Doctors told a woman she was too young for colon cancer and dismissed her symptoms for years. At 22, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer.

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Kirsten Scheller
Scheller was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 22. Now 36, she is cancer-free and gets routine screenings.

Kirsten Scheller

ChatGPT is the new WebMD

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Three hands reaching up: a doctor's with a stethoscope, a judge's with a gavel, and a hand holding a ChatGPT message bubble.

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I'm a medical student at Stanford learning about AI's influence on medicine. I'm still optimistic about my future as a doctor.

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Brian Zhang with two fellow students holding a stanford flag
The author (right) is a medical student at Stanford.

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This is your doctor on ChatGPT

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Dr. Carl Dirk at his praxis
St. Luke's internal medicine physician Carl Dirks said that ambient listening was a solution for "clinician burnout."

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Adam Rodman uses ChatGPT when he's stumped.

The internal medicine physician and Harvard Medical School professor is upfront about it with his patients, and said he avoids putting in private medical information.

I'm a first-year medical student at Stanford. From working on cadavers to 12-hour lecture days, this is what a week in my life is like.

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Brian Zhang in his scubs on stanford campus
The author is a med student at Stanford.

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Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds

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Doctors office equipment on a wall.

I've worked with AI in pathology for years. AI is the key to keeping up with a bigger workload — and it's a non-negotiable for doctors.

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Dr. Cheng Chee Leong
More complex patients and cases mean doctors need AI tools.

Dr. Cheng Chee Leong/Singapore General Hospital

Most people don't really care about COVID anymore. That's good — and bad.

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A masked woman stood among a crowd of unmasked travelers at Reagan National Airport in May 2024.
Doctors say a decrease in masking and vaccinations could be contributing to a summer surge of COVID cases.

The Washington Post

7 jobs that pay well and are still scrambling to hire

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Workers and a home under construction

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Burned-out South Korean trainee doctors walked off their jobs over a plan to boost med school enrolment

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Doctors hold placards that read 'Opposition to the increase in medical schools' as they gather to protest against the government's plan to raise the annual enrolment quota at medical schools by 2000 in Seoul on February 15, 2024.
Doctors hold placards that read 'Opposition to the increase in medical schools' as they gather to protest against the government's plan to raise the annual enrolment quota at medical schools by 2000 in Seoul on February 15,
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