Bad influence : how the Internet hijacked our health / Deborah Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Deborah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health.

Misinformation.

Internet in medicine.

Health education.

Health promotion.

Health risk communication.

Quacks and quackery.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Health Education.

Health Promotion.

health.

Medical Subjects:

Health.

Health Education.

Health Promotion.

Physical Description:

vii, 375 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Oneworld, 2026.

Summary:

When did we start trusting influencers over doctors? You used to see a doctor. Now you go online. 'Uncomfortable but essential reading. Your definitive guide to separating medical facts from online fiction.' Adam Kay Want to track your blood sugar? Your heart rate? Your sleep? You can. Need to focus? Want to lose weight fast? Everything is a click away. But who is regulating this? As NHS waiting times grow ever longer and patients in the US are priced out of medical care altogether, influencers have filled the gap. From doctors promoting new therapies, to entrepreneurs selling solutions, these self-styled experts glow with good health and guarantee results. But they are not familiar with our medical history. They don't owe us a duty of care. And they're rarely either qualified or impartial. So why do we trust them?

Contents:

1. A confluence of change

2. Are stories making us sick?

3. The weight-loss race, or the new drug market

4. A diagnostic odyssey

5. Sick until proven healthy

6. Expanding the symptom pool

7. The optimisation trap

8. Who's really empowered?

9. A hormonal quick fix

10. The new preventive medicine

Epilogue: The commodified self

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780861549887

0861549880

OCLC:

1551446380