WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not unusual for a 20-something to text Mom in a panic from the doctor’s office, seeking help answering a question. And patients of any age can struggle to recall all their ...

This is a typical waiting room in a doctor's office. Waiting time can be frustrating for both patients and doctors (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The average physician now ...

Zocdoc, an online marketplace that helps patients find and book appointments with in-network providers, has partnered with healthcare ratings and patient reviews website Healthgrades, the companies ...

A mother recently wrote to me with concerns about her 14-month-old daughter. The child’s hospital had begun using AI to record visits—and her husband had unknowingly consented. The woman feared that ...

Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. Lucky for Hippocrates that his patients ...

A federal appeals court ruled that Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and practicing Christian, may be extradited to face charges of vandalism. By Benjamin Weiser A surgeon who has practiced in Manhattan ...

When your parents are sick, it’s hard not to worry. If you were at a doctor’s appointment with your parent, would you wait patiently for the doctors to tell you what they noticed, or would you point ...

HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address on Tuesday to keep a doctor’s appointment in South Africa, the presidency said on ...

If you need medical care but can’t schedule a timely appointment, consider finding a telehealth appointment, seeing another professional at your doctor’s practice, or visiting a walk-in or urgent care ...

Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let ...