Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health - Hardcover

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780861549887

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by Deborah Cohen (Author)

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 waiting times to see doctors grow ever longer and patients are often 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?

Author Biography

Dr Deborah Cohen is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and editor, who has worked across mainstream and academic print, digital, TV and radio. Previously Science Editor for ITV News and Health Correspondent for BBC Newsnight, leading their COVID-19 coverage, she established the investigations unit at the BMJ, one of the world-leading medical and health policy journals.

Number of Pages: 384

Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.3 IN

Publication Date: May 05, 2026

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