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Promotion of products, spread of misinformation and exploitation of patient fears through online health content.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s department has asked people who believe mobile phones, Wi-Fi or wearables harmed them to write in, and a University of Pennsylvania bioengineer says a health agency should run a systematic review instead.
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A new Gallup and Pivotal survey measures how women's healthcare experiences carry into work, family and civic life. The work figure is the one benefits teams will reach for, though the survey put its questions to women only.
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Brian Druker learned from colleagues that accounts using his name on Facebook and X were pitching ivermectin for cancer, and the remedies his OHSU colleagues offer are all aimed at the readers who see such posts.
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Elisabeth Marnik grew up with no vaccines and now runs a science communication group. Her account puts the decisive failure in the consultation room, not in the pamphlet.
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Deborah Cohen's "Bad Influence" argues that engagement-ranked content now shapes what patients expect from care. Her remedy sits with the reader, not the ranking system.
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