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Epileptic woman dies after going to ChatGPT for medical advice; family files lawsuit against OpenAI

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/epileptic-woman-dies-chatgpt-medical-advice-family-files-suit/507-c430a40e-41c9-4b85-8012-a4400d6cd853 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/ai-chatgpt-medication-epilepsy-death.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1E.BNgy.q_hZ9wzgcyxq&smid=nytcore-ios-share Actual complaint: https://schenklawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/wan-v-openai-complaint.pdf "When Bowen confided that she didnt trust her doctors, the chatbot told her that, often, physician recommendations 'essentially stem from risk aversion,...

Surgeon left sponge in abdominal cavity. Patient dies from peritonitis. Defense expert claims patient ate it.

This was such an unexpected answer from the defense expert. Kambat v. St. Francis Hosp. 678 N.E.2d 456 (N.Y. 1997) In August 1986, defendant physician Ralph...

What makes YOUR specialty say oh, for fs sake?

My favorite genre of medical humor is preventable catastrophe. Someone in my recent flumazenil thread described it as brainbros hate this one trick, and I...

Do you and/or your coworkers get your yearly COVID boosters?

I asked this question in r/nursing and the range of answers have been interesting. I live in NYC - my coworkers are mainly liberal. All the...