A new study debunks the common assumption that high medical costs are a result of patients demanding more tests and treatments. Researchers analyzed more than 5000 patient-clinician visits and found ...

Credit: Getty Images. Approximately 64% of antibiotics prescribed for Black patients and 58% for Hispanic/LatinX patients were deemed inappropriate by the study authors. Despite efforts to curb the ...

"Do No Harm" informs readers of medical professionals in their area who've been investigated and disciplined by a state medical board in Virginia. All the details in our Health Safety stories come ...

ALL THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS. BEN AND ERIKA. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MIKE. ONE OF BOSTON’S LEADING HOSPITALS IS RESPOND, ADDING AFTER A DECISION TO TERMINATE A PROMINENT DOCTOR. YEAH, THAT PHYSICIAN ...

Last week, I got buzzed into a dental-affiliated office via a new security system. "What happened? Why the new system?" I asked. I was told a disgruntled patient entered the office and made racial ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former ECMC nurse who pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a patient in his care was sentenced to one year in jail on Tuesday morning. Clarence Center resident Jordan Donalson, ...

The New Jersey Hospital Association announced a project at two New Jersey hospitals decreased inappropriate emergency department use by Medicaid patients by 47 percent over two and a half years. The ...

WILSHIRE BLVD — Two former patients of a breast cancer specialist at Santa Monica-based Woman’s Breast Center filed a civil lawsuit alleging he engaged in inappropriate and offensive conduct during ...

A case study of a patient who experienced inappropriate shocks from her defibrillator is presented in Heart Rhythm Case Reports, an official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, published by Elsevier.

Shorter visits between patients and their primary care physicians may be associated with a higher likelihood of inappropriate prescribing, researchers have found. "Whether it's patients or whether ...

A criminal complaint has been filed with the Richland Police Department related to sexual abuse allegations against Dr. Mark Mulholland as he or Kadlec Regional Medical Center face 12 civil lawsuits.