The trending carnivore diet has got people excited with its benefits, but a doctor is coming forward with the downside of the diet.
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil and voter rights activist, underwent an unwanted hysterectomy by a white doctor, barring her from having children.
Watts' case is an example of the racial disparities in maternal and infant health.
Body camera footage could help Black patients report malpractice and instances of racism, according to psychiatrist Amanda Joy Calhoun.
Med school is quite a bit like training camp for the military: every day is meant to be like the hardest day on the real job may be, so they’re prepared for when those days come. Here is what to know if you’re going to be with someone in medical school.
Your female doctor—let’s just say it—has a vagina! So she has experienced, firsthand, odd looking and smelling discharge, certain burning and itching sensations down there, and more. She may be able to more quickly identify what’s going on with your body, just by hearing about your symptoms, than a man can.
Let’s be honest: we’re all a little dishonest with our doctors. That’s because we know that their advice is for someone who wants to be in perfect health. And we don’t need to be in perfect health—we’ll settle for pretty-good health that doesn’t give us too many aches and pains, will keep us alive until […]
We hope she takes them to court.
by R. Asmerom Medical school is not an easy venture for any aspiring doctor. Not only is it a tasking profession but one which is extremely competitive. So competitive that many American medical students go overseas to the Caribbean to take advantage of programs like the one offered by Ross University in Dominica. According to […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Rudy Bermudez was so upset when his fellow members on the Medical Board of California restored the license of a doctor convicted of sexually abusing a patient that when Bermudez was later elected to the state Assembly he penned legislation to revoke the license automatically of every doctor with a sex-crime conviction. As […]
(Bloomberg) — Of the five doctors in the New Albany Medical Group in rural northern Mississippi, only one can accept new patients. He specializes in geriatrics. “Frankly, as people die off, he replaces them,” said Jason Dees, one of the physicians in the group in the Union County seat of New Albany, where William Faulkner […]