Healthcare is a service industry. If we forget this, and focus only on the medical problem at hand, we risk patient ...

Patients who do not have a suitable living renal donor may be considered for a cadaveric donor. However the number of patients on waitlist for transplant far outnumbers the number of available ...

What complicates this is the culture of “pushing through.” In clinical settings, students are expected to absorb intense ...

“The issue has only occurred with one patient, so we must investigate ... using single-use needles and ensuring their hands do not touch the tip of the needle. These measures even extended ...

"In addition to clinical consequences, should informed consent include a discussion of the non-medical consequences?" ...

Duquesne Light and First Energy crews are working to get power restored across Pittsburgh following Tuesday's storms.

The study further pointed out that cancer patients who exercise are also healthier compared to those who don’t. However, they pointed out that the side effects of treatment vary, depending on ...

K. "Vish" Viswanath, PhD, discusses the impact of misinformation on trust in health care, emphasizing the importance of reliable sources and patient-physician communication.

When I wrote “How not to save a kidney” a few weeks back ... “Briana”) and had intended to place me in a room with a female patient. My wife, Jody, asked as politely as she could manage ...

A fter a shift as an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) in rural Utah, Anna Syme (aka @the_singing_farmwife) got to ...

If you’re a parent, remember that your children are watching (and imitating) everything you do. “The number ... his first ...

Extrapolating that to the patient population ... Those whose health does not benefit from alternative services…are, however, no less real for their lack of identifiability, and it would seem ...