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Note: This guide provides resources related to general health and wellness for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider for any health concerns or before making any decisions related to your health.

Resources

5 Tips When Consulting ‘Dr.’ ChatGPT
Experts weigh in on the benefits and harms of consulting AI models for medical advice.
6 Ways AI is Transforming Healthcare
This article discusses the World Economic Forum's white paper, The Future of AI-Enabled Health: Leading the Way.
7 Powerful Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Transforming Patient Outcomes
Explores seven key examples of artificial intelligence in healthcare that are driving the transformation towards more efficient, effective and personalised care
10 Real World Examples of AI in Healthcare
Describes AI applications for medical imaging, personalized treatment, drug discovery, patient monitoring, and other areas.
AI-Powered Blood Test Detects Alzheimer's Early
The University of Liverpool researchers create a low-cost, handheld AI-powered blood test to detect Alzheimer’s biomarkers, enabling earlier diagnosis and global accessibility.
AI Chatbots Are Sycophants--Researchers Say It is Harming Science
Nature asked researchers who use artificial intelligence how its propensity for people-pleasing affects their work — and what they are doing to mitigate it.
AI Chatbots Sytematically Violate Mental Health Ethics Standards
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases.
AI in Healthcare: The Future of Patient Care and Health Management
This article describes the role of AI in preventive care, risk assessment, record keeping and other areas.
AI to Detect Sepsis
A new artificial intelligence system developed at Johns Hopkins University catches symptoms hours earlier than traditional methods, making patients 20% less likely to die from sepsis.
Artificial Intelligence: 10 Promising Interventions for Healthcare
This article describes recent examples of research on AI-based technology that could support England's NHS.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
European Commission site provides information on the role of AI in healthcare, practical applications, AI legislation to regulate AI, deployment and adoption, and other topics.
The Benefits of the Latest AI Technologies for Patients and Clinicians
There are five ways that AI can benefit healthcare: free clinician's time, help interpret imagery, improve quality and safety, find data to support decision making, and aid in diagnosing and treating rare diseases.
Beyond Human Scribes: Navigating the Uncharted Risks of AI Scribes in Clinical Practice
Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes have been rapidly adopted across health systems, driven by their promise to ease the documentation burden and reduce clinician burnout. While early evidence shows efficiency gains, this commentary cautions that adoption is outpacing validation and oversight. Without greater scrutiny, the rush to deploy AI scribes may compromise patient safety, clinical integrity, and provider autonomy.
Can AI Chatbots Trigger Psychosis?
Chatbots can reinforce delusional beliefs, and, in rare cases, users have experienced psychotic episodes.
ChatGPT With GPT-4 Outperforms Emergency Department Physicians in Diagnostic Accuracy: Retrospective Analysis
This study compares the diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT with GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 and primary treating resident physicians in an ED setting.
Could Dementia Patients Benefit from an A.I. Companion?
New products are being developed in an attempt to reduce loneliness and bolster cognition.
Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being
The undergrad-assisted research project will draw on students’ data to provide chatbot support and personalized plans for health and wellness.
The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
AI chatbots may inadvertently be reinforcing and amplifying delusional and disorganized thinking, a consequence of unintended agentic misalignment leading to user safety risks.
Endoscopist Deskilling Risk After Exposure to Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy: a Multicentre, Observational Study
Continuous exposure to AI might reduce the ADR of standard non-AI assisted colonoscopy, suggesting a negative effect on endoscopist behaviour.
Expressing Stigma and Inappropriate Responses Prevents LLMs from Safely Replacing Mental Health Providers
Contrary to best practices in the medical community, LLMs 1) express stigma toward those with mental health conditions and 2) respond inappropriately to certain common (and critical) conditions in naturalistic therapy settings -- e.g., LLMs encourage clients' delusional thinking, likely due to their sycophancy.
First Therapy Chatbot Trial Yields Mental Health Benefits
Study participants likened Dartmouth’s AI-powered “Therabot” to working with a therapist.
Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I. Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I.
Chatbots are cheap, always available, superficially empathetic — and sometimes wrong. Some have concluded they’re a risk worth taking
Google AI Has Better Bedside Manner Than Doctors- and Makes Better Diagnoses
