AUTHOR=Polyzou Maria , Kiefer David , Baraliakos Xenofon , Sewerin Philipp TITLE=Addressing the spread of health-related misinformation on social networks: an opinion article JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2023 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1167033 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2023.1167033 ISSN=2296-858X ABSTRACT=

This article deals with the spread of misinformation in a general context and specifically in the health sector. It presents a theoretical view of the problem and analyzes its characteristics with a focus on medicine and mainly rheumatology. Finally, conclusions from the previous analysis are formulated as well as suggestions for reducing the dimensions of the problem in the health sector.