Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

The issue of aging physicians poses serious challenges to the medical profession, with concerns that judgment or skills might decline with age.

A 2013 Pew Research Center and Internet Life Project report found that 59% of US adults said that they turned to the Internet regarding a health problem during the past year.

A 2013 Pew Research Center and Internet Life Project report found that 59% of US adults said that they turned to the Internet regarding a health problem during the past year.

Benjamin Frush MD, a resident in internal medicine-pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, argues in favor of a role that physicians can play in integrating religion into their clinical practice. Rob Poole MB, FRCPsych, contends that physicians should never incorporate a religious element into clinical practice.

Maladaptive postures may trigger episodic headaches.

Physician house calls are making a comeback, to understand why MPR interviewed three experts.

Kognito, a health simulation company, is applying its simulation technology to patient education, to address a gap in patient knowledge.

Opioid-related mortality in the United States has increased at an alarming rate during the last 2 decades as a result of both suicide and unintentional overdose.

This rise in prescribing of prescription opioids in the last 2 decades of the 20th century occurred at a time during which medical professionals were urged to resort to prescription opioids to manage untreated and chronic noncancer pain.

To shed light on issues of cybersecurity in medical practices, MPR spoke to Michael J Sacopulos, JD, CEO of Medical Risk Institute (MRI), a firm that provides “proactive counsel” to the healthcare community to identify where liability risks originate and to reduce or remove those risks.