I feel so rushed during my doctor’s appointments. There’s hardly any time for my doctor to get to know me or to address what concerns me the most. What can I do with these hurried 15-minute visits?

Medical professionals, if they are doing their jobs, tend to get used to all sorts of things fairly quickly. This might still be cold comfort for most patients who often have to deal with pretty ...

Ayanna Miller, 29, is TODAY’s multiplatform editor. She has PCOS and endometriosis, two conditions that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. After feeling dismissed by a doctor, she started ...

I looked away from the nurse as she wrapped the tourniquet around my arm and prepared the needle. Then I realized that I was the only patient getting blood drawn. Everyone else was receiving ...

I managed to make it through my 30s and 40s without much interaction with the healthcare system. But when I hit my 50s and had to go without medical insurance for a long stretch, I wasn’t so ...

Ambient artificial intelligence, a type of AI that solves problems without human intervention, is being used across the United States in hospitals to turn patient conversations into complete, accurate ...