Good Commercials Can Make for Bad Medical Choices
You've seen the commercials. The people talking about their complex cancer and how a certain healthcare organization worked with them to get healthy again, with soft, soothing music, muted colors and grateful families crowded around. They're interesting, yes, but not if they force you to make bad treatment decisions , based on the advertising. For that's what it is, pure advertising. I've read that this self-same cancer hospital only treats certain cases with a high chance of success, to make their stats look better than other similar organizations. "Medical testimonials on the Internet and elsewhere present powerful personal stories and useful information, but they can also be dangerous to your health if distracting, irrelevant information leads to inappropriate treatment decisions, say researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as reported by medicalnewstoday.com. "We grow up learning from stories and we often identify with th...