Assistant Professor @uOttawa researching medical & public health mis/disinformation, digital platforms, and commercial determinants of health.
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Marco Zenone
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New study 📝 We audited 5 AI chatbots to assess how they respond to health questions in misinformation-prone contexts. 49.6% of responses were rated problematic (e.g., suggesting alternative cancer clinics), with limited guardrails and many poor/fabricated citations. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4...
September vibes on campus @uottawa.ca
Marco Zenone
New in @stemcellreports.bsky.social: our study led by @srmarcon.bsky.social w/ @caulfieldtim.bsky.social looks at how “stem cell” supplements are sold on Amazon and whether the marketing aligns with U.S. & Canadian regulations. Conclusion: Amazon can do better to not enable bunk.
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A great analysis of the study by @hiltzikm.bsky.social in the LA Times. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Anti-science sentiment is everywhere, but Canada is standing firm: #ScienceMatters! Great to see this statement and its signatories. scienceupfirst.com/sciencematte... @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
The wellness industry’s influence goes beyond dubious health claims. Our new article led by @karremannancy.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social and Benjamin Hawkins examines the wellness industry from a commercial determinants of health perspective. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Marco Zenone
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies...
Our team's health misinformation audit on popular and free AI chatbots found nearly 50% of responses were problematic.
Link: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4...
Team: @nbtiller.bsky.social; @marcozenone.bsky.social; @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, et al.
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Open access ⤵️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With thanks to co-authors @marcozenone.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins
#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #CommercialDeterminants #CDOH #Wellness
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I was so delighted to join @publichealthpod.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social to discuss our latest findings on the big business of #wellness based on our recent paper also with @marcozenone.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins. Give it a listen! 🎧
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New paper out! 📢
The #wellness industry is a multi-trillion $ force: selling products, shaping norms, and now influencing policy. But it's rarely analysed in the way we scrutinize tobacco or pharma.
We apply a commercial determinants of health lens to wellness, including #MAHA. Short thread 🧵⤵️
