Ninety-three percent of patients with a new cancer diagnosis were exposed to at least one type of misinformation about cancer treatments, a UF Health Cancer Center study has found. Most patients… read more.
Many direct to consumer menopause services are unnecessary and do not improve care, warn experts in The BMJ today. They argue that the sharp rise in commercial services for women… read more.
The evidence supporting the health benefits of breastfeeding is overwhelming, yet many women taking medicines are being advised to stop, often unnecessarily, according to a new study from… read more.
While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74% would have very little or no trust in… read more.
Distrust of health experts and credulity towards misinformation can kill. For example, during the Covid-19 crisis, high-profile health experts received death threats while misinformation went viral on social… read more.
In today’s digital age, social media platforms like TikTok have become integral parts of our lives, offering not just entertainment and catchy dances but also a wealth of… read more.
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is an open, national surveillance system used by medical professionals as well as the public at large to self-report potential adverse… read more.
The spread of false information and conspiracy theories accelerated during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inadvertently inaccurate, and some deliberately misleading, ideas were widely shared on social… read more.
Although the public had been alerted that this winter could be a potentially bad flu season, barely half of Americans said in January that they had received a… read more.
Misinformation may spread like a disease, while previously held beliefs limit influence of new information. Researchers have come up with a computer model that mirrors the way misinformation… read more.
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