CLEVELAND, Oh - Why is it ok to wait for the doctor yet you can’t be late for your appointment? Reader question: More and more it seems that I am waiting on my doctor when I have an appointment ...

And yet if they were to examine the request as dispassionately and impersonally as they consider the patient’s symptoms, ... Suppose you have a doctor friend called in as consultant.

How do you know you should take your doctor’s advice? Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. ... Yet doctors are given very little time to take a good history and they may not put your symptoms in ...

“I’ve heard it many times,” says Dr. Lisa Ravindra, a primary care physician at Rush University Medical Center. “I find it’s ...

W hen you go to the doctor, you’re probably the one answering most of the questions. Yet it’s essential to make sure you're asking plenty of your own. “We need to get someone to fund a ...

Here are 3 ways to be sure you receive the best health care possible during a doctor's visit, and how to speak up if you don't get the medical attention you need. 1. Be prepared prior to your visit.

Yet, she said that ... Dr. Blair had a built-in mentor from childhood: his father, who was also a family doctor. “When you finish your medical training there’s still a lot to be learned.

You may not be aware of this, but you can read everything that your doctor writes about you. Go to your patient portal online, click around until you land on notes from your past visits, and read ...

Yet doctors are human and subject to the same myriad of emotions we all feel. Stress, anger, depression, hopelessness, disgust, fatigue—all of these can affect their ability to care for their patients ...