A Stable Doctor for a Scattered Life
4272
Sometimes the will to help is what matters, even if the remedy isnât perfect.
106618
In the olden days, doctors were on call at all hours, ready to dispense advice over the phone or to make house calls, carrying stethoscopes in their black bags.
335040
Those strangers waiting at the doctorâs office may share a pain that others canât understand.
578091
The doctor's hands are old now, but remarkably steady after all their work. For four decades, in the safety of staid, stable Toronto, they prodded the taut bellies of expectant mothers and deftly brought their ...
444836
Russom Ghebrai walks the corridors of Greater Southeast Community Hospital with quiet authority. Seventy hours a week, he dons the white coat of his profession and attends to patients on the fringes of medical care.
481812
A long life can bring trouble, if you're not ready for it.
688563
When Joan Irvine's husband collapsed in July from heart problems, he was rushed to Montgomery General Hospital. There, he was admitted not by the family's primary care doctor but by a hospitalist, one of a growing breed of physicians specializing in inpatient care.
334774
NEW YORK - A well-wisher from Chicago hoped he would have a speedy recovery. An admirer who had just read his autobiography felt it was like having a friend in the hospital...
152054
Hurricane Katrina and its consequences are at the heart of Dr. Persharon M. DixonÂs distinctive medical practice.
404980
Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
124019
A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.
334893
Nepal's ailing 83-year-old Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala was "stable" on Tuesday after complaining of breathing problems on the weekend, his doctors said.
383109
Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
318417
Admitted with a lung infection to the University of Iowa&#39;s hospital recently, Katie Kauffman never saw her regular physician, but was instead cared for by a new breed of doctor she hadn&#39;t heard of before: a hospitalist.
5469
Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives âInternâ its offbeat appeal.
77952
A Delhi clinic is offering hope to the desperately ill. But the medical establishment is not convinced.
279297
A New Orleans doctor who rode out Katrina and is working to rebuild the cityâs health care system talks about the challenges and rewards of practicing medicine in the devastated city.