It should never just be about checking a box ...

Dear L.S.: As a primary-care physician, I also get frustrated by requests for pre-operative visits in patients who have recently been seen. Sometimes, a letter to the surgeon that a recent visit ...

Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was counseling a patient who had been in a car accident. She had suffered a broken bone and ...

Women tend to undergo shoulder replacement surgery at an older age than men, leading to more pain and functional disability ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Many of our local doctors insist on pre-procedure office visits prior to one-morning outpatient procedures such as rotator cuff surgery, colonoscopy and endoscopy. Since I receive ...