If you look past the rust, an ancient Roman speculum is instantly recognizable as an instrument a gynecologist might put ...

But the medical system is full of people who have tremendous power and very little oversight, with many visits involving only the patient and the doctor in an exam room.

A patient is suing a doctor for inappropriately touching her during medical exams, according to Arkansas court documents. Phot by Charles Deluvio via Unsplash While in the privacy of an exam room ...

Hone Health reports AI is enhancing healthcare by assisting doctors with diagnostics and patient interactions, improving ...

Not something an anxious male patient wants to hear. These and a choice selection of acknowledged “Doctor fails” are recounted in this year’s BMJ Christmas issue. By longstanding tradition ...

Doctors discuss the forms with gynecology patients, inform them that students may participate in pelvic exams and ask for consent, said Dr. Laura Baecher-Lind, an obstetrician and gynecologist and ...

But does the physical exam serve any other purpose? The doctor-patient relationship is fundamentally different from, say, the accountant-client relationship.

Doctor-patient confidentiality makes for better medical practice, but when the patient is the president, do doctors have an obligation to the public as well?

A patient is suing a doctor for inappropriately touching her during medical exams, according to Arkansas court documents. Phot by Charles Deluvio via Unsplash While in the privacy of an exam room ...