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  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation Denis Campbell Health policy editor
    Exclusive: Cancer charity says dispelling falsehoods gleaned from social media is now routine task for cliniciansSocial media misinformation about the use of dietary supplements such as turmeric, St Johnโ€™s wort and magnesium is now so common that dispelling online claims has become a routine part of NHS clinicians work.Two out of five frontline health workers say they encounter patients who raise inaccurate or misleading information about supplements at least once a week. Continue reading...
     

NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation

Exclusive: Cancer charity says dispelling falsehoods gleaned from social media is now routine task for clinicians

Social media misinformation about the use of dietary supplements such as turmeric, St Johnโ€™s wort and magnesium is now so common that dispelling online claims has become a routine part of NHS clinicians work.

Two out of five frontline health workers say they encounter patients who raise inaccurate or misleading information about supplements at least once a week.

Continue reading...

ยฉ Photograph: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

ยฉ Photograph: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

ยฉ Photograph: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

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