As Sarah Bright demonstrated, when it comes to taking charge of your health, information is power. Because sometimes in the world of science and health, the Information Age seems more like the Age of Confusion. Secondly, as any daily editor knows, if you rush to get it out, you can't always get it perfect. But when it comes to personal and family health, women want to get it right every time. Surveys show the health information women trust most comes from the government.
Women also rely on the Internet.
And women's health gets more Internet hits than any other health information on the Web. But the Internet is not the final word. Not everybody has a computer and a modem, or knows how to cruise the Web. That's why we have the Hotline. And that's why we encourage women who are Web-savvy to help friends and other families get the information they need.