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fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

17 Chronically Ill People Share The Shocking Misdiagnoses That Nearly Cost Them Their Lives

Doctoral dismissal delayed Crohn's diagnosis until a second doctor diagnosed and treated it, leading to remission and long-term disease management.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

NHS waiting lists drive patients to risky choices - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The survey of 2,000 adults found nearly a third (29%) have put off seeking care due to long waits, while more than one in five (22%) admit they have avoided seeking care altogether. Alarmingly, one in five (20%) delayed seeing a doctor even after noticing possible cancer symptoms. Doctors warn this behaviour could mean hundreds of cancers are going undiagnosed, or being caught later when survival chances are reduced.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'My baby's brain tumour symptoms were dismissed as colic'

Back at the hospital emergency department, the mum and baby were about to be sent home by staff after being told there was an eight-hour wait. But when another 10-day-old baby came in with a seizure, a doctor was called - he subsequently examined Molly and rushed her straight through. He measured her head and it was "off the chart", said Corinne, so the doctor sent her in for a CT scan.
Medicine
fromFuturism
1 month ago

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

With multiple mental health- related deaths already linked to ChatGPT, it now looks like the abysmal medical advice spat out by the OpenAI chatbot may end up claiming another life. In an interview with the Daily Mail, a 37-year-old named Warren Tierney explained how he went from a concerned and doting husband during his wife's difficult pregnancies to his own stage-four cancer diagnosis after the chatbot told him that his increasingly severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern.
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