Getting the most out of a doctor’s visit requires some advance preparation. Even the professionals plan ahead.

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 ...

In the summer of 2020, I was going to the beach and putting my two-piece on—that’s when I saw pus on my breast, and I thought, “What the hell?” I still went to the beach, but when I came back, I ...

The beloved British sci-fi series follows a character named the Doctor — a Time Lord who travels throughout the universe in a time-traveling spaceship called the TARDIS To date, there have been 15 ...

Fans typically fall in love with whichever actor plays the Doctor at any time, which means whoever is chosen to replace them often has huge shoes to fill. Any new Doctor’s first on-screen story ...

So where was I? Right, I was hurting myself. For those who don’t know: I was suffering from an eating disorder in 2019. 14-year old me wanted to go to extreme lengths to look like the preteen popular ...

You’re at the doctor’s office, sitting on the itchy, crinkly paper on the examination bed for longer than you wanted to. Your family doctor finally knocks on your door, and you’re anxious to explain ...

If your doctor handed you a note that said “Prescribed: Travel,” you’d probably walk out smiling. In Sweden, that’s almost reality. A creative new initiative by Visit Sweden is trading medicine for ...

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 ...

WEST ST PAUL, Minn — For the first time in Minnesota, hundreds of Allina doctors hit the picket lines for a one-day. “We’re all here together because we believe primary health care can and needs to be ...