AMA: Wacky Health Trends

The good, bad, and ugly of online health information and how you can think about, vet, and use online health information.

May 24, 2024

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In today’s AMA, we’ll be tackling one question:

What's a popular health trend you see on Instagram that you think is totally silly?

I'll answer the question. More importantly, I'll discuss a much larger theme: How the internet has changed the state of health information and how should think about health information online.

Topics include:

How the internet has changed health information—what it was like before the internet, and what it's like now.
Some benefits of having more health information online.
Some downsides of having more health information online.
The "Great Endarkenment" theory of online health information.
How social media has impacted health practices—what makes health trends rise on social media and why.
What I think is the silliest health trend.
Larger lessons and thoughts on thinking about, vetting, processing, and using the health information you see online.

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