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Social media misinformation driving men to NHS for unneeded testosterone therapy
November 8, 2025
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production Social media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone therapy they don’t need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have said. Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is a prescription-only treatment recommended under national guidelines for men with a clinically proven…
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Social media misinformation driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone they don’t need
November 8, 2025
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress the body’s natural hormone production Social media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone they don’t need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have said. Testosterone therapy is a prescription-only treatment recommended under national guidelines for men with a clinically proven deficiency,…
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‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet
November 5, 2025
Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women online Gaatha Sarvaiya would like to post on social media and share her work online. An Indian law graduate in her early 20s, she is in the earliest stages of her career and trying to build a public profile. The problem…
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Teenage boys using ‘personalised’ AI for therapy and romance, survey finds
October 30, 2025
Male Allies UK worries rise in chatbot ‘girlfriends’ will leave boys unable to socialise and respect boundaries The “hyper-personalised” nature of AI bots is drawing in teenage boys who now use them for therapy, companionship and relationships, according to research. A survey of boys in secondary schools by Male Allies UK found that just over…
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‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice
October 28, 2025
Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic This essay was originally published on Rest of world Every few months, my mother, a 57-year-old…
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Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
October 21, 2025
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words Continue reading…
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Instagram keeps flubbing on teen safety. Will its new ‘PG-13’ guidelines make a difference? | Tayo Bero
October 21, 2025
The content guardrails introduced this week feel like hollow posturing after the failure of past promises For months, Instagram has been struggling to convince parents, advocates and officials that it’s a safe place for kids, even though there’s a mountain of evidence to show quite the opposite. Now, the company is introducing yet another set…
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AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
October 20, 2025
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who…
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Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum
October 20, 2025
Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019 Bereaved families and survivors of a pro-suicide forum have called for a public inquiry into the government’s failure to prevent harm linked to the online platform. The calls came as a report found that coroners had raised…
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AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say
October 14, 2025
Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare could create a legally complex blame game when it comes to establishing liability for medical failings, experts have warned. The development of AI for clinical use has boomed, with researchers creating…
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