Michael Palko was in the waiting room of his doctor’s office for a routine post-shoulder surgery appointment when he suddenly noticed a commotion on the street outside. Looking out the window of the ...

Family medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Dr. Santina Wheat, joins Bob Sirott to talk ...

Medical spaces are a unique combination of majorly stressful and potentially boring—a combo that can lead to etiquette mistakes with serious consequences, says Lizzie Post, the co-president of the ...

Why does my doctor's appointment feel so rushed? Are there enough doctors? What are the incentives that drive doctors to see a lot of patients? Who is to blame?

Medical care can be wearying and time-consuming, especially for seniors. Researchers are beginning to quantify the burdens. By Paula Span Deana Hendrickson sometimes feels daunted by the demands of ...

For many patients, the worst part of a doctor visit happens before they ever see the doctor. In a new Talker Research survey ...

In March, Sylvana M. went on TikTok to share a negative experience she had at a doctor’s office while back in her hometown in the Caribbean. Sylvana, 22, who is attending college in Philadelphia, went ...

The doctor -- who went by Naked Dr. Dave on Instagram -- initially had his medical license suspended for "perverse behavior" caught on security footage inside the office, including walking in front of ...

Until recently, the last place many people would expect to see a dog is in a doctor's office. But national Take Your Dog to Work Day, celebrated annually since 1999, and major companies like Google ...

This proved that some calls from a doctor’s office can get your heart racing — in the right way. When Hailey Giamarino answered a call from her dermatology clinic, she never expected it to become a ...

Though the gentle reader might find this topic distasteful, it is a reality in our current healthcare climate and bears understanding. (In other words, don’t shoot the messenger.) In a previous ...

A doctor's office is the last place you'd expect someone to open fire, but doctors and patients have been killed in recent incidents in medical buildings. Michael Palko was in the waiting room of his ...