HealthLine

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• Overall, this is a pro-science medical information website that scientifically sources its information but sometimes promotes alternative health.

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Detailed Report

Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Healthline Media was founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com by endocrine specialist Dr. James Norman. In 2006, the company was re-launched as Healthline Networks. Healthline.com is the Healthline Media’s website, Healthline.com, is a destination site for health and wellness information and a competitor to WebMD.

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Funded by / Ownership

Summit Partners own Healthline. They generate revenue through online advertising.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Healthline provides health and wellness information that is scientifically based. Most articles are written in an easy-to-understand format and sourced to medical journals. However, this website also covers alternative health that is unproven to be effective. For example, they promote the Health Benefits of Throat Chakra Stones, which does not have scientific data to prove that it works.

While Healthline lists the supposed benefits of Throat Chakra Stones, they also indicate several times in the articles that there isn’t scientific evidence to support their use. It might be best not to report on unproven alt health. Most content is factual and scientific; however, because they allow room for pseudoscience, we rate them Mostly Factual rather than High.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, this is a pro-science medical information website that scientifically sources its information but sometimes promotes alternative health. (D. Van Zandt 2/23/2018) Updated (10/08/2022)

Source: https://www.healthline.com/