How do false health news affect your health? United Arab Emirates

With the significant development of communication and social networking sites, spreading false and fake news is common in many areas, including health and well-being.

In almost every medical field, from vaccines and heart health to cancer drugs and cancer diets, experts have announced a massive increase in misleading information on the Internet, which at best confuses the truth and at worst the contradict.

Heidi Larsson, public health expert at the London School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, called false health information "bad science that is often disseminated by those who have doubts about conventional for-profit treatments, books , supplements and alternative services ".

In addition, complex scientific research is often misinterpreted in the social media field, while legitimate sources of information are mixed with the dichot.

According to a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, we are 70% more likely to share our lies in social media than in fact, as negative stories are more interesting, according to the British Daily Mail.

While some false health information is easy to detect, there are a number of baseless "stories" that seem to be developing and evolving on the Internet and gaining popularity.

Half of the patients admit that they are turning to social media rather than to health professionals for advice on their health issues.

Last week, an investigation into a 9,000 percent increase over the past three years revealed serious research into symptoms on the Internet.

As a result, more awareness campaigns are needed to ensure that medical advice is provided by medical specialists, or even on some websites offering telemedicine, to avoid unwanted health complications.