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Hello, everyone.

This is Karen Nicol family nurse practitioner, and this is Itchy and Bitchie, a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.

After the last episode that was aired on March 29, 2025, in which I spoke about my friend who did research to advocate for her

health care. It was brought to my attention by my husband and a faithful listener that it would have

been helpful to hear how to do reliable research. They are absolutely right. I definitely missed the mark on that one.

First of all, I should have mentioned that my friend I talked about in that episode has experience

in the medical field, so she knows how to find reliable health info. Also, here are a couple of

research tips. In general, you'll find good health information on websites that are run by federal government agencies.

These are sites that end in dotgov.gov, dot, gov, medical schools, or large medical facilities,

for example, Cleveland Clinic Health Library or Mayo Clinic

diseases and conditions. Large professional or non-profit organizations are also excellent resources,

for example, the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, or American Cancer

Society. Another site that provides evidence-based information

that is very user-friendly is healthline. Healthline at healthline.com. Do not trust information on a site

if they don't use up-to-date research on the subject, or if they're

promising some unbelievable, too good to be true, cure for a disease or problem, or if they

have lots of ads, or if they're making a sales pitch, or if their writing is very dramatic

and emotional. My apologies, and now on to today's episode. As many of you know,

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