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find 3 different article or advertisement about melatonin or any vitamin of your

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Question

find 3 different article or advertisement about melatonin or any vitamin of your choice and its claim. Try to locate different articles or advertisement DO NOT USE A MEDLINE ABSTRACT OR A JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT IS PUBLISHED ON THE WEB. Answer the following questions in a tabular format to compare the information from all the 3 websites:

- who mounted the information? What is their affiliation?

-Does the author have some authority or special knowledge?

-Does the sites appear to be biased or have a special slant?

-Are the claims supported by balanced evidence? Are references given?

-does it attempt to support, not replace, a doctor-patient relationship?

-does it adhere to the HONcode principle (or similar code) for internet health information?

- when the sites were last updated

Then summarize what each article says about the product efficacy.

Explanation / Answer

Article 1 - webmd

Article 2 – Mayoclinic

Article 3 – Van Winkle

Author's Authority or Special Knowledge

Review and drug information – Special knowledge and there is no author

Brent A Bauer is a doctor of internal medicine and also Professor for Internal Medicine

Piyali Sam is writing advertisement of melatonin as dietary supplement

Biased or Special Slant site

Special slant

Special slant site

Biased for the product

Evidences and References

References provided

Personal practice as reference

No references but quotes citations and user experiences

Support or Replace Doctor-patient relationship

Support doctor-patient relationship

Support doctor-patient relationship

Replace doctor-patient relationship

HONcode principle or similar for internet health information

Adheres to HONcode principle for internet health information

Yes, it does but there is no reference cited

Do not follow HONcode for internet health information

Last update date of the site

2009

1998-2018

December 17, 2015; 10:31 AM

Article 1 - webmd

Article 2 – Mayoclinic

Article 3 – Van Winkle

Author's Authority or Special Knowledge

Review and drug information – Special knowledge and there is no author

Brent A Bauer is a doctor of internal medicine and also Professor for Internal Medicine

Piyali Sam is writing advertisement of melatonin as dietary supplement

Biased or Special Slant site

Special slant

Special slant site

Biased for the product

Evidences and References

References provided

Personal practice as reference

No references but quotes citations and user experiences

Support or Replace Doctor-patient relationship

Support doctor-patient relationship

Support doctor-patient relationship

Replace doctor-patient relationship

HONcode principle or similar for internet health information

Adheres to HONcode principle for internet health information

Yes, it does but there is no reference cited

Do not follow HONcode for internet health information

Last update date of the site

2009

1998-2018

December 17, 2015; 10:31 AM