Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. My patient’s wife glared at me from across his bed, where she stood ...

Ruth Parry, PhD, still remembers a conversation she mishandled as a junior National Health Service stroke rehabilitation physiotherapist many years ago. Ruth Parry, PhD “I was treating a man whose ...

Providers perceive about 17% of patients to be "difficult", attributed to conditions such as personality disorders, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. HealthDay News — Providers perceive 17 ...

Prevalence of difficult encounters among clinic patients was 0.17; characteristics that increased difficulty included depression, chronic pain. (HealthDay News) — Providers perceive 17 percent of ...

Physicians viewed 17% of patient encounters as difficult, according to a meta-analysis. Patient characteristics associated with perceived difficulty included personality disorders, depression, anxiety ...

PHOENIX, Arizona — For nursing students, delivering a life-altering diagnosis or navigating end-of-life discussions can be more daunting than any clinical procedure. At Creighton University’s Health ...

In nonpsychiatric settings, primary care physicians consider 17% of their patients as “difficult,” particularly those who have anxiety or depression, according to research published Jan. 12 in Annals ...

Every few weeks I turn up in a hospital gown at a medical exam room in Massachusetts and describe a set of symptoms that I don’t really have. Students listen to my complaints of stomach pain, a bad ...

There’s only one game remaining in the regular season for every team in the NFL, but for some, a trip to the playoffs is riding on how Week 18 plays out. Looking at the NFL playoff picture, there are ...

The 2025-26 NFL Playoff picture continued to take shape Sunday, with several wins and losses affecting the seeding in both the NFC and AFC brackets. The Houston Texans took a big leap up the standings ...

With just two weeks left to play in the NFL's 2025 regular season, only one division has been clinched so far, but that could change in Week 17. After the Eagles clinched the NFC East, the seven ...