Tag Archives: patients

By Steven Stroll, MD I’ve been around medicine my entire life. I am the son, grandson, nephew, husband, cousin and brother-in-law of doctors. After years ...

By Mary Agnes Carey The Obama administration took a victory lap Tuesday as enrollment through the health law’s exchanges topped 7 million, a goal previously thought ...

First observed in 1933, and formally designated in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, National Doctors’ Day commemorates the date – March 30, 1842 – on which ...

By Alan Lyndon If your child is sick and needs medical attention, a local pediatrician is better than the corner drug store clinic.  That’s the ...

Last October, Fitbit received a rash of rave reviews for its latest wrist-worn fitness tracker – the Fitbit Force.  This week, Fitbit recalled the Force ...

By Alan Lyndon It’s not easy being a patient.  Insurance companies and health care laws make it really difficult to know all of the rules ...

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Dealing with the aftermath of a suicide or attempted suicide is stressful enough. But some health plans make a harrowing experience worse ...

By Brad Broker It’s interesting to see the spin on certain studies.  For example, researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School conducted a study of ...

By Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC In the era of new cholesterol guidelines that significantly increase the number of statin-eligible patients, published in a country where ...

By Brad Broker A new study finds that football helmets in use today don’t do much to protect against concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), ...