In today's fast-paced world, a 30-minute annual check-up with your primary care doctor may seem insufficient to manage your overall health. However, technology is transforming these interactions, ...

Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. Lucky for Hippocrates that his patients ...

SANTA CLARA, California — Software programs can encourage communication between doctors and patients, reducing costs and improving outcomes, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs say. "Patients are more ...

"Could you please describe how long you have had this cough and whether you are experiencing any accompanying symptoms such ...

Artificial intelligence has the potential to help older adults with cancer communicate with their doctors and participate more fully in decisions about their treatment, according to new Cornell ...

There is a palpable tension eating away at the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors are over-capacity. Patients are under-informed and lack the confidence needed to properly self-advocate for their ...

Online health communities (OHCs) are encouraging doctors to engage in prosocial behaviors to promote sustainable development of OHCs and benefit the user base, which may further influence doctor-level ...

You told a reader to call doctors by their last name until invited otherwise. Your writer had called the doctor by the first name on the first visit. Had she never been to a doctor before? No one ...