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Should people get their health information from YouTube? Retired surgeon and content creator Liz O'Riordan on 'breaking through the nonsense'

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YouTube has launched a new verification system for health care professionals who post content on the site.

The aim, according to YouTube , is to help members of the public more "easily navigate and evaluate health information" Dr. Liz O'Riordan is a published author and content creator with more than 10,000 subscribers on YouTube .

Emily O'ordan: "It's really hard, when you're not a celebrity, with a relatively small channel to try to say, "Please listen to me; this is nonsense" "A lot of it is word of mouth, or a viral video that's funny that gets watched," she says.

"I think, for me, we need to educate the general public in how to understand what they're seeing and how to know what's right".