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Study: AI-generated medical advice not yet reliable enough to replace human experts

When looking for medical information, people can use web search engines or large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4 or Google Bard. However, these artificial intelligence (AI) tools have their limitations and can sometimes generate incorrect advice or instructions.

2 Apr 2024

AI chatbot offers accurate answers to radiation oncology queries

Cancer patients about to undergo radiation oncology treatment have lots of questions. Could ChatGPT be the best way to get answers?

2 Apr 2024

Rise in severe psychiatric cases among children during the pandemic

A new study found that during the pandemic pediatric emergency departments (EDs) saw more children and adolescents who needed a psychiatric admission, as well as an increase in severe conditions, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and substance use disorders.

2 Apr 2024

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

In this interview, News Medical speaks to Isaac Chiu, Ph.D and Daping Yang, Ph.D. of Harvard Medical School, about their latest research, revealing the surprising properties of pain.

2 Apr 2024

Track opioid settlement payouts — to the cent — in your community

State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were accused of fueling the opioid crisis.

2 Apr 2024

More patients are losing their doctors — and trust in the primary care system

First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles away left the practice.

2 Apr 2024

California universities are required to offer abortion pills. Many just don’t mention it.

When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023, she felt the timing couldn't have been worse.

2 Apr 2024

Can generative AI truly transform healthcare into a more personalized experience?

The current literature on large language model (LLM)-based evaluation metrics for healthcare chatbots.

2 Apr 2024

Revolutionizing brain tumor treatment: the rise of AI in neuro-oncology

The current state of knowledge about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of brain tumors.

2 Apr 2024

Study links sleep disorders to higher healthcare use in chronically ill children

The risk of increased health care utilization among children with a chronic medical condition is higher for those who also have a sleep disorder, according to a new study that examined Medicaid claims data.

1 Apr 2024

Study reveals underdiagnosis and inequities in postpartum depression treatment

Pregnancy and childbirth can be significant stressors on mental health. Nearly one in eight people who have given birth develop postpartum depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

1 Apr 2024

Study reveals ChatGPT-4's superior clinical reasoning over physicians

ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical centers at processing medical data and demonstrating clinical reasoning

1 Apr 2024

Research uncovers link between environmental contaminants and lifespan emotional happiness

If improving your outlook on life really was as simple as "don't worry, be happy," then keeping your spirits up would be a piece of cake.

1 Apr 2024

New report on HIV drug resistance: Challenges and recommendations

The World Health Organization's (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance is growing and offers recommendations for countries to monitor and respond to the potential challenges.

1 Apr 2024

WHO report unveils the impact of gender disparities in health and care

A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), "Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work" illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes.

1 Apr 2024

Lancet study reveals alarming global obesity trends in 2022

New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity.

1 Apr 2024

Digital payments revolutionize health worker compensation in Africa

Campaigns in Africa to stop polio and other diseases have a more stable, better-motivated workforce thanks to WHO's collaboration with countries and partners to pay frontline health workers through their mobile phones instead of in cash.

1 Apr 2024

Research suggests booster doses may be necessary for monkeypox immunity

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) shows that even in men who receives two doses of mpox vaccine intradermally, their level of antibodies to the virus falls to low or zero within the first few months if they have not received a previous smallpox vaccine.

1 Apr 2024

Ministers of Health commit to accelerated action against malaria in Africa

Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease.

1 Apr 2024

For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care

A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a national trend toward having such hospitals owned by investors instead of by state governments or nonprofit health systems.

1 Apr 2024