Wen they see patients have received treatment that could jeopardize their health, 90% of doctors and nurses don't speak up. Reasons for their silence: Fear of confrontation, lack of time, feeling that the problem is not his/her job....
In the US, the typical doctor's office visit lasts seven to 10 minutes. During that time, the doctor reviews your...
Speak up. A new survey shows that patients usually don't say anything-which puts them at risk for medical errors. Patients...
A 5O-year-old man I knew went for an annual checkup. His doctor pronounced him in excellent health. Eight months later the man...
All Americans are at risk of receiving substandard health care, regardless of gender, race, income or even insurance status. In fact, a...
With medical information and practice changing at lightning speed, making sure your doctor keeps up with the latest breakthroughs could prove vital...
New research shows that many hospitals and health plans do not require pediatricians to be board-certified, a finding that may have implications...
Our minds, not our stomachs, control our eating habits—but our minds don't always do a good job of making...
Most people, including many doctors, believe that memory and cognitive abilities inevitably decline at middle age—even though there's virtually...
For more than J0 years, I have recommend that health-care consumers ask a friend I or family member to accompany them on...
Though many of the brain's inner workings remain a mystery, scientists make new discoveries about this powerful organ almost weekly....
Almost as many new fathers as mothers suffer depression after the birth of a child, a new study shows. About 14% of...