When people don't understand how to take care of their health, they tend to engage less with their doctor or even avoid going to the doctor altogether. Improving health literacy can change that in a ...

SAN ANTONIO -- A doctor’s love for his patients inspires him to make handmade gowns. He’s even made it into a family affair. Going to the doctor could require you to get out of your comfort zone and ...

PEORIA, AZ — It’s Men’s Health Month, and ABC15 is shining a light on a conversation that usually centers on women: breast cancer awareness. But two Valley oncologists say this is their fight too.

Dear Miss Manners: Every year I go to the doctor for my annual prostate, anal andoverall checkup. I am always offered a gown to put on. While on the exam table, I am asked to scoot down or turn over a ...

If you’ve ever undergone surgery, you understand how chaotic the operating theater can be. During both of my C-sections, I remember a tiny room crammed with half a dozen nurses, lab techs, and doctors ...

Changing the hue of hospital gowns and bed sheets to match a patient's skin color could greatly enhance a physician's ability to detect cyanosis and other health-related skin color changes, according ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Some seamstresses in the Midlands are coming together to make sure healthcare workers have the materials they need to stay safe. They’re spending hours each day cutting and ...

HOUSTON — Dr. Thomas Murphy with UT Physicians says the last two weeks have been a double-edged sword. He’s happy his patients took the stay-at-home order seriously, but it also means many of them ...

When the coronavirus pandemic was in full flight early last year, Dr Kirby White, a doctor from Bendigo, noticed a big problem. "As a rural GP, we had no personal protective equipment to continue ...

Nov. 28—ROCHESTER — Modern operating rooms are bristling with more and more technology today, which led one surgeon attempting to keep equipment organized to introduce a very old innovation into the ...