Health advice is all over social media. Here's how to vet claims
Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media—from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation—and you're far from alone in seeing it.
May 9, 2026
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Americans may be losing trust for AI in health care, survey suggests
The number of Americans who want artificial intelligence (AI) involved in their health care is declining, a new survey says. Only 42% are open to AI being used as part of their care, down from 52% in 2024, according to the ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Public trust in AI in health care is slipping, survey finds
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere—in our jobs, in our homes and at the doctor's office. While the use of AI grows, a new survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds fewer Americans ...
Apr 7, 2026
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How are patients using health care chatbots? Study finds some 'eye-openers'
A health care chatbot can be a patient's first point of contact for some sensitive conversations from mental health to billing, a new CU Anschutz study has found.
Nov 17, 2025
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How our health information could be used to criminalize us
In July, the Trump administration unveiled two policies: the "Making Health Technology Great Again" initiative and the executive order "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets." At first glance, one seems aimed at ...
Sep 29, 2025
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The Rumpelstiltskin effect as a therapeutic intervention
James Madison University and Case Western Reserve University researchers describe a phenomenon they term the Rumpelstiltskin effect, in which the act of receiving a clinical diagnosis itself produces therapeutic benefit independent ...
US health giant UnitedHealth facing fraud probe: WSJ
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group is facing a criminal investigation by the US Justice Department for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
May 15, 2025
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New findings shed light on risks and benefits of integrating AI into medical decision-making
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions—designed to test health professionals' ability to diagnose patients based on clinical ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Chatbot outperforms physicians in clinical reasoning, but also underperforms against residents on many occasions
A recent review shows that ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, has outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical centers ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Integrating engineering philosophy into medical education to empower future physicians
Traditional medical school curriculum consists of two years spent learning basic science followed by two years learning to apply such knowledge in the clinical realm.
Feb 20, 2024
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