VIDEO: Physician scarcity fuels rise of bogus medical data on-line

This week on our ‘Contained in the Village’ podcast: A brand new survey finds an alarming variety of Canadians are relying on medical misinformation on the Web as a result of they do not have a main care supplier

Welcome again to Contained in the Village, a one-of-a-kind podcast the place all information is native — and no matter is off-limits.

On this week’s episode: The rise of medical misinformation.

The Canadian Medical Affiliation (CMA), which represents medical doctors throughout the nation, has launched an alarming new report that reveals greater than one-third of persons are getting well being data from the Web as a result of they’ll’t entry a main care supplier.

Forty-two per cent of Canadians have really tried medical recommendation they discovered on-line, the survey reveals, whereas practically one quarter — 23 per cent — have skilled a destructive response after following that recommendation.

Becoming a member of us to speak in regards to the information is Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the CMA. She describes the findings as a “double whammy”: a disaster of entry mixed with a disaster of misinformation.

Additionally the podcast this week: Let the marketing campaign start! Sources say Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made up his thoughts after months of “waffling” and goes to set off a snap provincial election on Jan. 27. 

Keep tuned to your native information website — and our Queen’s Park staff at The Trillium — for up-to-the-minute election protection within the weeks to come back.

​Hosted by Scott Sexsmith and Michael Friscolanti, the Editor-in-Chief of Village Media, Contained in the Village is a information and present affairs podcast that gives a weekly window into among the greatest native journalism from throughout our chain of Ontario newsrooms. Produced by Derek Turner, this system additionally explores bigger-picture points that affect folks throughout the province.

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