21 Nov 2016

Ditch magazines for health advice, study says

From Afternoons, 1:37 pm on 21 November 2016

Most people know the dangers of 'Doctor Google' for health advice. But what messages are our health magazines giving us, and do we even realise what we're being told?

Dr Amanda Wilson is a senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Newcastle. And she's just completed a study, looking at Australian lifestyle magazines, to see what sort of information they are giving their readers.

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