A growing trend among doctors might make you scared to seek medical attention for serious issues. It's called "drive-by doctoring" but instead of hurting you physically, it goes after your wallet. It ...

It’s hard being a patient. In 2006, I received a diagnosis that decimated my outlook on life. This was followed by a second opinion that revived it with an entirely different diagnosis and treatment ...

Born in Scotland in 1932, graduated from an Edinburgh medical school in 1958 and living in America since 1960, my old-world eyes have noticed that Americans all have something in common. They’re too ...

Sometimes I worry about where technology is leading the healthcare profession. It is not just the distraction of white screens and electronic health records. These are bad, terrible, in fact. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The profession of optometry has evolved from a technical role, with the measuring of eyeglass prescriptions, to ...

“Americans just lived through the hottest 12 months ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Tuesday,” according to the May 15 Los Angeles Times. Which begs the ...