Many people wear metal necklaces or bracelets to alert emergency caregivers to special medical conditions. Technology may make it easier to get doctors this information. More than 1,000 people have ...

With a few exceptions, women have been systematically erased from the history of nearly every field, and research and medicine are no exception. Anyone who disagrees with this assertion should ...

Any time you’re considering a new move with multiple sclerosis (MS) — whether it’s finding a new doctor, trying a different treatment or therapy, or considering a lifestyle change — it’s important to ...

Going to the doctor is not a thrill for most people. In the sometimes unfriendly and hurried environment of medicine, patients worry about the care they will receive. Will the doctor give them the ...

Say hello to AMIE. It's time for your clinical history. AMIE, an artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tool, represents a transformative moment in medical history taking and diagnosis. AMIE's ...

When Anna Dhody was growing up in Philadelphia, in the nineteen-eighties, her mother used the city’s museums as a kind of babysitter. “She would just drop me off at the Penn Museum and be, like, ...

A doctor is the first person many of us see when we’re born — and the last person we want to see any time afterward. They may represent bad news, lectures and bills so big you need more doctors to ...

A disposable face mask from 2020 now sits in a glass case next to an iron lung at the Massachusetts General Hospital museum in Boston. This single image captures how quickly the pandemic has shifted ...

Without a doubt, current medical treatments are more effective and less painful than ever before. But it’s been a long and sometimes unusual road to get where we are now. From strange illnesses and ...