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Zayna Khayat, PhD
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Applied Health Futurist

Chief Program Officer @amshealthcare.ca

Creating the future of health to accelerate better healthspans for everyone

Co-author: Future of Aging

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When one woman complained that her doctor’s office had been dismissive, a chatbot offered this reassuring reply:
The nicer doctor It’s not hard to see what so many people like about chatbots. They have an encyclopedic knowledge of medical literature, sure. But so many users told us that a big part of the appeal was that the A.I. offered a kinder version of health care. One woman asked for help diagnosing a tingly feeling in her hand that, she told ChatGPT, she suspected stemmed from an issue with her median nerve. “You’re describing something that fits beautifully with how the median nerve runs through the forearm,” it replied. Chatbots often wrote how sorry they were to hear about the users’ symptoms and how “great” and “important” their questions were. Sometimes, they even commiserated with users about the health system. When one woman complained that her doctor’s office had been dismissive, a chatbot offered this reassuring reply: Green and gray text bubbles between Catherine Rawson and "Microsoft Copilot." Another woman, frustrated that her human provider wasn’t matching ChatGPT’s bedside manner, sent her oncologist a list of kind messages the bot had sent her — things she thought the doctor “should have said to me.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
zaynakhayat.bsky.social
uhm, I don't think I have engaged a librarian since I was a child.
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
zaynakhayat.bsky.social
so brutal. good riddance
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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ourworldindata.org
Read more in the new article by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @antea04.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/timeline-anx...
Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?
Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?
ourworldindata.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM