SIDEBAR: The ‘About Herbs’ Website
The “About Herbs” site (http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products) provides objective information for oncologists and health-care professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems.
- Total number of hits to date: 15,790,000
- Total number of visitors to date: 2,191,000
- Average hits per day: 4,326
- Voted among The New York Times’ top nine most important health
- information sites
- Named one of the top five websites in medicine by Scientific American
- in 2003 ■
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