"Frankly, solo practice is the last place we want practitioners who pose patient safety risks to be working."

New research is a step toward understanding how imaging results affect the diagnosis and treatment of people with Alzheimer's.

Laws that protect doctors who want to apologize to patients after a medical error aren't working—in fact, they make lawsuits more likely.

African Americans with depression are more likely than non-black patients to get a diagnosis of schizophrenia, researchers say.

Less than 10 percent of the guidelines doctors use in treating heart disease are based on the gold standard for scientific studies.

"People with health professionals in the family essentially make preventative investments that everyone should be doing."

The potential for dangerous drug interactions is too high, but there are things doctors and patients can do to prevent them.

"This pattern held true even for physician groups that publicly endorsed evidence-based policies to reduce firearm injury."

A change at the hospital can safely cut the number of UTI tests in half. That could reduce the use of antibiotics and therefore drug-resistance.

Southern courts favor physicians in malpractice lawsuits over facial trauma treatment, while courts in the Midwest favor patients, research finds.