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HealthGuard's ratings help users know which health news and medical information websites to trust.
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HealthGuard, a service of NewsGuard, helps you identify trustworthy sources of health news and information as you browse the web — and warns you when you encounter links to sites with unreliable health or medical information.
A team of trained HealthGuard analysts has reviewed and rated hundreds of health and medical news and information sites, assessing each site based on nine journalistic criteria. Generally credible sites get a “Green” rating, meaning they adhere to basic standards of accuracy and transparency. Sites that publish health misinformation such as unproven treatments or bogus medical studies are flagged with a “Red” rating, meaning you should read them with a grain of salt.
Even if you find information on health sites that HealthGuard has identified as generally trustworthy, it’s always a good idea to talk to your doctor about any issues, rather than trusting information you find online. Even accurate information may apply differently to different patients, and there’s no substitute for years of medical training and expertise. The internet should not be your doctor, and neither is HealthGuard.
Instead, think of HealthGuard as a trusty sidekick to keep you away from untrustworthy health advice, and to point you toward more trustworthy sources, as you browse the web.
HealthGuard is for personal use only. Any commercial use of HealthGuard is strictly prohibited by the NewsGuard Terms of Service.
https://www.newsguardtech.com/terms-of-service/
Latest reviews
- (2021-11-19) Adolfo Grosso: It asks me for an access code, and I don't know how to get it, without that code it won't work.
- (2021-04-21) Mateja Keber: High quality help in identifying misinformation about covid-19 and vaccines.
- (2021-03-01) Daniela Czem: Incredibly useful for finding misinformation! It's really easy to navigate, and metrics used are transparently displayed!
- (2021-02-07) Labbé Raphaël: Thanks a lot to help chrome user to be protected against bad and non qualitative website.
- (2021-02-06) Jackie Roehl: This extension is so important. Educators really need to know about this tool since they struggle to teach misinformation in this political climate.
- (2021-01-28) maddie brandt: this extension is so so helpful and super accurate!
- (2021-01-27) Emma Liebman: Really helpful tool, especially during these uncertain times.
- (2021-01-26) Michael Brandt: GREAT extension! With all the misinformation out there regarding covid, vaccines, and other health information, this is a MUST HAVE extension for anyone researching health issues.
- (2021-01-26) Vicky Weiss: I love this extension. It's really helpful for finding COVID and health info I can trust (or not)!
- (2021-01-26) Henry LeGard: An impressively thorough and detailed set of ratings and reviews on healthcare sites and misinformation! I'm feeling better already ;)
- (2021-01-26) John Gregory: A very helpful tool to flag unreliable health sites pushing phony claims!
- (2021-01-26) Gabby Deutch: Really great...with COVID, it's so hard to tell what's true. This helps
- (2021-01-26) Theme Park Tribune: Very useful for spotting false health information during the pandemic!
- (2021-01-25) Matthew Skibinski: Helps users identify trustworthy sources of COVID news.
- (2020-09-21) Gordon Crovitz: Shocking how many healthcare hoaxes there are on the internet!
- (2020-09-21) Sarah Brandt: super helpful!
- (2020-09-21) James Darden: Useful for identifying health misinformation sites and accurate sources of health information online.
Latest issues
- (2021-08-02, v:2.1.1) Ryan Frusti: You are in direct violation of our copyright please take down
Your site - Health Guard Medical News is in direct violation of our copyright and you need to take down all content from your site that has been published by Hope4Cancer.com - We will seek legal assistance if this is not taken care of within 24 hours. Pages that need to be removed Immediately - https://www.healthguardmed.com/cancer/three-powerful-podcasts-for-cancer-patients/ and https://www.healthguardmed.com/cancer/immunomodulation-101-ii-understanding-the-adaptive-immune-response/ - (2021-05-05, v:2.0.6) Will Lester: who to trust
and why should we trust you? - (2021-02-05, v:2.0.2) Joyce Osik: covid vaccines about to expire
I had this site added to my laptop to find where available are shots about to expire. I cannot find this information
Statistics
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1,360
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Rating
4.7647 (17 votes)
Last update / version
2022-08-19 / 4.3.0
Listing languages
en-US