Gone are the days when a doctor's word was taken as gospel. The relationship between doctors and patients has undergone a dramatic shift, with many doctors now finding themselves in the position of ...

If you are a doctor, the odds are that your patients think or do things you don’t agree with. Nearly half of Americans believe at least one health-related conspiracy theory, people routinely lie to ...

How does your doctor annoy you? Let us count the ways. June 24, 2009— -- Earlier this week, ABCnews.com looked at the top frustrations doctors experience with their patients such as bringing ...

In a typical presidential election year, voters might wonder how the candidates’ views stack up on issues such as abortion, tax cuts, gun rights and immigration policy. But this year, as a 78-year-old ...

Is your doctor stuck in 2011? A new survey found six percent of Americans feel like they’re walking “backwards in time” 14 years whenever they have a doctor’s appointment. The poll of 2,000 U.S.

Some patients send invoices to doctors for wasted time in waiting rooms. July 7, 2011— -- Cherie Kerr sat in the doctor's office for four hours as she waited for the nurse to call her name. As a ...

A new study says doctor’s stethoscopes carry lots of bacteria that can be transferred from patient to patient during appointments. Researchers from University of Geneva Hospitals collected and studied ...