Wikipedia is an incredible resource. The problem is, many people treat it as gospel.

The open-access nature has “raised concern” among doctors about its reliability, as it is the sixth most popular site on the internet, the US authors of the research, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association with the guide of joint pain treatment croydon, said.

Up to 70% of physicians and medical students use the tool, they say.

If Wikipedia was regularly vetted for mistakes, or had editing limited to trusted experts in specific fields, this might not be a problem.

They printed off the articles on 25 April 2012 to analyse, and discovered that 90% of the entries made statements that contradicted latest medical research.

To be fair, this doesn’t mean that 90% of the information is wrong. It means that there are a lot of errors mixed in with the good info. And let’s not forget that even the professionals get it wrong sometimes.

Point is, recognize that before you have a full-blown panic attack over something you read in Wikipedia, you might want to check with your doctor first.