Is self-diagnosis on social media helping or hurting people’s health? A recent study by Tebra looks into this trend, focusing on the ways people use the internet for health advice and how much they ...

Ever fallen down a health symptom rabbit hole at 2 a.m.? You start with a simple headache search and suddenly you’re convinced you have a rare tropical disease. We’ve all been there, frantically ...

TikTok is the new doctor’s office, quickly becoming a go-to platform for medical advice. Unfortunately, much of that advice is sketchy at best. Mental health content on TikTok had the lowest ...

The internet can be a double-edged sword when researching illnesses, as a quick Google search can sometimes lead to increased anxiety. Now, users online can engage in humanlike conversations with ...

As AI technology becomes more integrated into every aspect of daily life, people have grown increasingly comfortable asking large language model chatbots for help with all kinds of questions — ...

A recent Nature Medicine study investigated the public perception of artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools designed to provide digital medical advice. Study: Influence of believed AI involvement on ...

To evaluate whether health information you’ve found online is reliable, you can consider its sources, evaluate it for bias, and check it against what trustworthy sources are saying on the topic.

New research shows that drug reviews from women can predict a serious problem. On the flip side, men's comments are "completely meaningless." ...

More Americans are turning to AI chatbots for medical advice as they hope to size up their symptoms in a matter of seconds. While the bots can offer quick answers and general guidance, medical ...

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In an understaffed field with a lack of support in the workplace, nursing can sometimes feel like a never ending job. Even after the grueling — sometimes over 12-hour-long — shifts, family and friends ...

Does an apple a day keep the AI away? Creators are calling bull on alleged deepfake doctors scamming social media users with unfounded medical advice. On TikTok, one search yields dozens of videos of ...