Teen substance-use influenced by social media

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Study finds social media encourages teen substance-use: New research has found adolescents who are active on social media are being exposed to content that could put them at risk of developing drug and alcohol issues. The study, led by University of Queensland PhD student Brienna Rutherford from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, examined […]

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Doctors, Status and Social Media

One hundred and thirty years ago, Sir William Osler – probably the most celebrated doctor in modern history – gave an address to the newly minted doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Osler told the students that ‘in the physician or surgeon no quality takes rank with imperturbability’   He described this as […]

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