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Medical “tests” swamp social media, study finds

27 February 2025
By Pulse+IT
Influencers are promoting “overwhelmingly” misleading information about medical tests on Instagram and TikTok, according to a peer-reviewed University of Sydney-led study. Researchers analysed almost 1000 global posts about five controversial medical screening tests that had been promoted by social media influencers to almost 200 million followers.  They found most posts had no reference to scientific […]

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