When you present to your doctor with a health problem of any kind, they will likely either directly perform or refer you out for some form of testing. This is so common that it would be unusual if it ...

Nearly one-third of rheumatoid arthritis patients differed from their physicians in assessment of their disease severity, according to new research. The disagreement between patient and doctor ...

Demi Burnett continues to be candid about both her mental health and medical assessments. After publicly announcing that she has autism, Demi also felt it important to share the strengths her doctor ...

The release on Wednesday of a report on a new mechanism to assess the professional ethics of doctors captured the urgent need to address the irregularities and unhealthy tendencies that have tarnished ...

Dear Doctors: Our dad is 82 years old and may need to get a pacemaker. My brother and I recently read that surgery is hard on older people, both physically and mentally. Is getting a pacemaker going ...

Doctors who use artificial intelligence at work risk having their colleagues deem them less competent for it, according to a ...

New research could help identify patients most likely to harm themselves. June 16, 2011— -- The breakfast-induced suicide happened two decades ago but still haunts Dr. Igor Galynker. He had ...

An employer was entitled to rely on a doctor's assertion that an employee was unable to work, even with accommodations, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held (McAllister v. Innovation Ventures ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Actress Olivia Munn is going public after being diagnosed last year with an aggressive form of breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy. Nearly a quarter of a million ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before President Donald Trump’s physical examination on Friday, Dr. Ronny Jackson had decided he wasn’t going to perform a cognitive assessment. Jackson said he didn’t feel the test ...

This has been a tortured administration for doctors. The respective scandals of physicians Tom Price, Ronny Jackson, and Harold Bornstein are raising questions for the profession about how it polices ...