#medical-misinformation

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fromFuturism
1 week ago

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

With multiple mental health- related deaths already linked to ChatGPT, it now looks like the abysmal medical advice spat out by the OpenAI chatbot may end up claiming another life. In an interview with the Daily Mail, a 37-year-old named Warren Tierney explained how he went from a concerned and doting husband during his wife's difficult pregnancies to his own stage-four cancer diagnosis after the chatbot told him that his increasingly severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern.
Health
Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Experts call on US Health Secretary RFK Jr to resign over misinformation

Health groups called for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to step down as U.S. health secretary, accusing him of undermining science and endangering public health.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors

"Untreated or undertreated depression during pregnancy carries health risks, such as suicide, preterm birth, preeclampsia, and low birth weight," the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine wrote in a statement late last month.
Public health
Alternative medicine
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin

Ivermectin, debunked for COVID treatment, remains popular among skeptics seeking alternative solutions for various ailments despite proven ineffectiveness.
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