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Study says AI chatbots inconsistent in handling suicide-related queries

A study finds that popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude are inconsistent in responding to suicide-related queries

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Subscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss

Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling birth control pills

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2023

The DEA relaxed online prescribing rules during COVID. Now it wants to rein them in

Federal regulators want most patients to see a health care provider in person before receiving prescriptions for potentially addictive medicines through telehealth — something that hasn’t been required in more than three years.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023

Want a clue on health care costs in advance? New tools take a crack at it

Need medical treatment this year and want to nail down your out-of-pocket costs before you walk into the doctor’s office? There’s a new tool for that, at least for insured patients.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

New tools to predict health care costs

Most consumers prefer to nail down out-of-pocket costs before they walk into the doctor’s office

Salon · Jan 4, 2023

Turned away from urgent care — and toward a big ER bill

Frankie Cook remembers last year’s car crash only in flashes.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

They were turned away from urgent care. The reason? Their car insurance

Russell Cook expected a quick, inexpensive visit to an urgent care center for his daughter after a car wreck. She wasn't badly hurt, but they were sent to an emergency room — for a much larger bill.

WEKU · Sep 29, 2022