Wendy Goldberg thought her question was straightforward enough. A 79-year-old retired lawyer in Los Angeles, Goldberg wanted ...

Frustrated by the medical system, some patients are turning to chatbots for help. At what cost? Credit...Pablo Delcan ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low- and high-human touch interventions improved behavioral health and symptom severity for patients with IBD, ...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the associations between solid fuel use and oral health and the mediating effects of depressive symptom. Methods: 64,521 Indian adults were included in this ...

Abstract: The covid-19 pandemic brought the need to reduce human interaction so in order to facilitate the interaction with the doctors but reduce unnecessary trips to a medical specialty, and have a ...

We’ve all done it: You plug your aches and pains into WebMD’s Symptom Checker, see that it could be either “cancer” or “seasonal allergies,” and promptly close out the window and decide to ignore ...

The American Medical Association has named Dr. John Whyte its new CEO and executive vice president. He will succeed current CEO Dr. James Madara effective July 1. Madara previously announced he would ...

Last year, WebMD Ignite launched Coach, a platform that aims to make it easier for care management teams to engage with patients and health plan members in a more personalized way. Now, the team is ...

An incorrect diagnosis, scan or lab result may have been inserted into a record. This story is from Kaiser Health News. When Liz Tidyman’s elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to ...

Barcelona-based Mediktor, which makes an app- and web-based symptom checker, has raised $3.46 million (€ 3 million) to support its continuing expansion into the US market. Alta Life Sciences led the ...

Correction: The original version of this article misstated the symptom checker's original launch date. WebMD, long the go-to for patients turning to the internet for an answer to mysterious symptoms, ...