Health Advice from Online Forums Putting People at Risk

December 12, 2014

(Medical Xpress) – Unvalidated health information received from online forums could be placing people at risk according to recently published research from the University of Melbourne. The study of nearly 600 postings in a range of online health communities (OHCs) led by Dr Reeva Lederman from the Computational Bioinformatics and Health Information Systems Research Group, found there are thousands of OHCs where people share their health experiences with other people who may have experienced the same condition.