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To the Editor, The development of technology and Internet in the XXI century impose new challenges on medical science. As it is true that there is more and more development in medical, surgical and clinical specialties, at the same time, more information is generated. In the middle of this dichotomy are the social media, led by celebrities, politicians and leaders of our society. Their opinions come to have a consistent impact with the millions of followers they have, therefore, the slightest mistake about health-related aspects triggers a calamity of unpredictable consequences: medical misinformation.

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