ChatGPT Offers Promise and Peril in Personalized Health Info
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ChatGPT can provide personalized health information, but has risks like incorrect or made-up responses. It's not a replacement for consulting a doctor.
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Doctors are using ChatGPT as a supplementary tool to assist with differential diagnoses and treatment guidelines.
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Patients can use ChatGPT to better understand health conditions, frame questions for doctors, and check what screenings they need.
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Two issues with ChatGPT are showing sources and hallucinating false information, which is dangerous for medical uses.
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For people living with undiagnosed illnesses, ChatGPT may help provide ideas, but a doctor is still needed for diagnosis and treatment.