Tired of the spread of misleading, false medical news — from anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to ‘natural’ cures for cancer?

US gastroenterologist and social media expert Dr Austin Chiang says the answer is for doctors to take to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to correct the misleading fake medical news head on.

Dr Chiang is calling on doctors to embrace social media and bridge the gap between the patient and the medical world.

“Those of us who are trained in what we do should be the ones talking about it online rather than someone who isn’t trained,” writes Dr Chiang in a BMJ article.