According to Nature, researchers say their artificial-intelligence system could help to democratize medicine.
How a New A.I. Tool Could Amplify Doubt About in Pollution Science
Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmed.
How Artificial Intelligence Might Help Health Care--Or Harm It
Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care can be very beneficial—or very problematic, if we’re not careful about how it’s used, said experts at a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health event.
Illinois Bans AI From Providing Therapy
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a new measure that bans AI from acting as a therapist or counselor and limits its use to strictly administrative or support roles.
Machine Healing
AI is being used to assist healthcare professionals in diagnostics, record management, research synthesis and medical education.
Mayo Clinic’s AI Tool Identifies 9 Dementia Types, Including Alzheimer’s, With One Scan
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps clinicians identify brain activity patterns linked to nine types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, using a single, widely available scan — a transformative advance in early, accurate diagnosis.
Medical AI Trained on Whopping 57 Million Health Records
Researchers fed an artificial-intelligence model called Foresight with anonymized data from a huge swath of patients in England’s National Health Service.
Microsoft Says AI System Better Than Doctors At Diagnosing Complex Health
Microsoft says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implications.
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
Despite privacy risks and inaccuracy concerns, people are feeding blood test results, doctor’s notes and surgical reports into ChatGPT and the like
People Overtrust AI-Generated Medical Advice Despite Low Accuracy
Results showed that 300 participants could not effectively distinguish between AI-generated responses and doctors’ responses and demonstrated a preference for AI-generated responses, rating high-accuracy AI-generated responses as significantly more valid, trustworthy, and complete/satisfactory.
The Potential of Artificial Intelligene to Transform Healthcare
Nature article discussing the transformative potential of AI being compromised and the need for improving data quality to power AI, building infrastructure to encourage efficient and trustworthy development and evaluations, sharing data for better AI, and providing incentives to accelerate the progress and impact of AI.
Report: ChatGPT Suggests Self-Harm, Suicide and Dangerous Dieting Plans
Researchers identified tendencies for the chatbot to respond to prompts from fictitious teens by promoting harmful behaviors, as long as users told it the information was for a friend or project.
Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice
This BMC Medical Education review article provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the current state of AI in clinical practice, including its potential applications in disease diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and patient engagement. It also discusses the associated challenges, covering ethical and legal considerations and the need for human expertise.
Scientists Use A.I. Facial Analysis to Predict Cancer Survival Outcomes
How old someone looks compared to their chronological age really matters — individuals with FaceAges that are younger than their chronological ages do significantly better after cancer therapy.
A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip
Mindstate Design Labs, backed by Silicon Valley power players, has created what its CEO calls “the least psychedelic psychedelic that’s psychoactive.”
Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. That’s Alarming. Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. That’s Alarming.
We are deploying digital pseudo-therapists at an unprecedented scale, and those most at risk of negative outcomes are teens.
This AI Tool Predicts Your Risk of 1,000 Diseases-By Looking At Your Medical Records
Trained on 400,000 medical records, the system can predict risks 20 years in advance — plus, how AIs could make you more likely to cheat.
This Retina Implant Lets People With Vision Loss Do a Crossword Puzzle
This vision implant produces a form of “artificial vision” that lets some patients read text and do crosswords, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Using Generative AI, Researchers Design Compounds That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria
With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have discovered novel antibiotics that can combat two hard-to-treat infections: a drug-resistant form of gonorrhea and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
A Wellness Chatbot Is Offline After Its ‘Harmful’ Focus on Weight Loss
The artificial intelligence tool, named Tessa, was presented by the National Eating Disorders Association as a way to discover coping skills. But activists say it instead veered into problematic weight-loss advice.
What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers
Chatbots can get scary if you suspend your disbelief. But MJ Cocking didn’t — and wound up in a relationship that was strangely, helpfully real.

