Your family’s medical history is one of the most important indicators of your future health and is valuable information for your doctor. Thanksgiving is National Family History day and is a great time ...

The history of medicine is filled with accounts of strange and often downright dangerous “treatments,” but these have sometimes opened the way for lifesaving discoveries. In this Curiosities of ...

When you go to the doctor, the first thing you’re asked is, “Do you have a family history of X?” Do you know the answer? Understanding your family medical history might seem excessive, but it can play ...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)-It has gone through 10 name changes since it was chartered, but we all know it as MCG. In November’s edition of Hometown History- Kim Vickers dives into the history of the Medical ...

For the first 18 years of my life, my family history was a complete mystery. I was adopted as a baby, and while at times that reality has been painful, I was extremely fortunate to have been raised by ...

The language in a patient’s medical record can convey information not only about the patient’s condition but about the attitude of the clinician writing the report. The language in a patient’s medical ...

Any time you’re considering a new move with multiple sclerosis (MS) — whether it’s finding a new doctor, trying a different treatment or therapy, or considering a lifestyle change — it’s important to ...

It's a Sunday morning at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, a famous African-American church in the Harlem area of New York City. The organist plays as hundreds of worshippers stream into the pews. The ...

The human body is a remarkably resilient thing, as many case studies of people surviving without organs tell us ...

In last month's column, I wrote about the new concept of "medical disease offset" and contrasted it with "medical cost offset." Now, I will illustrate this with a case example. But first, here is a ...