【Evaluating（评价）sourcesofhealthinformation．Makinggoodchoicesaboutyourownhealthrequiresreasonableevaluation．Akeyfirststepinbetteringyourevaluationabilityistolookcarefullyatyoursourcesofhealthyinformation．】

　　Evaluating（评价）sourcesofhealthinformation．

　　Makinggoodchoicesaboutyourownhealthrequiresreasonableevaluation．Akeyfirststepinbetteringyourevaluationabilityistolookcarefullyatyoursourcesofhealthyinformation．Reasonableevaluationincludesknowingwhereandhowtofinsrelevantinformation，howtoseparatefactfromopinions，howtorecognizepoorreasoning，andhowtoanalyzeinformationandthereliabilityofsources．（36）___Gototheoriginalsource．Mediareportsoftensimplifytheresultsofmedicalresearch．Findoutforyourselfwhatastudyreallyreported，anddeterminewhetheritwasbasedongoodscience．Thinkaboutthetypeofstudy．（37）___Watchformisleadinglanguage．Somestudieswillfindthatabehaviour"contributesto"oris"associatedwith"anoutcome；thisdoesnotmeanthatacertaincoursemustleadtoacertainresult．（38）___Carefullyreadorlistentoinformationinordertofullyunderstandit．

　　Useyourcommonsense．Ifareportseemstoogoodtobetrue，probablyitis．Beespeciallycarefulofinformationcontainedinadvertisements．（39）___Evaluate"scientific"statementscarefully，andbeawareofquackery（江湖骗术）．

　　（40）___Friendsandfamilymemberscanbeagreatsourceofideasandinspiration，buteachofusneedstofindahealthylifestylethatworksforus．

　　Developingtheabilitytoevaluatereasonablyandindependentlyaboutthehealthproblemswillserveyouwellthroughoutyourlife．

　　A．Makechoicesthatarerightforyou．

　　B．Thegoalofanadistosellyousomething．

　　C．Besuretoworkthroughthecriticalquestions．

　　D．Andexaminethefindingsoftheoriginalresearch．

　　E．Distinguishbetweenresearchreportsandpublichealthadvice．

　　F．Beawarethatinformationmayalsobeincorrectlyexplainedbyanauthor'spointofview．

　　G．Thefollowingsuggestionscanhelpyousortthroughthehealthinformationyoureceivefromcommonsources．