Nova Scotia Health says the province's list of people in need of a family doctor or nurse practitioner ... it will take "a period of time" for a patient to book an appointment after they are ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — A new program allows patients in Polk County to receive care from doctors in the comfort of their homes. Donald Massey needed further assessment after walking into Lakeland ...

As well as not including doctor-patient discussion of their cancer care, the Act also doesn’t ban publishing news of a breakthrough in cancer research, nor does it necessarily ban advertisements ...

A “culture of blame” often discourages NHS doctors and other staff from speaking up about the effects of fatigue on the safety of patients, a report has warned. The Health Services Safety ...

Michael Botta is co-founder and president of Sesame, a health-care marketplace.

Increasing access to general practice through tools such as remote consultations is likely to reduce continuity of care and patient satisfaction, researchers have concluded. A report by the Institute ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a graph worth? For doctors trying to determine whether a patient's blood pressure is within normal range, the answer may depend on the type of graph ...

Of such services is the medical field, which this article has found it necessary to draw the energies of the author for discussion – it has been a path which is least discussed in terms of ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that destroys the nerves necessary for movement. About 30,000 people in the United States are affected, and doctors still don't know what causes it.

Shortly before the nationwide rollout of electronic patient records, there is a new guideline designed to better protect ...