For centuries, doctors diagnosed illness using their own senses, by poking, prodding, looking, listening. From these observations, a skilled doctor can make amazingly accurate inferences about what ...

As we reported previously, even though about 35 percent of the current U.S. population is considered obese, today's physicians aren't confident that they have the tools to help patients lose weight or ...

Palonosetron (PAL) in combination with 1-day versus 3-days dexamethasone (DEX) to prevent nausea and vomiting in patients receiving paclitaxel and carboplatin (TC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

Medical learners in the 21st century spend less time with patients during training than their counterparts did in the 20th century, which decreases the knowledge and practice of bedside clinical ...

Clinical relevance of lymph node ratio in resected oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in patients with N2 disease. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Hip pain is reported frequently by patients of all ages. Although hip pain is common, the hip joint is complex, which can make it ...

As a physician, my beliefs about the annual doctor’s visit might be blasphemous. I sometimes wonder whether these encounters are useful. Sympathetically, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a professor of health care ...

Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive, human-like robotic ‘finger’ capable of safely performing routine physical examinations like a medical doctor would. They say the ‘robodoctor’ could be ...

During a physical exam, doctors may ask questions about a person’s overall health, diet, stress levels, and more. People can also ask their own questions, such as whether they are taking medications ...

Correspondence to Elisa L Zwerus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shoulder and elbow unit, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; elisazwerus{at}gmail.com ...