Although she eventually recovered, she was close to needing a liver transplant.

A 57-year-old woman spent six days in the hospital for severe liver damage after taking daily megadoses of the popular herbal supplement, turmeric, which she had seen touted on social media, according to NBC News.

The woman, Katie Mohan, told the outlet that she had seen a doctor on Instagram suggesting it was useful against inflammation and joint pain. So, she began taking turmeric capsules at a dose of 2,250 mg per day. According to the World Health Organization, an acceptable daily dose is up to 3 mg per kilogram of weight per day—for a 150-pound (68 kg) adult, that would be about 204 mg per day. Mohan was taking more than 10 times that amount.

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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    3 days ago

    I’m not talking about a general commercial AI, I’m talking about a vetted, specifically trained AI that would be able to escalate queries to tele-operators.

    Again, we don’t have the doctors to go around, we need to figure how to fill the gap in medical care. Especially with aging populations. We can turn up our nose at AI, but it can save lives, even if it’s just freeing up doctors to work on more urgent tasks.

    • Akrenion@slrpnk.net
      4·
      3 days ago

      We still have pamphlets and texts vetted by professionals.

      Ai is not needed when people can just consult health care providers websites. In fact I doubt people will trust AI over their “own research”.

      The problem is quacks trying to sell snake oil.