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`Nowadays, a lot of information about medical conditions and illnesses is freely available on the internet. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for most people? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

#`nowadays #information #conditions #illnesses #internet #people
People have opposing views on
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vailability of a bulk of
information
 regarding medical conditions and illnesses free of charge via the online resources. In my opinion
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people who own needed skills and abilities for conducting a research on the Internet can gain some effective results, in comparison with the ones not knowing current tricks behind freely available
information
 on some websites, and
this
 may have some detrimental effects on their health. On the one hand, it is crystal clear that the availability level of
information
 increases irrespectively to people’s financial conditions, as they can read related passages and, eventually be aware of some issues regarding the conditions they face. It can
also
 come in handy both for providing
first
 aid in emergency situations and taking preventive actions in order not to end up with more tragedic results.
Moreover
, it provides a priceless opportunity for not wasting time in the queues waiting to meet the doctor or receiving the needed piece of advice, particularly in state hospitals and clinics.
On the other hand
, considering the high
occurancy
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occupancy
occurrence
 rate of non-reliable sources on the Internet and their mostly misleading advertising tricks, the
availabilty
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availability
 of
such
 kind of
information
 seems to be more dangerous.
Furthermore
, for patients, the rates of efficiency and effectiveness of visiting doctors
for
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can not be replaced due to the high quality and special accuracy of the work done by doctors. Apparently, doctors
diagnoze
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diagnose
diagnosed
 more precisely and are able to recommend more result-oriented treatment methods by having needed laboratory results and with the help of up-to-date diagnostic equipment they use while checking their patients.
Finally
, in my opinion
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the effectiveness and efficiency of having plenty of
information
 related to
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edicine available on the Internet
depends
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 on the levels of literacy and awareness of its receivers. The readers applying given recommendations without checking them via several sources or not analyzing the ingredients of some medical substances may face some difficulties afterwards.
Therefore
, by not being aware
about
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 the opposing final effects, they may deteriorate their health system and eventually may need to be immediately hospitalized.
However
, the
skillful
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 ones can have benefits of taking some preventive actions via those sources and help their immune system
strengthen
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,
for instance
 by increasing their daily physical activity or focusing on more nutritious diets. In
conclsuion
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conclusion
, while people may vary in their opinions on having medical
information
 freely online, I personally believe that the ones with the high rates of literacy and aware of marketing tricks of pharmaceutical companies can benefit from it, while the others should be much more cautious.
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