I was treating a man whose stroke had severely affected his right arm,” recalled Parry, now emeritus professor of human communication and interaction at Loughborough University, Loughborough, and ...

The ranking of fruit on the "upside down pyramid" has been a helpful conversation starter as well. I frequently discuss ...

Joseph Tucker, an infectious disease doctor, asks every patient what they’re grateful for. Sometimes, their responses surprise him.

The words contained in this letter are the words I would say to my patients about mental illness and recovery and much of what goes along with these from my experience — if I had complete freedom to ...

“‘Chatty’ said you would say that,” my patient told me, smiling playfully. He’d been consulting a chatbot on his days off from treatment, and apparently it had anticipated my advice. “Did he?” I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospitals can be incredibly depressing places. They're filled with so much pain and suffering, and, for many people, it's in a ...

I always tell medical residents to sit. Preferably on a chair, or, with the patient’s permission, on the bed. As a fellow of maternal-fetal medicine, a specialty dealing with high-risk pregnancies, I ...

Ask any of my patients and they will tell you I am a tireless patient advocate. I am a primary care doctor, that is what I do. It is in ...

One of my physician colleagues recently presented me with a clinical conundrum. A patient had declined to start a recommended medication because an AI model had advised the patient against off-label ...

The transformation in my practice wasn't just about being more empathetic -- though that was part of it. It was about ...