A Longwood, Fla., woman holds some of the daily prescription medications she needs. Eleven states have created public boards to lower the cost of prescription medications, and more than a dozen others ...

A female nurse was stabbed several times with an ink pen by an angry patient, according to Worcester District Court documents. Loren Richard Rosenburg is the patient who is charged with stabbing a ...

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Close-up of an angry patient pointing his finger at a doctor Physicians can take steps to reduce their risk of being sued by having a low threshold for discharging angry patients from their practice ...

Forty years ago, I had my most angry professional moment. It happened at a weekly meeting that included all our faculty, staff, and trainees—about 200 people. A young and arrogant, not very bright, ...

Last week, I visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York with my kids. As I stared at one particular giant dinosaur, I thought to myself, "Hey, that's me!" Indeed, the magnificent ...

Two weeks have passed since the contract expired between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado and CommonSpirit Health, leaving tens of thousands of patients without in-network access to their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At least once a week, Emily L. Weis, MD, MS, says she has a challenging consult or patient interaction in her ...

His visits to emergency departments always followed the same pattern. He would arrive in the afternoon complaining of chest pain. A bypass scar and a long-standing abnormal ECG pointed toward coronary ...