You could argue that there is a lot of useful information on the Internet and the World Wide Web, but it takes so much time to find it and use it that it might as well not be there. So let me make a few suggestions about useful sites, with emphasis on sports medicine.
Membership is limited, so the discussions generally stay on track.
This is in contrast to the newsgroups on the Internet, which anybody with time on their hands can join at any moment. Participating in some of these newsgroups is like standing on a street corner and talking to anybody who wanders by. The World Wide Web allows handy access to written text, pictures, and sound in an interactive way. That is, you can choose what you want to see next. An example of a good healthcare Web site is the University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital .