Bad Influence, 9780861549887
Hardcover
Online health advice: a tempting fix, but who can you trust?
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Bad Influence

how the internet hijacked our health

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    3 November 2025

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Summary

Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Online Health Advice

Not long ago, if you were ill, you’d see a doctor. Now, you go online.

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, if anyone, is regulating this?

As NHS waiting times grow ever longer and patients in the US are priced out of medical care altogether, online health hacks have become indispensable. From ment…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780861549887
ISBN-10:0861549880
Author:Deborah Cohen
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
Imprint:Oneworld Publications
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:3 November 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:216mm x 135mm
About The Author

Deborah Cohen

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 UK 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.

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