Research is showing numerous benefits to the popular regimen. But it's important to have a well-thought-out approach, writes a Philadelphia physician.

The patient denied everything her daughter said about her condition, but I didn’t think she was trying to deceive us. She had to be able to recall a truth in order to shield it in a lie.

The phenomenon can’t be chalked up to leaving for caregiving duties as studies prove that women do not commonly step out of academic medicine for these reasons.

There is now evidence that using a patient portal may improve preventive health behavior.

Dysmenorrhea is the medical term used to describe painful menstrual cycles, with pain occurring either before the menstrual cycle or while bleeding.

Nothing scares the British more than the possibility of losing their cherished National Health Service.

Our patient needed major surgery in just a few hours. By his actions that evening, my chief resident taught me something which has fundamentally changed the way I approach my job.

Law continued to shape health care in 2019 in courtrooms and legislatures around the country with developments that will reverberate in 2020 and beyond. Here are five of the most important.

Health systems, politicians and researchers have blamed emergency room overcrowding on the decline of primary care, “inappropriate” use of the ED, a fragmented health system, and more recently, social determinants of health.

Public health protections affect our health in countless ways, but they often operate in the background. In 2019, several moved to the forefront. Here are five that had the greatest impact.

From TAVR to the Apple Watch to Impossible Burgers, we count them down.

While the effects of smoking e-cigarettes are still being studied, what we do know is that e-cigarettes are not safer than smoking and may potentially be even more harmful.

Often when people consume a food or drink that is perceived to be “healthier” for them, they tend to over-consume.