In a nondescript hospital somewhere, an attending physician -- bald, not quite as spry as he once was -- sits down at a computer and does something that he could not have imagined 35 years ago in ...

It's a great time in the blogosphere for readers who are drawn to medical content because bloggers now focus on diverse topics, from the future of medicine to preventing injuries among pickleball ...

A new study suggests that medical blogs could potentially pose risks to patient confidentiality, and suggests that the medical profession should help medical professionals and readers address these ...

Increasingly, medical journals and publications are jumping into the fray with a variety of blogs. Individual blogs by doctors, nurses, and other health professionals have long been the norm. Indeed, ...

Last week Kevin Pho wrote about a physician in Boston, Alexandra Thran, who was disciplined by both her hospital and the state medical board for writing about a trauma patient she had seen. Although ...

For physicians of a certain age, the weekly teaching session known as grand rounds is a ritual steeped in formality and tradition. Presided over by the profession’s graybeards, grand rounds are ...