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Pea0909berry

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Many people get health care information from the Internet. Hence, evidence-based health care can be threatened by the proliferation of pseudoscientific information available to the public.
 
  Which measure is currently being taken to prevent the misinformation of the healthcare consumer?
  A) Evidence-based knowledge is currently only disseminated in professional journals and publications.
  B) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been denied the jurisdiction to prosecute unscrupulous internet marketers.
  C) Public education is being performed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) through a campaign called Operation Cure All.
  D) Websites publicizing misinformation on the Internet are being screened and blocked.

Question 2

A research team has been formed to study a new medication and its effects on depression.
 
  The researcher wants to use a design where neither the clients nor the research staff will know who is receiving the medication or the placebo. What type of study is this group conducting?
  A) An empirical study
  B) An evidence-based study
  C) A case-control study
  D) A double-blind study



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
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The FDA, FTC, and Health Canada have joined together to prosecute unscrupulous marketers who use the Internet to prey on the sickest and most vulnerable consumers. The FTC is targeting false and unsubstantiated Internet health claims through Operation Cure All, a law enforcement and consumer education campaign. Their website offers information on how to recognize health fraud and buying health care products on the Internet.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
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Ideally, investigation of a treatment uses a double-blind approach, in which neither clients and their families, nor the researcher recording results, know what treatment a subject is receiving.




Pea0909berry

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
:D TYSM


Liddy

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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