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ChatGPT provides higher quality and more empathetic responses to patient questions

There has been widespread speculation about how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like ChatGPT could be used in medicine.

28 Apr 2023

New scientific statement assesses and scores the heart healthiness of popular dietary patterns

Many popular dietary patterns score high for heart-health; however, a few contradict the American Heart Association's dietary guidance and did not rank as heart-healthy, according to a new scientific statement published today in the Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

27 Apr 2023

How one patient’s textured hair nearly kept her from a needed EEG

Sadé Lewis of Queens, New York, has suffered migraines since she was a kid, and as she started college, they got worse. A recent change in her insurance left the 27-year-old looking for a new neurologist. That's when she found West 14 Street MedicalArts in New York.

27 Apr 2023

Gum Health Day 2023 campaign focuses on aesthetics and wellbeing

Keeping gums healthy and regularly checked is an integral part of everybody's general health as scientific evidence shows a clear association between gum disease and many serious, chronic conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease.

25 Apr 2023

New toolkit to identify and overcome racial trauma

In the United States, depression and anxiety are on the rise in African Americans and the evidence suggests that racism is a contributing factor, creating a ripple effect on mental health.

25 Apr 2023

Pain, hope, and science collide as athletes turn to magic mushrooms

The boxer felt broken. Every day, he was waking up in pain. Some days, it was debilitating headaches. Other times, it was his back. Or his fists. His ribs. His nose. On top of that, he had mood swings. Depression. Anxiety.

24 Apr 2023

The mediating role of emotional eating in the relationship between dietary restraint and BMI

Researchers determined the association between compensatory and regular restraints and body mass index.

24 Apr 2023

Visual narratives emphasizing communal benefits boost COVID-19 vaccination rates

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS Nexus, researchers performed a three-wave online panel survey across 50 states in the United States of America (USA) and Washington D.C. in 2021 to test the influence of visual narrative-based policy communication messages on people's attitudes and behavior towards coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and benefits of COVID-19 vaccination.

23 Apr 2023

Was resuming in-person vs virtual instruction for school students associated with differences in COVID-19 incidence?

Researchers assessed whether in-person education increased coronavirus disease 2019 incidence.

18 Apr 2023

Social media's impact on health outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

Now that we've arguably rounded the corner from the pandemic, researchers are dissecting our response and how we can improve it in the future.

11 Apr 2023

Study sheds light on the role of Twitter in combating vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories

A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on March 31, 2023, sheds light on the role of Twitter in combating vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories.

10 Apr 2023

Researchers use AI and Twitter to create anxiety, depression prediction models

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil are using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world's largest social media platforms, to try to create anxiety and depression prediction models that could in future provide signs of these disorders before clinical diagnosis.

10 Apr 2023

The association between dietary behaviors and video gaming

Researchers investigated the dietary behaviour and health of individuals participating in video gaming.

10 Apr 2023

Gov. Newsom wanted California to cut ties with Walgreens. Then federal law got in the way.

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared last month that California was "done" doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain said it would not distribute an abortion pill in 21 states where Republicans threatened legal action. Since then, KHN has learned that the Democratic governor must compromise on his hard-line tweet.

6 Apr 2023

Social Media News and Research

Latest Social Media News and Research

ChatGPT provides higher quality and more empathetic responses to patient questions

New scientific statement assesses and scores the heart healthiness of popular dietary patterns

How one patient’s textured hair nearly kept her from a needed EEG

Gum Health Day 2023 campaign focuses on aesthetics and wellbeing

New toolkit to identify and overcome racial trauma

Pain, hope, and science collide as athletes turn to magic mushrooms

The mediating role of emotional eating in the relationship between dietary restraint and BMI

Visual narratives emphasizing communal benefits boost COVID-19 vaccination rates

Was resuming in-person vs virtual instruction for school students associated with differences in COVID-19 incidence?

Social media's impact on health outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

Study sheds light on the role of Twitter in combating vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories

Researchers use AI and Twitter to create anxiety, depression prediction models

The association between dietary behaviors and video gaming

Gov. Newsom wanted California to cut ties with Walgreens. Then federal law got in the way.

Is social media fueling body image issues and disordered eating?

Study indicates interspecies transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between humans and their pets occurs regularly

LGB preteens report 10.4 hours of daily recreational screen time

Can yoga-dance and mindful eating be beneficial for obese and overweight women?

Experimental anti-obesity drug may control appetite without surgery or nausea

Truly random drug testing: ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

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