How Health Misinformation Tricks You Online & How to Know Who to Trust?

What health advice can you actually trust?
This week, I’m joined by Dr Deborah Cohen, a medically trained investigative journalist, to unpack how health misinformation spreads and why women are especially vulnerable to it.
We talk about:
🩻 The hidden harms of full body MRI scans
😳 Why finding something wrong on a scan isn’t always a good thing
🤖 The right way to use AI for health advice
💸 How to spot health advice that’s actually marketing
💊 Why social media can be a risky place to get advice on weight loss drugs
Resources & links mentioned:
Deborah’s book ‘Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health’: ****amazon.co.uk/Bad-Influence-Internet-Hijacked-H… ****
Our episode with sleep expert Dr Lindsay Browning: youtube.com/watch?v=YH5VAf__TgA&t=1890s (youtube.com/watch?v=YH5VAf__TgA&t=1890s)
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