Much of the health information on the Internet has been described as being discordant with
information from evidence-based sources (1). A new research discipline and methodology
has emerged—the study of the determinants and distribution of health information and
misinformation—which may be useful in guiding health professionals and patients to quality
health information on the Internet. Information epidemiology, or infodemiology, identifies
areas where there is a knowledge translation gap between best evidence (what some …