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Mashup Score: 13
The problem calls for systemic changes and individual actions
Source: www.medicaleconomics.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 45How "prebunking" misinformation works - 1 month(s) ago
Sander van der Linden of Cambridge University’s Social Decision-Making Lab showed Lesley Stahl videos and video games that teach people how to identify common manipulation tactics and prevent themselves from getting duped.
Source: www.cbsnews.comCategories: General Medicine News, Rare DiseaseTweet
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Mashup Score: 1459We 'need to eat meat' for mental health, says top Harvard professor - 2 month(s) ago
Eating meat is essential for warding off depression and anxiety, claims Dr Georgia Ede, a Harvard-trained nutritional and metabolic psychiatrist, in a massive blow to veganism.
Source: www.dailymail.co.ukCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 26Empathetic correction of misinformation can improve attitudes towards vaccination, study shows - 2 month(s) ago
An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination – and potentially boost vaccine uptake.
Source: www.news-medical.netCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 39
Misinformation is rife in the age of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. When social media is full of “experts,” who judges what is right and what is wrong? Chris Stokel-Walker reports Social media and the internet are the first port of call for many people with ailments or questions about their health. YouTube reports that health videos on the platform were viewed more than three billion times in the UK last year. Users are as likely to encounter ordinary people passing comment on the latest research or offering advice as they are to find fully qualified professionals. Science is increasingly being taken out of the hands of experts—and expert communicators—and into the hands of ordinary people, as has long happened on social media. The pandemic has catalysed the production of more health specific information, says Vishaal Virani, YouTube’s UK health lead, who liaises with the health sector, but “there was definitely some of that happening pre-pandemic . . . On the lifestyle and nutrition
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General Journals & SocietTweet
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Mashup Score: 39
Misinformation is rife in the age of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. When social media is full of “experts,” who judges what is right and what is wrong? Chris Stokel-Walker reports Social media and the internet are the first port of call for many people with ailments or questions about their health. YouTube reports that health videos on the platform were viewed more than three billion times in the UK last year. Users are as likely to encounter ordinary people passing comment on the latest research or offering advice as they are to find fully qualified professionals. Science is increasingly being taken out of the hands of experts—and expert communicators—and into the hands of ordinary people, as has long happened on social media. The pandemic has catalysed the production of more health specific information, says Vishaal Virani, YouTube’s UK health lead, who liaises with the health sector, but “there was definitely some of that happening pre-pandemic . . . On the lifestyle and nutrition
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General Journals & SocietTweet
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Mashup Score: 39
Misinformation is rife in the age of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. When social media is full of “experts,” who judges what is right and what is wrong? Chris Stokel-Walker reports Social media and the internet are the first port of call for many people with ailments or questions about their health. YouTube reports that health videos on the platform were viewed more than three billion times in the UK last year. Users are as likely to encounter ordinary people passing comment on the latest research or offering advice as they are to find fully qualified professionals. Science is increasingly being taken out of the hands of experts—and expert communicators—and into the hands of ordinary people, as has long happened on social media. The pandemic has catalysed the production of more health specific information, says Vishaal Virani, YouTube’s UK health lead, who liaises with the health sector, but “there was definitely some of that happening pre-pandemic . . . On the lifestyle and nutrition
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General Journals & SocietTweet
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Mashup Score: 38
Misinformation is rife in the age of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. When social media is full of “experts,” who judges what is right and what is wrong? Chris Stokel-Walker reports Social media and the internet are the first port of call for many people with ailments or questions about their health. YouTube reports that health videos on the platform were viewed more than three billion times in the UK last year. Users are as likely to encounter ordinary people passing comment on the latest research or offering advice as they are to find fully qualified professionals. Science is increasingly being taken out of the hands of experts—and expert communicators—and into the hands of ordinary people, as has long happened on social media. The pandemic has catalysed the production of more health specific information, says Vishaal Virani, YouTube’s UK health lead, who liaises with the health sector, but “there was definitely some of that happening pre-pandemic . . . On the lifestyle and nutrition
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General Journals & SocietTweet
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Mashup Score: 40Is spreading medical misinformation a physician’s free speech right? It’s complicated | AAMC - 4 month(s) ago
In an age of widespread misinformation, the medical profession is navigating the line between doctors’ First Amendment rights and unacceptably dangerous advice.
Source: www.aamc.orgCategories: General Medicine News, PediatricsTweet
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Mashup Score: 7
Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of websites that can disseminate false information about wars and elections
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
Misinformation is so pervasive, it reminds me of the sterile smell in hospitals. Just as all docs know the smell but rarely mention it, most leaders feel #misinformation’s presence but accept it, like onlookers to a highway crash. More in @medeconomics: https://t.co/NkZaimNFhw