Researchers say a doctor's words are doing more than just delivering bad news. They may actually be causing harm.

Supporters hope the announcement allows conversations about gun safety to become as routine as talks about other safety ...

Patient deaths are inevitable, and premed students should prepare themselves to compassionately handle such situations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may one day play a larger role in medicine than the online symptom checkers available today. But these "AI doctors" may need to get more personal than human doctors to ...

Studies from 2021 showed that a whopping two-thirds of plus-size patients felt stigmatized during medical visits. We’re ...

Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision are forced to balance the needs of their pregnant patients against the ... Although doctors are trained to follow best practices around health ...

If a patient's refusal is a manifestation of their illness, the MAID practitioner can proceed, she says, but “that leaves a ...

Artificial intelligence should not replace but rather aid doctors, said experts at THE WEEK Health Summit 2024 in New Delhi ...

Q: If your patients were to take only one piece of advice to heart, what would you want it to be? A: Come prepared.

They argue that having a doctor ask whether ... while the family is there and talking about safety,” he said, comparing it to crutches or walkers that patients are sometimes discharged with.