In the United States’ health care system, you can spend weeks or months anticipating a doctor‘s appointment, plus a few minutes or hours in the waiting room when the day comes. In contrast, your ...

“It puts a lot of onus on the health systems to be careful adopters and kick the tires,” I. Glenn Cohen, a bioethicist at ...

Going to the doctor can be stressful — especially if you’re dealing with new symptoms, or you’ve been to several doctors and still don’t have the answers you need. You can make the most of your next ...

Your doctor is not a mind reader. If there's something on your mind that isn't on the agenda for your appointment -- say, you're there to get a flu shot but you're concerned about a symptom like hair ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans on Medicaid have a harder time getting a prompt doctor's appointment, which may help explain why some end up going to the ER, a new study finds. The problem is ...

Doctors spend on average about 15 to 20 minutes with each patient they see for routine exams. (Of course, there is often time out of the exam room that is spent reviewing the chart and records.) The ...

Going to the doctor can be stressful — especially if you’re dealing with new symptoms, or you’ve been to several doctors and still don’t have the answers you need. You can make the most of your next ...