TikTok Changed How We Talk About Health
January 22, 2025
(New York Times) – It has turned doctors into stars, put taboo subjects on main and given all of us a place to explore our well-being.
In tens of millions of videos, users have opened up about their health and how they take care of themselves in big and small ways. They have touted “Oatzempic” for weight loss and extolled the (supposed) benefits of beef tallow face masks. They have shared their abortion stories and brought viewers inside the reality of living with terminal illnesses. And sometimes they have shared health advice so off-base that doctors and therapists stepped in to correct the record. (Read More)