For instance, patients commonly mention such cures as chiropractic therapy or drop treatments not approved by the FDA.

“Today I had a patient who heard if he took bee pollen from the health care store, he wouldn’t need allergy treatment,” Cogen says. “That’s completely bunk.”

Cogen refers inquisitive patients to peer-reviewed sites such as American Academy of Allergy, “but there’s also inaccurate sites.”

“There is dangerous information out there, and patients will be mistreated if they rely solely on Internet sites,” Cogen says. “The proof is in the pudding.”

His full schedule is evidence: patients still know to visit a doctor, if just to confirm their own well-researched suspicions.

- Is Googling Bad For Your Health? Wltx.com, March 19, 2017.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

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