(Health 24) — Social media is constantly evolving, and many users post tips and information on a broad range of subjects, much of which is misleading and sometimes even dangerous.
As far as medical information is concerned, a number of doctors are trying to drown out health misinformation on social media by recruiting more medical professionals to join talks and discussions online.
On a slightly different note, a new study has found that the language used on Facebook could help identify health issues in users, including diabetes, anxiety, depression and psychosis.
The study, published in PLOS ONE by Penn Medicine and Stony Brooke University, indicates that the language used in posts could reveal the presence of disease. (…)