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Our latest survey on fees and reimbursements shows a continuing--and substantial--gap between what you charge and what you get paid.

The author found more than old instruments in a medical bag he inherited.

Our latest survey on fees and reimbursements shows a continuing--and substantial--gap between what you charge and what you get paid.

Quality of Care, Drug Abuse, Tort Reform, Medicaid, Insurance Hassles

You became a doctor to take care of sick people. So what are all these healthy folks doing in your waiting room?

When medical review boards abdicate their responsibility, A bad outcome but no malpractice, Note from the editors

Think twice about using alternative medicines, this physician tells her patients.

Treatment Denials, Health Costs

A veteran medical assistant has some good-natured advice for physicians.

Treatment Denials, Health Costs

A three-day bioterrorism drill, complete with a low-flying crop-duster spewing pretend Yersinia pestis.

The doctor's office is the logical--and sometimes the only--place where people can seek help with their most intimate problems.

Botox? Smooth out the risks

Vigilance is the key. Here are steps you can take right now.

Most doctors tell us they aren't unduly influenced by gifts from pharmaceutical companies, and they don't understand all the commotion.

Physicians are evenly divided about assisted suicide, but most agree they need to treat pain better.

Our survey asked specific questions about the hot-button ethical issues in medicine today, but we also wanted to hear about the thorny issues that proved most troublesome on an individual level. The solutions are seldom comfortable.

Physicians are just as divided as the rest of the nation on this controversial issue.

Mutual Funds, Autos

Mutual Funds, Autos

Warning patients about the dangers of food allergies, Don't use this code for nursing home patients

Who takes call when a doctor leaves the practice?

Stocks, Teens, Bonds, Retirement

A patient's death taught this young doctor a valuable lesson about controlled substances.

Malpractice, Patient Safety, Phones, Mutual Funds

Medical Licensure, Patient Safety, Reimbursement, Claims Denials, HMO Premiums

Is it wrong to accept freebies from detail reps?

Your liability for a nurse's mistake

Set limits, or you'll never get through the grocery checkout line, says this formerly hassled physician.

Good dictation habits improve patient care, lower malpractice risk, and boost income.