The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how fragmented medical care can be. Relational, or person-centered, medicine is attempting to provide solutions.
Research shows that focusing strictly on weight loss is not only ineffective in the long term, it can even be harmful and counterproductive.
From primary care to cancer screening and insurance coverage, gender-diverse people still face many hurdles to getting good medical care.
A bioethicist explains the four ethical principles that guide medical practitioners’ thinking about abortion, such as autonomy and justice.
Palliative care, often misunderstood, is not synonymous with hospice care.
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care system.
Medical innovations paired with innovative programs to get them to Black, Indigenous and Hispanic Americans can help close the health inequality gap.
Hospitals have a lot of room to reduce, reuse and recycle supplies – as many were forced to discover during the pandemic.
When a celebrity, politician or other influential person checks in, a health care team can feel pressured to give in to a VIP's wishes.
Many people who shielding during the coronavirus pandemic will need help to step forward and reclaim life.
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