Patients News

By Ramsey Dallal, MD, FACS The public’s appreciation of the dangers of obesity may have expanded recently, but unfortunately, Americans’ waistlines have continued to expand, ...

By Michelle Andrews With the passage of a ballot initiative this month, Massachusetts became the latest state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, joining 17 others and ...

By Shefali S. Kulkarni The game of football isn’t played without its share of injuries. Look at just one of yesterday’s marquee games: The contest ...

By Alvin Tran While applying to medical school as a college student, Drew Lee did what many of his fellow “premeds” were doing at the time – ...

By Deborah J. Cornwall Having cancer or caring for a cancer patient in the family is hard, but cancer during traditionally happy holidays is even ...

By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News The House Republican plan to repeal President Barack Obama’s health law and turn Medicaid into a block grant program ...

In a paper published in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery entitled “Criterion-Based (Proficiency) Training to Improve Surgical Performance,” researchers at Montefiore Medical Center have demonstrated that current requirements ...

By Shefali S. Kulkarni Kaiser Health News When she was 5 years old, Chevese Turner had her first binge eating disorder episode. The 44-year-old recalls sneaking ...

By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News Doctors are required by federal law to provide patients with a copy of their medical notes upon request, but ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a Drug Safety Communication concerning three children who died and one child who experienced a non-fatal ...