The announcement follows several prominent cases of Army doctors taking indecent liberties with patients behind closed doors.

As part of their training, medical students sometimes perform intimate physical examinations on surgical patients who are under anesthesia. Federal guidelines now prohibit this teaching practice ...

The previous policy required medical facilities to accommodate a request for a chaperone but did not require that they be ...

Self-breast examination helps detect early changes that may signal breast cancer. A medical oncologist explains how to do a ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday patient care, moving from behind-the-scenes tools into exam ...

How well a newly minted doctor scores on their medical board exam appears linked to patients’ odds of dying or being readmitted to the hospital. Doctors’ performance on ratings of knowledge and skill ...