New research on public attitudes toward AI indicates that most people are reluctant to let ChatGPT and other AI tools diagnose their health condition, but see promise in technologies that use AI…
Millions of people already chat about their mental health with large language models (LLMs), the conversational form of artificial intelligence. Some providers have integrated LLM-based mental healthcare tools into routine workflows. John Torous,…
Smokers who have recently quit their nicotine use have altered brain activity linked to increased pain sensitivity and a need for more postoperative pain relief. Abstinent smokers experience increased pain sensitivity during withdrawal, to the point that…
Putting Pig Organs in People Is Ok in the Us, but Growing Human Organs in Pigs Is Not – Why Is That?
In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic…
The regulations intended to prevent bioweapons proliferation may be increasing bioweapon risks. Major artificial intelligence (AI) labs have begun to publicly acknowledge that their models possess advanced—and worrying—biological capabilities. Between June and…
Long-term antidepressant use in Australia has risen steadily over the past decade, with the largest increase seen in young people aged 10-24, where rates have more than doubled. The finding is from…
Over Reliance on generative AI risks eroding new and future doctors’ critical thinking skills, while potentially reinforcing existing data bias and inequity, warns an editorial published in the online journal BMJ Evidence Based…
Nearly one million children around the globe fail to reach their fifth birthday every year due to devastating health consequences linked to child growth failure, making it the third leading risk factor…
A new generation of targeted treatments and gentler chemotherapy options for older adults with a new diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is driving better survival and cure rates. Led by Mikkael Sekeres,…
Sweat contains a wealth of information that could transform how we monitor our health. Sweat contains a wealth of biological information that, with the help of artificial intelligence and next-generation sensors, could…
