YouTube aids patients with bone tumours

Researchers found that 74 per cent of videos relating to the condition on the website provide helpful and accurate information on the condition.

The study, published in the Royal College of Surgeons of England Bulletin, said only two per cent of related videos were misleading.

A further 24 per cent contained no useful information, according to the research undertaken at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The videos deemed useful were provided by medical professionals, health information websites and universities.

Sue Woodward, chairwoman of the patient liaison group of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: “More and more patients are going online to look up information regarding illness.”