipedia's voice.