Health care professionals are increasingly giving advice to patients on how to improve their health, but there is often a lack of scientific evidence about whether this advice is actually beneficial.

Social media has become a popular platform for health professionals and therapists to advertise their services, develop professional networks, and disseminate health information to the public. 1,2 ...

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses advanced language technology to converse like a human. It aims to understand and learn from different topics, and users can train it to ...

Half of U.S. adults under 50 now get wellness advice from influencers. A new report examines their qualifications. By Teddy Rosenbluth Want to lose weight? Live longer? Lower your stress levels, ...

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 ...

A new paper in Rheumatology Advances in Practice indicates that TikTok videos about gout are commonly misleading, inconsistent, or inaccurate. The paper is titled "Gout, TikTok and misleading ...

Artificial intelligence is gaining more of parents' trust than actual doctors. That's according to a new study from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute, which found that parents seeking ...

Access to health information has been dramatically changed via Google (the Internet). With just a few clicks, anyone can now ...

Online mental health peer support forums are platforms that allow people to receive low level support from people who are not mental health professionals. While they can be helpful, they should not ...

Using ChatGPT for health information may be quick, low cost, and provide a sense of privacy. However, it doesn’t always provide reliable, up-to-date, or consistent data. ChatGPT is an artificial ...

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