CELEBRITY INFLUENCERS

Social media medical advice: Do your research, ask medical experts, use discretion, say doctors

Recently, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (who goes by the moniker The Liver Doc on social media) locked horns when the former recommended an alternative treatment for “a common viral”. Medical experts say that when it comes to medical advice on social media from celebs or influencers, people should do their own research and consult real medical practitioners