Tools

Note: This section provides resources related to general health and wellness for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider for any health concerns or before making any decisions related to your health.

Abby
Experience round-the-clock support and guidance with a 24/7 AI therapist, always at your fingertips to help you navigate life’s challenges.
Ada
Ada, from Ada Health, is an AI chatbot that offers self-service diagnostic services to patients. It asks users questions about their health and then generates a personalized assessment. The tool can also direct users to relevant care services.
Addison
An AI-powered drug discovery platform to help drug designers explore vast chemical space and design successful drug candidates in minutes.
Aidoc
Aidoc uses AI to help clinicians detect abnormalities in medical imaging like CT scans.
AI for Health
The mission of AI for Health is to develop unbiased, explainable AI algorithms to better understand health and wellness, to improve the efficiency, value and delivery of healthcare and to improve patient experience and outcomes.
Aiva
Improve experience for staff, patients and seniors using natural language to interact with health records, trigger workflows, control smart rooms and access education, menus and events
Alpha Genome
AlphaGenome is a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that more comprehensively and accurately predicts how single variants or mutations in human DNA sequences impact a wide range of biological processes regulating genes.
Ash
Ash helps users connect the dots between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - starting with their first chat.
Blueprint for Therapists: AI Documentation and Insights
This AI assistant for mental health therapists automates progress notes, drafts smart treatment plans, and surfaces actionable insights before, during, and after every client session.
Buoy
Chat with AI to narrow your symptoms and then get scientifically vetted advice about your condition and recommendations for treatment.
Butterfly iQ
This AI-powered handheld ultrasound device enables non-specialists to conduct ultrasounds at the patient's bedside.
Care.ai
Sensors in a Smart Patient Room include integrated virtual care capabilities enabling new modes of care, like AI-Assisted Virtual Nursing.
CloudFit
CloudFit is a personalised health platform that combines AI technology with human performance coaches to enhance health and wellness. An AI coach tailors health programs based on sleep, stress, fitness, and nutrition, available 24/7 to meet individual goals and improve workplace wellness.
Corti
Corti uses AI to detect voice cues in emergency calls that suggest a heart attack prior to symptoms being communicated.
DeepCura
The first Clickless AI Medical scribe, that learns your style and identifies upcoding opportunities across all data sources.
Doctronic
Doctronic offers free AI-powered consultations that are encrypted for privacy and include a fee-based option for connecting with a human doctor.
Docus
Prevent potential health issues and effectively manage your health. Gain insights from an AI Doctor and validate them with top US and European doctors.
Earkick
Measure & improve mental health in real time with this personal AI chat bot. No sign up. Available 24/7.
Earkick
Earkick promises to measure and improve mental health in real time with the help of an personal AI chat bot. No sign up. Available 24/7.
EmoBay
Start each day with a personalized emotional check-in. Choose from various mood options and receive tailored support based on your current state. EmoBay adapts to your emotional needs, providing relevant resources and activities to help you navigate your day.
Flourish
With Flourish, you can engage in meaningful conversations with your AI companion, and receive support that's grounded in psychology.
GI Genius
The GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy module empowers physicians to detect colorectal polyps through enhanced visualization during colonoscopy.
Healify
Healify is an AI-powered health device designed to monitor stress levels and sleep patterns and provide personalized insights and actionable advice to improve physical and mental wellness.
Idx-DR
IDx-DR is the first and only autonomous Artificial Intelligence system for the detection and automated early diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy authorized by the FDA and CE marked.
Infermedica
Infermedica surveys, analyzes, and triages a users symptoms via smartphone and recommends next steps in treatment.
K Navigator
An agentic playground for researchers to explore and validate biological hypotheses using literature, knowledge frameworks, and multimodal data (including spatial omics).
LogMeal
LogMeal uses artificial intelligence to determine foods and their nutritional characteristics with an image.
Microsoft Dragon Copilot
Not only can DAX Copilot securely record physician-patient encounters ambiently and automatically convert them into clinical documentation in seconds, but it also has a robust set of AI-powered capabilities to assist clinicians with their everyday tasks beyond note creation.
MindMate
Access AI-generated mindfulness exercises, stress-relief techniques, and self-care practices to maintain a healthy mental state.
Moxi
A healthcare robot that augments nursing staff in hospitals and clinics by performing tasks such as delivering patient supplies and fetching lab samples.
Neurofit
Neurofit targets the nervous system directly, with daily body check-ins, habit tracking, biometric scans through your phone's camera. As you use the app, it customizes somatic exercises and AI Coaching sessions to your unique nervous system profile to reduce baseline stress.
New AI Transforms Radiology with Speed, Accuracy Never Seen Before
In a major clinical study, the tool boosted productivity by up to 40 percent without compromising accuracy.
OpenEvidence
OpenEvidence is a free AI-powered medical diagnosis engine trained exclusively on peer-reviewed medical literature and partners with journals like NEJM and JAMA
Owkin
Owkin is pioneering advanced agentic AI that can process vast biological data, uncover hidden causal relationships, and generate new actionable insights.
Piction Health
Piction Health is a Telehealth dermatology clinic that provides care for skin, hair, and nail issues. The Boston-based company uses artificial intelligence (AI) and board-certified dermatologists to offer personalized care to patients across the United States.
SkinVision
SkinVision allows you to scan your skin with a smartphone to detect early signs of skin cancer.
Slingshot AI
Slingshot provides individualized therapy sessions through Ash, their AI therapist that challenges users and adapts therapeutic techniques to the preferred therapeutic style of the user.
Supplement AI
Supplement AI offers customized recommendations based on a person's unique health goals, current regimen, and personal profile, making scientific research directly applicable to your needs.
Therabot
Dartmouth researchers conducted the first-ever clinical trial of a generative AI-powered therapy chatbot called Therabot and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants’ symptoms, according to results published March 27 in NEJM AI.
Virtusense
Virtusense uses spatial artificial intelligence that can understand and respond to what's happening in the patient room, even when a clinician isn't present.
Viz.ai
Viz.ai scans CT images in real time to detect potential strokes within minutes.
Woebot
Woebot gives users the opportunity to share about what they’re feeling, and then leverages natural language processing to interpret those inputs and identify which expert-crafted technique would be most beneficial in that moment.
Wysa
An AI chatbot for mental health support that provides mood tracking, cognitive behavioral therapy exercises, and mindfulness techniques.