physicians

Drug companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year to influence doctors' prescribing habits -- money that often goes directly into physicians' pockets for "consulting fees" and "educational presentations." Wondering if your doc is one of them? The nonprofit journalists at ProPublica can tell you.

Most Facebook users debate about whether they should "friend" a co-worker or boss, but what about a doctor? While social networking and e-mail may offer easy access to a doctor who is typically hard to reach, getting too cozy online could carry some serious ramifications -- for both the patient and...

What do you call someone who graduates from medical school at the bottom of the class? Doctor. Yes, an old joke but it rings true. So how can you avoid the kind of surgical mistakes that plague one Rhode Island hospital? Find a hospital with an excellent safety records about their procedures. That...

Dr. Scott Nelson has found a growing problem among his patients in rural Mississippi, and it's not related to a disease.More and more patients, he says, have extremely high deductibles in their health insurance plans. As high as $5,000. So they must pay that amount out-of-pocket in a year before...