A 47-year-old Seattle anesthesiologist just got his license suspended for alleged offenses including sexts sent during surgery and at least one raunchy work selfie. He "compromised patient safety due to his preoccupation with sexual matters while he was on hospital duty," the state's Medical Quality Assurance… » 6/10/14 2:30pm 6/10/14 2:30pm

According to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 26% of women have delayed or avoided medical care in the past year, compared to just 20% of men. Unsurprisingly, low-income and uninsured women are the most likely to put off necessary treatments and preventative care. » 5/15/14 7:00pm 5/15/14 7:00pm

Police in Arkansas have issued an arrest warrant for an OBGYN who they say took nude photographs of a woman during a medical exam without her consent. » 4/15/14 11:00pm 4/15/14 11:00pm

You know those "articles" that your barista and your old coworker's boyfriend and your weird Kansas cousin are always posting all over their Facebook feeds, revealing shocking and outlandish "secrets" that such-and-such establishment doesn't want you to know about? And they're always from "news" websites you've never… » 3/20/14 6:30pm 3/20/14 6:30pm

Everything is disgusting and we're all going to die of something at some point. That being said, just because everything's already kind of disgusting doesn't mean we shouldn't strive, as a society, to be less gross. One place we could start is doctor's stethoscopes. » 2/28/14 6:00pm 2/28/14 6:00pm

Ever walk out of your doctor's office feeling guilty and gross? Recent studies suggest that's more likely to happen to women than men—even though it's a less effective doctoring tactic. » 1/17/14 2:00pm 1/17/14 2:00pm

As anyone who's ever seen an episode of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman can tell you, women make better doctors than men — and not just the lady doctors of the late -1800s American West, but the lady doctors of today, too! I know, I can hardly believe it myself, but a new report released by the University of Montreal… » 10/18/13 11:10am 10/18/13 11:10am

In a study of more than 15,000 people, researchers at Heart Institute-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris found that many doctors are missing crucial signs of heart problems in women because many of those at risk were "well-groomed" and "looked healthy". I guess us ladies should put on a fat suit and roll around in… » 9/05/13 10:25am 9/05/13 10:25am

35 Ohio House Republicans introduced an exhaustive anti-abortion bill yesterday that would require doctors to lie to women and force them to pay for unnecessary medical procedures, among other fun doctor-patient trust exercises. » 6/14/13 1:20pm 6/14/13 1:20pm

We all know our health is important, but we often neglect some of the little stuff that comes back to bite us later. Here are four of the simplest and cheapest things you can do now to make your future self happier and healthier. » 5/30/13 10:02pm 5/30/13 10:02pm

Despite major advances in technology and innovation, infection spreads at modern-day hospitals like dysentery spread on (your last game of) Oregon Trail. Studies have shown that without encouragement, hospital employees only wash their hands about 30 percent of the time they're interacting with patients. Paging Dr.… » 5/30/13 4:20pm 5/30/13 4:20pm

Okay, guys, I'm confused. How many studies is it going to take for the general public to accept that medical professionals hold the same anti-fat biases as the rest of the nation, and that those biases jeopardize fat people's health? It doesn't mean that there aren't nice doctors (my doctor rulz), or that doctors… » 5/29/13 6:10pm 5/29/13 6:10pm

Delivery rooms increasingly resemble gladiator-style amphitheaters where uninvited family members cram in to watch women give birth, according to Today, which describes situations "rife with drama as grandparents-to-be vie for the best camera angle, or a mother-in-law angles to be the one feeding ice chips between… » 5/21/13 10:40am 5/21/13 10:40am

Hey you — yes, you with the glassy eyes and your finger endlessly hovering over the "refresh" button on your Twitter feed/live blog: take a time out by reading about the heroic Boston hospital workers who, according to the New Yorker, saved every single one of the wounded patients from the Boston Marathon bombings. » 4/19/13 11:35am 4/19/13 11:35am

Uh-oh: The FDA has just made public a letter it sent to more than 350 medical practices last month, informing them that they may have received some bum Botox. » 12/24/12 3:20pm 12/24/12 3:20pm

Okay. Apparently this is the newest thing in face science. You spit in a jar. Then a fake scientist looks at your spit and is like, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, YES, birch and phoenix feather! This will do nicely!" And they hand you a jar of customized face goop that "matches" your spit, and you go home and goop up your face with… » 12/13/12 3:40pm 12/13/12 3:40pm

I'm a fat vegan — this leads to an endless array of good times at the doctor's office. I've been told to eat more meat when I had an allergic reaction to strawberries; and I've been told to lose weight when I broke my middle finger (it was an unfortunate time to have a broken middle finger, LET ME TELL YOU). I've… » 11/12/12 1:10pm 11/12/12 1:10pm