Research Network Digi-Oek.ch<p>[en] Most social media posts about medical tests are misleading </p><p>A <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> analysed <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> posts about 5 popular <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> tests which can all do more harm than good to healthy people.</p><p>They were: full-body <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MRI</span></a> scan, "<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/eggtimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggtimer</span></a>" (<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/antimullarianhormone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antimullarianhormone</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AMH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMH</span></a>), <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/multicancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multicancer</span></a> early detection, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gut</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/testosterone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testosterone</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-almost-1-000-social-media-posts-about-5-popular-medical-tests-most-were-utterly-misleading-247362" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/we-analyse</span><span class="invisible">d-almost-1-000-social-media-posts-about-5-popular-medical-tests-most-were-utterly-misleading-247362</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ResearchHighlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchHighlights</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>