Lab results confusing? Some patients use AI to interpret them, for better or worse

People are turning to Chatbots like Claude to get help interpreting their lab test results. Smith Collection/Gado/Archive Photos/Getty Images

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When Judith Miller had routine blood work done in July, she got a phone alert the same day that her lab results were posted online. So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that overall her tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and something called “low anion gap” listed in the report.

While the 76-year-old Milwaukee resident waited to hear back, Miller did something patients increasingly do when they

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