Articles
Doctors’ Words Influence End-of-Life Decisions Made By Patients’ Families
Making the decision to approve heroic measures to save a loved one's life can be fraught with emotion, so anxious family members tend to turn to the doctor for...
Majority of Doctors Do Not Follow Treatment Guidelines For ADHD
More than 90% of pediatric specialists who diagnose and manage ADHD in preschoolers do not follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical treatment...
Doctors: All Boston Bomb Patients Likely to Live
In a glimmer of good news after last week's tragedy, all of the more than 180 people injured in the Boston Marathon blasts who made it to a hospital alive now...
Transit Officer Still Critical After Shootout
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Doctors say the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the marathon bombing suspects had lost nearly all his blood and...
Doctors Go Shopping: Price Comparisons Lead MDs to Lower Testing Costs
It's a basic tenet of smart shopping -- compare prices so you can find the best deal. Doctors, however, are often in the dark about what medical tests cost. In...
Photo Essays
Obesity in Mid-Century America: Early Days of a National Plague
“The most serious health problem in the U.S. today is obesity.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? In fact, that very assertion is now so commonplace that one might be...
LIFE With Steve McQueen: Photos of the King of Cool in 1963
In the spring of 1963, already popular from his big-screen breakout as one of The Magnificent Seven and just a couple months away from entering the Badass Hall...
Time.com Specials
FDA Warns Pregnant Women Of Migraine Medication Risks
U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children’s...
The Five Keys to Health Reform's Success or Failure
Will it work? And how will it work? A guide to what the new law will mean for costs, Medicare, doctors, the states — and you
