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Preventive medicine reports
use internet health domain becoming major worldwide trend millions citizens searching online health information also publishing content health patients engaging patients online communities using different types social media boundaries mobile health social media wearable games big data becoming blurrier due integration technologies paper provide overview major research challenges area health social mediawe use several study cases exemplify current trends highlight future research challengesinternet exploding used health purposes great deal population social networks powerful influence health decisions given lack knowledge use health social media need complex multidisciplinary research help us understand use social networks favour public health bigger understanding social media give health authorities new tools help decisionmaking global national local corporate levelthere unprecedented amount data used public health due potential combination data acquired mobile phones electronic health records social media sources identify meaningful information data sources trial moreover new analytics tools need developed analyse sources data way benefit healthcare professionals authorities