Researchers Find Shocking Health Misunderstandings By Studying Tweets

Researchers from John Hopkins University have found that Americans are often treating their ailments with the wrong medications. They studied 1.5 million health-related tweets between May 2009 and October 2010, and uncovered this and several other facts about the health of the nation.

As reported by the BBC, the findings of this nearly 1.5 year study showed that a significant number of the tweeting population were choosing the wrong drugs for their illnesses. PhD student Michael J.

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