A new patient comes to my office, a healthy middle-aged woman. The medical assistant has already documented her normal blood pressure. Of our allotted 15 minutes, I spend more than two-thirds talking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lab testing can help expedite a diagnosis of dacryoadenitis. A robust patient conversation and physical can help ...

Rectal examination is believed dangerous and is commonly deferred or omitted in patients with acute myocardial infarction. To evaluate the safety and specific usefulness in this clinical setting of an ...

The importance placed on the physical examination in the assessment of patients with cardiovascular disorders appears to be declining, perhaps in part due to a paucity of data showing its value in the ...

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 ...

All of us — physicians, patients and payers — need to change our attitudes about routine health checks. When he posed that question recently to a group of medical residents, he received what is ...

Patients Prefer Chemotherapy on the Same Day As Their Medical Oncology Outpatient Appointment The use of time in outpatient cancer clinics is a marker of quality and efficiency. Inefficiencies such as ...