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Wikipedia 90% wrong on health issues, say scientists

Representatives from Wikimedia UK, the British arm of the website, advised people with health concerns to consult their GP first
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Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, has at least one error in 90 per cent of its entries on health, scientists have found.

A study in the US analysed entries about conditions such as heart disease, lung cancer, depression and diabetes against peer-reviewed medical research.

The research, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, found that most articles in Wikipedia contained “many errors”.

Representatives from Wikimedia UK, the British arm of the website, advised people with health concerns to consult their GP first.

Wikipedia entries can be created, accessed and edited by anyone, which exposes the process to a higher

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