While pseudoscience and the anti-aging industry represent an important source of potential misinformation, the Internet often provides damaging false information as well. Amazingly, the Internet has the same level of credibility with the patient as television does with the consumer: "I read it on the Web, so it must be true."
绝佳的开始方法是确保公众能够获得准确的信息。伪科学及抗衰老行业是潜在错误信息的首要来源，因特网也常会提供有害的误导。令人惊讶的是，病人对因特网的信任程度可以和消费者对电视相媲美："我在网上看到的，因此一定不会错。"