Social Media News Finding Health Advice On Social Media Is Easier Than Knowing Which Claims To Trust

Finding health advice on social media is easier than knowing which claims to trust

Finding health advice on social media is easier than knowing which claims to trust By Halleluya Hadero The Associated Press May 3, 2025 0 ... Read More

Nearly Half of Gen Z Get Health Advice From Social Media, Not Real Doctors

Nearly half of young adults (45 percent) value the medical advice of friends and family over that of actual doctors—and 38 percent trust social media over a real physician. This is the finding of a ... Read More

Social Media Is Awash With Bad Health Advice. This Lesson Can Help

When teens turn to social media for health and wellness information, they often encounter content that pushes diet fads, distorts body image, and encourages them to take risky dares that seem funny ... Read More

Health tips on social media are likely to be lies. AI makes it worse | Opinion

Last month, a woman lay in a hospital bed with failing organs — all likely from uncontrolled diabetes. She'd managed her disease with Facebook advice instead of medicine. It nearly cost her everything ... Read More

Social media claims cost taxpayers $162M, IRS says. See the ‘tips’ to avoid

(NEXSTAR) – The self-described tax experts of TikTok and other social media sites have cost Americans $162 million in penalties since 2022, the IRS said in a news release Monday. Advice on the most ... Read More

More Americans are turning to AI for health advice

Forget typing symptoms into a search bar. A growing number of Americans are now using artificial intelligence to manage their health and wellness. According to a nationwide survey of 2,000 U.S. adults ... Read More