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Your job is to write a health Article

We expect you to a write an article that reads like a research article. The research article you write must be about the keyword phrase provided. 

Content Requirements: 

Subject Matter

1. Use the urls provided to write your article. If you need further research make sure it comes from a reputable source.

2. The information in the article must pertain to the keyword phrase and title provided. If the keyword phrase is about "blackberry treatments for gout" you must write about blackberry treatments for gout. Do not define gout, it is assumed the reader already knows what gout is. See example of rejected article. 

3. All your writing must be factual. Every sentence in your article must contain a fact: See example of minimum factual requirement.

Example of a fact: Medication in a dry-powder inhaler is delivered through the lungs without a chemical propellant. 

Not a fact: Care for herpes sores is important in the treatment of the disease.

Keywords  

4. Do not change the keyword phrase, unless it is obviously misspelled. This includes the tense and plural forms. If the keyword phrase is confusing skip the task.

5. Include the keyword phrase only 2 times in the body of the text.

6. Include the keyword phrase in the first 80 words.

7. Include the keyword phrase in the last 80 words.  

8. Write crisply. Do not use flowery or over descriptive language. Writers who add fluff get weeded out. See example of rejected article.

9.  Do not discuss natural treatments unless to keyword phrase specifically requires you to .

Style Requirements: 

10. Use Standard Font Settings 

      Font size: 12

      Font: Times New Roman 

11. Follow CloudCrowd's guidelines on numbers and abbreviations. 

12. Use subheading and bulleted lists when appropriate. See example of 3 formatting types. 

Title 

13. Every article must contain the title provided. The title should be centered and on the top of each article.

14. Apply proper capitalization to your title. 

Size

15. The article must be between 275-315 words, not including the title.

16. Your article must contain at least 4 paragraphs. A paragraph can be as small as a single sentence if it contains vital information, but most paragraphs are 2-4 sentences in length.  

WARNING: ALL content must be freshly written by you. If you submit pasted information from other sources, the work will be rejected and you will be expelled from CloudCrowd.  

Time Length: This task will expire in 2 hours

Requirements for Reputable Sources

What are some types of acceptable URLs?

Health foundations, disease foundations, advocacy groups, medical journals, school websites (.edu), hospitals, medical publications. 

What types of URLs are NOT acceptable?

Wikipedia, About.com, Associated Content, sites ending in .net or .biz, any “answers” site, any site with user generated content"

NOTE: Use the URLs listed below to find great information. You do not have to use the URLs provided. 

HEALTH OR DISEASE FOUNDATIONS/ADVOCACY GROUPS (.org or .gov)

  • World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
  • Planned Parenthood - http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx
  • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ *
  • American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
  • National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/
  • American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/
  • American Heart Association - http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/
  • American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - http://www.aaaai.org/
  • American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
  • Arthritis Foundation - http://www.arthritis.org/
  • *Any division of the NIH will have reliable and accurate information.

 

MEDICAL JOURNALS/PUBLICATIONS (.Org, .Gov, Or .Com)

  • JAMA - www.jama.ama-assn.org/
  • BMJ - www.bmj.com/
  • NEJM - content.nejm.org/
  • Anything that can be found on PubMed Central - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

 

SCHOOLS/HOSPITALS (.Edu OR .Org)

  • Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/
  • http://www.mayoclinic.org/medicalprofs/
  • Cleveland Clinic - http://my.clevelandclinic.org/default.aspx
  • Harvard Health Publications - http://www.health.harvard.edu/
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/
  • UCSF - http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/department