The first time Patty Nece can remember experiencing weight stigma was in third grade. A nurse wheeled a scale into her classroom, then proceeded to weigh every child in front of the entire class. “I ...

Then there are physicians, such as Roger Suss, MD, a lecturer in the department of family medicine at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, who change their views over time as to what they ...

How does your doctor annoy you? Let us count the ways. June 24, 2009— -- Earlier this week, ABCnews.com looked at the top frustrations doctors experience with their patients such as bringing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and non-physician staff in the hospital where I work. Even out in public, if I run ...

ABC News Live spoke with Dr. F. Perry Wilson about his new book. One of the most important aspects of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and their patient, according to physician and Yale ...

California nurses with doctorates do not have the right to call themselves doctors, a federal court ruled, upholding a state law that regulates what titles health professionals can use in ...

The technology, which can dramatically improve access to medicine, has already proved itself. America’s policies are lagging behind. Maggie Barnidge, 18, has been managing cystic fibrosis her whole ...

Shimla: Doctors of Indira Gandhi Medical College called off their strike here after Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu ...