Health informatics

ChatGPT flunks self-assessment test for urologists

At a time of growing interest in the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medicine and healthcare, a new study reported in Urology Practice finds that the groundbreaking ChatGPT chatbot performs poorly ...

Health

Do chatbot avatars prompt bias in health care?

Chatbots are increasingly becoming a part of health care around the world, but do they encourage bias? That's what University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers are asking as they dig into patients' experiences with ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Tracking rapidly changing patterns of suicidal thought

In a new study, Harvard researchers took a granular approach to measuring the duration and frequency of suicidal thinking. With the help of a smartphone app, they were able to monitor participants multiple times a day over ...

Medications

Psilocybin and mental health

Humans have long capitalized on the metabolic products of fungi for medical purposes (e.g., penicillin). Psilocybin is a fungal metabolite that has attracted increased attention from media outlets, clinicians and researchers ...

Biomedical technology

Gene therapies raise difficult legal and ethical questions

New advanced therapies can alleviate or cure chronic diseases. But medical progress raises the question of how rights should be protected and balanced, according to Jessica Almqvist, professor in international law and human ...

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