There are many benefits to health-related social media, as well as potential drawbacks. In an attempt to emphasize the advantageous aspects, we provide a prescription for healthy social media usage.

Moral outrage on social media is becoming more common. While it may have initially occurred in non-health domains, it is now increasing across health-related platforms.

An objective framework to evaluate claims can be very helpful to avoid inherent bias and help promote respectful and constructive discussion of health-related recommendations, particularly on social media.

Trust in healthcare professionals and the system in general has eroded over the past several years and decades. How do we restore trust and improve health outcomes?

There can be many advantages to integrating social media platforms within the practice of medicine. A detailed understanding of these advantages is needed in order to maximize the benefit.

Given the widespread and ubiquitous nature of social media in our lives, it is important to understand the potential implications for our psychological and physical health. The impact on our mental wellbeing has received considerable attention, however less frequently discussed is the effect on physical health. If we are to better manage the effects of social media on our health, we first must better understand the relationship.