A California company has developed an app that could give Long Island clients a “fast pass” in doctors’ waiting rooms,
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New system allows trainee doctors to use virtual reality to learn eye examination diagnoses
Academics have created a new virtual reality tool which allows medical students to replicate eye examinations and learn first-hand how
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The lies patients need to stop telling their doctors
"My injury isn't sex related." "I don't smoke that much." "These are the only medications I take." Whether it's out
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Training for 21st century doctors: medicine, business, and leadership development
Given the complex and rapidly evolving health care system in the United States, medical schools must focus their efforts on
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Drug test spurs frank talk between hypertension patients and doctors
There’s an irony at the heart of the treatment of high blood pressure. The malady itself often has no symptoms,
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Doctors curbing first-time prescriptions for opioids
(HealthDay)—Although the opioid epidemic continues to rage in America, promising new data show that first-time opioid painkiller prescription rates have
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Doctors should consider using e-cigarettes to help patients who have repeatedly failed to quit tobacco, a new study says
Growing evidence of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a quitting aid means doctors should consider recommending them as a less
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