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Old Medical Oath Needs Refresh From the Original Hippocratic Version

Graduating medical school students traditionally swear allegiance to the Hippocratic Oath, which they assume mandates that they “first do no harm,” but it is dated and now coming under fire.

3 Habits of Highly Healthy People

Certain middle-age diet habits are associated with a much greater likelihood of dodging chronic diseases 30 years later.

A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It

LOS ANGELES — They distribute GPS devices so they can track their homeless patients. They stock their street kits with glass pipes used to...

Flawed Research, Clever Marketing, and the Failure of a Depression Theory

Research based on cherry-picking statistics and small studies suited the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, but it may have been all wrong.