U4 -Quizz Health

One reason that self-care is so popular is that ____________________________________ .

• people don’t like visiting doctors

• visiting doctors is expensive

• there aren’t enough doctors

The guests are discussing how people can use __________________ to care for their health.

• exercise and weight-loss programs

• websites and phone apps

• computer programs and games

According to the second guest, Carlos, health websites and symptom checkers are often ______________.

• incorrect

• expensive

• confusing

Digiceuticals are ______________ used to treat health problems.

• medications

• websites

• phone apps

Carlos thinks that people should see a doctor to get advice and to avoid _________________.

• getting hurt or sick

• spending too much money

• taking too much medication

Americans spend ten million dollars a year on self-care products.

• True

• False

More than 97 million Americans use health websites for advice when they get sick

• True

• False

Online symptom checkers diagnose health problems correctly about 24 percent of the time

• True

• False

Digiceuticals are apps used by patients to manage their health problems without a doctor

• True

• False

Digiceuticals monitor patients to get information.

• True

• False