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Doctors say patients are seeking false health information online: CMA survey | Hanomansing Tonight

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Last updated: 2026/04/22 at 9:23 AM
Press Room Published April 22, 2026
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Doctors say patients are seeking false health information online: CMA survey | Hanomansing Tonight
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A new survey by the Canadian Medical Association found doctors are increasingly intervening to address harms done to patients who found incorrect health information online. Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, a family doctor and a clinical researcher from Toronto, says it’s ‘like a coin flip’ as to whether the diagnoses patients find online are correct.

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