Unmasking Medical Misinformation: Taking Aim at False Health Claims
The expanse of the internet, pervasive social media, and round-the-clock news sites have put a world’s worth of knowledge literally at our fingertips: with a click or two you can summon vast amounts of information about almost anything. Unfortunately, a lot of it is wrong. Often that doesn’t matter much. A false story about the origins of popcorn, for example, isn’t likely to make much tangible difference in anyone’s life, even if you repeat it to everyone you know.