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Medical misinformation on Tylenol in pregnancy spreads faster than safety studies
A new Canadian practice paper says the latest, highest-quality evidence is reassuring for pregnant people who need acetaminophen. The episode is a high-profile example of why so-called null findings — studies that find no link or no difference — matter.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/null-findings-second-opinion-9.7223993?cmp=rss

Noah Jan 24

Doctor Reacts To New US Vaccine Schedule - https://youtu.be/pJZvYeJvUnk?si=JS7cFHmzkuhjI-Kd #vaccines #DoctorMike #VaccineSchedule #USVaccineSchedule #MedicalMisinformation #AntiVaxxers #CriticalThinking #ScienceBasedMedicine

Doctor Reacts To New US Vaccine Schedule

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*|FNAME|*Jan 13

RE: https://mas.to/@dmacphee/115888176492214472

FFS! 🤦‍♂️

#Misinformation #MedicalMisinformation #Mammograms

Matt Hodgkinson Jan 2

PSA: don't read Google AI overviews

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/02/google-ai-overviews-risk-harm-misleading-health-information

#Google #AIoverviews #AIoverviewFail #MedicalMisinformation

Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice

Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds

The Guardian

Political Bill SC Jan 2

A thought-proving read:

"We have witnessed how vaccine misinformation can fuel disease outbreaks, how false cancer cure claims can lead desperate patients away from effective treatments, and how pandemic conspiracy theories can undermine public health responses. And yet, freedom of speech remains crucial to our democratic republic."

#MedicalMisinformation #FreedomOfSpeech

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when-medical-misinformation-costs-lives-free-speech-vs-public-health/

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Nov 15, 2025

This week I learned the term "functional medicine".

Apparently it came about in the 1990s, and is a new term for what we used to call quackery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_medicine

#MedicalMisinformation

Functional medicine - Wikipedia

Mashable India [Unofficial]Oct 30, 2025

ZOHO Cofounder Sridhar Vembu's Misinformation On Vaccines Gets Schooled By Doctors On X: 'Health Illiterate'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://in.mashable.com/science/101823/zoho-cofounder-sridhar-vembus-misinformation-on-vaccines-gets-schooled-by-doctors-on-x-health-illite

Jo at Medical News Bulletin Oct 20, 2025

Epidemiologists are warning that #medicalmisinformation out of the US is causing a crisis in Canada. Learn why measles has come back and what makes it so dangerous with MNB medicalnewsbulletin.com/we-need-to-t... #EduSky #histsc Medskies, medtwitter, medsky, 🩺,⚕️ PedSky, tweetiatrician #SciComm 🧪

JKN Feb 10, 2025

I fear we live in a world where people who believe #chiropractic is a legitimate medical practice, constitute the majority consensus.
#skeptic #disinformation #medicalmisinformation #knowledgecrisis

ReallyCanadianFly Jan 29, 2025

How bad can the UCP get? This provincial report should give everyone a clue. They are going to kill thousands with these recommendations. It's totally tinfoil hat nonsense.

#Alberta #quacks #medicalmisinformation #govtreports #UCPFailure

Alberta doctors push back on provincial COVID-19 task force report | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-19-alberta-vaccine-task-force-1.7442816

Alberta doctors push back on provincial COVID-19 task force report | CBC News

A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing back, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health.

CBC