Healthcare costs are going up across the board, and fewer people are properly insured - or insured at all The cost of medical care in the U.S. has skyrocketed while quality has plummeted. I never ...

Patients and doctors are bypassing insurance for faster, simpler care — a trend highlighting a desire for relief from bureaucracy and widening inequities in the health care system. A decade ago, ...

Staff at military medical facilities must now ask patients if they would like a chaperone in the room before a doctor performs a sensitive exam. Leadership made the change after an Army doctor was ...

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That’s a lot of details to cover in less than half an hour, so it’s vital to make the most of the little time you have. Be sure to write down questions for your doctor before the visit, either on ...

Dear Annie: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

DEAR ANNIE: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

A general practitioner in the UK has been suspended for five months after booking in two fictitious appointments at the end of her workday to avoid being late to pick up her children. Dr Helen ...

DEAR HELOISE: I sympathize to some extent with the writer in a recent column of yours who lamented how doctor’s offices will say the appointment is at 10 a.m. but ask that you arrive at 9:30 a.m. for ...