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A physician discusses the growing problem of medical misinformation on social media after strangers online gave prenatal genetic advice to a pregnant woman with a positive Turner syndrome screening result. Learn why complex medical conditions should be discussed with qualified professionals, not anonymous internet commenters.

If you are a parent of a toddler, chances are you have asked yourself this question at least once at 2 a.m.: “Is this normal?!” Your toddler was sleeping fine last month, and now suddenly they refuse bedtime, wake up crying in the middle of the night, or somehow have the energy of a caffeinated squirrel at bedtime. It can feel frustrating, exhausting, and honestly kind of confusing. The good news is that a lot of toddler sleep struggles are actually super normal. Toddlers go

By: Kritika Goel A disturbing trend has been observed with research publications, hallucinated citations, and AI have a big hand in it. The use of large language models by researchers to conduct literature searches or format bibliographies is a common practice, but this is leading to the generation of non-existent academic references. Citation errors in publications are not uncommon; they may involve an incorrectly spelled author name or an incorrect year of publication, but

By: Vibha Gutta The moment a person learns they’re pregnant, advice floods in from every direction: friends, social media, and sometimes even doctors insist, “Stop your meds!” It sounds logical; pregnancy is a time to protect a developing baby, so avoiding any possible medication risk seems safest. But that assumption can be dangerous. Dr. Stephanie Waggel, a perinatal psychiatrist, explains in her women’s mental health videos that blanket advice to stop medications can put b

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