1 in 3 cancer articles on social media contain harmful misinformation
From the Medical News Today website
According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 72% of adults in the United States use social media. Another survey suggests that 73% of people in the U.S. obtain health-related information from the internet.
Research also shows that false news is more shareable than news that is fact-checked, especially for social media.
A study of social media claims about drugs and dietary supplements circulated on WhatsApp found that 86.4% of them were either false (27.3%) or “potentially misleading” (59.1%), with claims about the latter being most shared.
The spread of health misinformation can hinder the delivery of evidence-based medicine and negatively affect patient-doctor relationships. It also has links to an increased risk of death.
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