Warning over bad health advice online
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Following health advice given on the Internet could leave people in worse health, a new study has warned. The research from University College London (UCL) has shown that many people would be in a better state
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BMA bemoans 'pandemonium' Technical problems with an online medical training system are causing "pandemonium", according to the British Medical Association (BMA).â¦
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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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Health obsessives will be breaking out in a sweat when they read the latest research: browsing medical websites can be bad for you.
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Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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Plenty of evidence suggests that having trouble understanding medical information is bad for your health. Now new research says it could even be deadly.
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Sexualised images of girls in advertising and the media harms their mental and physical health, experts warn.
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Blog: A new study shows that online safety advice needs to go beyond "don't talk to strangers" to address the specific risky behaviors that make youth ages 10-17 vulnerable to online victimization.
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Life & style: Many pamphlets for patients at GP surgeries have no NHS authorisation. Rather, they are put out by companies promoting products
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People searching for online health advice prefer sites with "a human touch", a study suggests.
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LONDON: Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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Â· Children's eating habits even worse than adults Â· Food-related ill health can cost NHS Â£6bn a year
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The government warns "natural" products being snapped up by people who can't get shots may not prevent illness.
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Social network sites are being urged to do more to help young users report online abuse.
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Beware the Internet's meat puppets. And sock puppets. And trolls and shills and astroturfing and other forms of dubious online marketing.
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By eamonn holmes  I READ an article this week about the hidden dangers in cosmetics, the chemicals used in them and what health problems they are linked to. Quite honestly it was pretty scary.
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CHICAGO _ The Internet is full of health advice. A Google search for hypertension produces nearly 35 million choices, while obesity scores almost 29 million and prostate cancer hits 19.5 million.  Some people might think that's enough, but Jeff Bohnson thinks there's room for one more.