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First, it was mushrooms in your coffee. Then protein in your soda. The latest wellness staple sneaking into your pantry is creatine. In the days of yore, creatine supplements were a muscle-bro staple, relegated to the lockers of collegiate linebackers and bodybuilders. Lately, it has muscled its way into Pilates studios, gym girlies’ TikToks, and longevity wellness retreats. TikTok content …

His psychosis was a mystery—until doctors learned about ChatGPT’s health advice  PsyPost ChatGPT dietary advice sends man to hospital with dangerous chemical poisoning  Fox News Man Hospitalized With Psychiatric Symptoms Following AI Advice  ScienceAlert Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt  The Guardian Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with ‘bromide intoxication’  Live Science Source link

Relying on AI in Colonoscopies May Erode Clinicians’ Skills  MedPage Today AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study  Bloomberg.com As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills?  statnews.com How a bowel cancer examination revealed AI’s negative impact on doctors  The Independent Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies  Financial Times Source link

Getty Images The number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years, but experts warn progress has been uneven with some cancers with the worst survival rates falling further behind. For some, including melanoma skin cancer, 10-year survival is now above 90% in England and Wales, while for all cancers half of patients can expect to …

Ultra-processed foods already have a lousy reputation – and now a new study suggests that even ‘healthy’ versions of them can significantly undermine your weight-loss efforts. Researchers from the UK and US analyzed data from 50 overweight people who completed two diet programs on separate occasions. Both diets matched in terms of nutrition – with the same amounts of fat …

Even a quick walk through the aisles of your local market will confirm what you’ve probably already suspected — just about everyone wants more protein in their diet. While keto and paleo dieters are centered around it, others are seeking ways to get enough of it through powders, beverages, bars, pasta and snacks. While many consumers are loading up on …

From JOMO trips to “blue mind theory” vacations, there are seemingly endless trends in the travel zeitgeist these days. Another one with a particularly fun name is “land snorkeling” ― a fresh mindset that invites travelers to explore cities and neighborhoods with the kind of curiosity and awareness they bring to floating through a coral reef. So what exactly is …

‘Peak time’: Risk for West Nile virus now high in 10 Mass. communities. Here’s the list  Boston 25 News Days after West Nile virus was detected in Framingham, spraying is set for Aug. 12  MetroWest Daily News Our View of the Times – August 6  The Somerville Times Nearby in Natick: T station reopens, rededicated; West Nile Virus found in mosquitoes  The Swellesley Report …

Senior Manufacturing Science Associate Diane Morgan performs an analysis of plasmid DNA at Vernal Biosciences in Colchester on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last week that his department would slash about $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, a hit to an industry already reeling from other public …

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study  Bloomberg.com As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills?  statnews.com Relying on AI in Colonoscopies May Erode Clinicians’ Skills  MedPage Today How a bowel cancer examination revealed AI’s negative impact on doctors  The Independent Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies  Financial Times Source link