If you are one of the 45 million Americans expected to get routine a physical this year, you may want to reconsider. A recent New York Times op-ed written by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the experts ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the benefits of physical exams and some effective ways to promote them in the workplace. Physical exams are small but essential components of maintaining a ...

Several stories over the past few years have shown some patients have been victimized during medical exams. Here's how to protect yourself. (Getty Images) It’s easy to view your doctor's office as a ...

For centuries, doctors diagnosed illness using their own senses, by poking, prodding, looking, listening. From these observations, a skilled doctor can make amazingly accurate inferences about what ...

As a physician, my beliefs about the annual doctor’s visit might be blasphemous. I sometimes wonder whether these encounters are useful. Sympathetically, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a professor of health care ...

As we reported previously, even though about 35 percent of the current U.S. population is considered obese, today's physicians aren't confident that they have the tools to help patients lose weight or ...

A physical costs an average of $331 without insurance. Find Cheap Health Insurance Quotes in Your Area The exact cost you'll pay depends on several factors including where you live, the clinic or ...

The physical exam findings of aortic stenosis and how they can help in diagnosis and grading of aortic stenosis are the focus of this episode of AP Cardiology with host Andrew Perry, MD, joined by ...

President Donald Trump, the oldest president to have been elected to serve in the White House, will undergo his annual physical examination on Friday morning. Trump is expected to head to Walter Reed ...

President Donald Trump will undergo his first physical examination of his second administration on Friday, and questions about cognitive testing hang in the balance. "I am pleased to report that my ...