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Institute making Wikipedia good for your health
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Institute making Wikipedia good for your healthIbby CaputoWashington Post Advertisement AS_AD(”Middle”); WASHINGTN – What is acetaminophen made from? Does heartburn lead to Barrett’s esophagus? Will a 3-year-old outgrow a stutter?When Americans have questions one of the first places they go for answers is online. At some point many end up at Wikipedia. “More and more people are using the Web to get their health information to augment what they learn from their physicians” says John T. Burklow the public liaison for the National Institutes of Health. A recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that researching health information is the third-most-popular online activity among adults after e-mail and general searching. So the NIH is encouraging its scientists and science writers to edit and even initiate Wikipedia articles in their fields.
‘Datar was the Wikipedia of Marathi theatre’
Daily News & Analysis
He explains “In the early days of his career Datar was editing a publication that documented an enormous amount of news related to theatre. n an everyday basis he was dealing with information about a lot of actors artistes and musicians. You could call him the Wikipedia of Marathi theatre. “Ramu makes an interesting point: “Both Chetan and I knew that the best of him was yet to come. He was beginning to move into newer terrain. “A similar view is echoed by Datar’s long-time friend and veteran Arun Kakde better known on stage as Kakde Kaka. The 78-year-old perks up at the mention of Datar’s name.
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