Lori Pierce, 61, was excited to get her life back after knee surgery, but nothing could have prepared her family for what was ...

Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the ...

Research suggests music has the power to relieve pain. We speak to a nurse who brings his ukulele into the hospital ward.

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Missouri’s system is so overloaded that even people accused of low-level crimes now wait years for mental health treatment.

Teaming up with Optum was an important aspect of getting outpatient orthopedics off the ground and soaring in recent years, Amar Patel, MD, a board member of OrthoWest, said. Dr. Patel spoke with ...

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State lawmakers and health care officials broke ground Monday on a new multidisciplinary outpatient center in Beckley. The Charleston Area Medical Center — now a part of Vandalia Health — strengthened ...