Scientist warns of misleading prostate cancer videos on YouTube.

Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of an axial section through the human pelvis, showing prostate cancer. At centre is the enlarged prostate gland (pink) with a cancerous tumour (dark green, kidney-shaped). Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/28/scientist-warns-of-misleading-prostate-cancer-videos-on-youtube-8185543/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/

Videos on YouTube giving out medical information on prostate cancer aren’t to be trusted, say scientists. 

Many people turn to the internet in search of more details concerning health issues, with YouTube a prime location for explainer-type and advice videos. 

But research has found that 77% of the 150 most-viewed videos on the site relating to the disease contained factual errors or biased content, in either the video or its comments section.

By Jeff Parsons.

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