Bad Influence

Bad Influence

by Deborah Cohen
Publication Date: 22/01/2026

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You used to 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 is regulating this?


As NHS waiting times grow ever longer and patients in the US are priced out of medical care altogether, influencers have filled the gap. From doctors promoting new therapies, to entrepreneurs selling solutions, these self-styled experts glow with good health and guarantee results.


But they are not familiar with our medical history. They don't owe us a duty of care. And they're rarely either qualified or impartial. So why do we trust them?

ISBN:
9780861549894
9780861549894
Category:
Popular medicine & health
Publication Date:
22-01-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications
Deborah Cohen

Deborah Cohen is Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Northwestern University. She is the author of three books including The War Come Home, Household Gods and Family Secrets, for which she won the Forkosch Prize and the Stansky Prize.

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