Misinformation About Antibiotics Spreads Via Twitter

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 15:49 in Health & Medicine

Researchers studying the health information content of Twitter updates say misunderstandings about antibiotics have the potential to spread widely through social networking sites. Writing in the American Journal of Infection Control, they stress that because health information is shared extensively on such networks, it is important for health care professionals to have a basic familiarity with social networking media services, such as Twitter. read more

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