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What is Generative AI? What does this mean on Mayo Clinic Connect? Sep 2 6:28pm | By Colleen Young, Connect Director (@colleenyoung)Comment receiving replies
@jc76, What WebMD won't tell you is how much money they make from pharmaceutical companies. WebMD is no more trustworthy than AI.
I stick with the basics: Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, NIH, etc. For lung cancer, I primarily use the IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer), Lungevity, and The Research Advocacy Network. (I'm not sure everyone can access that last one. I have access as a Patient Research Advocate.)
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I found WEBMD to be a useful tool for gaining information on a subject. They also feature special topics and information I find helpful.
The information presented on WEBMD is taken from medical doctors who are listed as sources for the information. Those doctors are referenced at the end of WEBMD, names, where they work, etc.
In the years I have used WEDMD I have not found WEBMD cite any information that contradicts information I have found on Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins, etc.
I am lucky to be a Mayo patient and have access to my doctors per portal. I can asked a question of my doctors when in doubt and get answers. I also have an excellent PCP (Mayo) who when I asked a question cites his own research or the research done by Mayo.
I have not found any advertisements from pharmaceuticals on WEBMD nor mentioned in the articles that are written by medical doctors promoting specific pharmaceuticals companies.
What I like about WEB MD is that is written in understandable and clear language. Example: The topic of prostate cancer has so much information and can be overwhelming to understand.
Example of my experience with WEBMD. I was confused at first about the numbers on Gleason score. Posters would say the + number is the only thing imporant. You could have a total of 7 but score could be put at 4+3=7 or 3+4=7.
WEBMD clarified what that meant in very to easy understandable language and pictures on that special information information topic. And I found that those first numbers are important on Gleason Scores. The article presented the information is such an understandable format and used pictures of prostate normal cells and different levels (Gleason Score) of cancer cells. I found very useful for me.
Thus my experience with WEBMD has been positive and why when I am on MCC list it as a source to use along with Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins, and ETC.