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By Michael Langan, M.D. Although no reliable statistics exist, anecdotal reports suggest an alarming upsurge in physician suicide. This necessitates a reappraisal of known predisposing ...

By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised ...

By Martha Swartz Most physicians probably assume that they have the right to speak freely with their patients, at least within the constraints imposed by ...

You’re shopping for a new sofa and struggle to remember the exact shade of your living room wall — why is it so tough? Now, ...

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings for best children’s hospitals.  In this edition, the ninth year of the list, a total ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in all but five states. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen in the rest. Sick patients sometimes ...

By Louis M. Profeta, MD I don’t care if your eight year old can throw a baseball through six inches of plywood. He is not going ...

By Dr. Seth Flam A great deal of debate over whether EHRs actually are improving patient care has occurred over the last few years, and ...

(HealthDay News) — Almost one out of every five young women was raped or experienced attempted rape during her freshman year at a large private ...

Chaos and disruptions in medical care have had one tragic and destructive effect that no one is addressing: the deaths of more than 2,000 physicians ...