The Supreme Court held a hospital in Andhra Pradesh liable for a patient's death due to a doctor's negligence. The case ...

Efforts to plug a shortage of primary care physicians in California, while well intended, have been scattershot and ...

Effective discharge planning and communication between hospitalists and outpatient providers are crucial for ensuring ...

The towns and cities where people face the longest waits for GP appointments have been named. New data shows how seeing your ...

What would her friends and family say, she wondered, if they knew that 'I helped someone to die today, and I feel really ...

The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that average-risk individuals consider screening with the PSA test starting at age 50.

Stefanie Green assists patients who choose to end their lives. The Canadian doctor tells how she has come to cherish her time ...

"A patient came in after what was described as a 'head injury.' We realized how bad it was after seeing a plastic grocery bag ...

The future of medicine will belong to the physicians who are empowered, not sidelined, by technology. And to the patients who ...

Epilepsy is not a fatal condition, yet in the UK, approximately 1,200 people die from causes related to epilepsy each year.

Popular culture has shifted from therapist as distant authority to therapist as friend. Which depiction is healthier?

“Experience has taught us that for those who have lost someone close to them, a one-year waiting period after the death is ...