HOUSTON — What started as long, uncertain hospital stays turned into a story of friendship, resilience and hope for three young boys at Texas Children’s Hospital. Ahmed, Nasir and Preston — ages 6 and ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA—April 28, 2026—In recognition of National Donate Life Month, Cottage Health has introduced a new tool that ...

While chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT can help narrow the information divide between patients and providers, they can also dispense flawed advice. By Sarah Kwon As chatbots become a fixture in ...

Magalí Druscovich has followed Parkinson’s patients in the tango program for four years. For this piece, she and Pam Belluck talked with several people involved in the program. Tango is the national ...

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 milligrams averaged 190 ...

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT JUST CHATGPT. WE’RE VIDEOS AND MISINFORMATION. WHAT? THE TECHNOLOGY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. WESH 2’S MEAGHAN TAKES US TO LAKE WEIR ...

AI nurses are no longer a futuristic concept. They’re being tested out and deployed in medical care settings around the world. “Some hospitals have already introduced AI nurse robots, companion robots ...

One of Southern California’s largest health systems is facing a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to “secretly” record patient-clinician ...

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A patient has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare for using ambient AI during his clinical visit without his consent, according to reporting by KPBS Public ...