doctors

A recent CNBC survey found that 44% of older millennials reported having a chronic health condition, such as asthma, type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, more than other generations. Dr. Georges C. Benjamin of the American Public Health Association explains what’s going on.

Some U.S. employers and insurers want you to make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits

When pediatrician Todd Wolynn started getting attacked on social media for touting the benefits of the HPV vaccine, he felt emboldened. When his communications director, Chad Hermann, had to spend eight straight days removing disinformation from their practice’s social media pages, he felt angry. And if you’re a vocal vaccine critic spreading lies online…you won’t like them when they’re...

Pittsburgh pediatrician Todd Wolynn is the superhero the world needs right now, with coordinated disinformation campaigns undermining trust in public health and proven science. He and communications director Chad Hermann are the founders of Shots Heard Round the World, a nonprofit that mobilizes doctors online to protect vaccine information.

Doctors say they’re facing increasing threats of violence for refusing to prescribe opioids or trying to wean patients off the addictive painkillers.

Dr. Tiffany Moon is a practicing anesthesiologist and a frontline worker in the pandemic. She’s also one of the Real Housewives of Dallas. She joined LX News’ Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the fresh perspective she brings to RHOD and opened up about the racism she has experienced during the pandemic as an Asian-American doctor.

Dr. Kelly Parker, an OB-GYN who has worked to save lives for months now, has created a heartfelt video essay for her children to help them understand what life has been like during the coronavirus pandemic “Dear Christine and Colin, I want you to know what this moment means directly from me,” the video starts. Parker says “exhaustion” and “fatigue”…

Nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic are the heroes in a new Marvel comic book called “The Vitals: True Nurse Stories.” Sean Ryan, a Marvel writer, and Amanda Belcastro, a registered nurse who was featured in the comic, joined LX News to talk about why scrubs are the new capes.

The hit podcast series, “Dr. Death” examined the story of Dallas neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch who was sentenced to life in prison after killing two of his patients and maiming dozens more on the operating table. Attorney Kay Van Wey, who represented some of the patients’ families, talked to LX News about the importance of highlighting the problem of unethical and...

Doctors, hospitals and medical students are ramping up efforts to register voters as part of a nationwide campaign this month

After Dr. Parth Mehta moved into his basement in early March, he wrote goodbye letters and put together an emergency binder with important information for his family.

NBC 6 Investigators talk with medical professionals on the front lines in South Florida about reopening the economy as part of an exclusive survey.

NBC 6 Investigators talk with medical professionals on the front lines in South Florida about reopening the economy as part of an exclusive survey.

After months of delays, hospitals are starting to schedule patients for their medical procedures. Starting in early May, patients in about 20 states are getting rebooked for non-emergency procedures like hip and knee replacements, tumor removals and organ transplants, which had been delayed until further notice.

Some hospitals are opening food pantries or makeshift grocery stores inside their facilities to help staff who don’t have time, don’t want to or can’t afford to go to a grocery store during the coronavirus pandemic.

Faced with long odds of survival for COVID-19 patients put on respirators, doctors find alternatives may work better for some.

Ever since the first COVID-19 patients were treated in China, many doctors have assumed ventilators are called for when oxygen levels get so low, they fear a patient could soon die. But now, emergency room doctors in the US are having second thoughts. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

NBC 6’s Arlene Borenstein reports on the rise of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.