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Despite a consensus that patients should be able to get mental health care from primary care doctors, insurance policies and financial incentives may not support that.

The Association of American Medical Colleges plans to roll out new diversity, equity, and inclusion standards aimed at teaching doctors, among other things, how to treat patients who are overweight with respect.

Growing up in a family of casino workers in Nevada, Samantha Marazita said she never pictured herself as the type to go to med school. Now she is being awarded her MD, as part of the inaugural class of Nova Southeastern's of Allopathic Medicine.

The state says Joseph Dorn did not conduct a physical exam of two patients and employed a "trick or scheme." The judge recommends dismissing the complaint.

Joseph Dorn is accused of not conducting a physical exam of two patients and employing a "trick or scheme." But Dorn claims he was the one tricked, by undercover agents who lied about their conditions.

Dr. Syed Zaidi said it's been heartbreaking and frustrating to watch so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients die. He's urging others to protect themselves before it's too late.

A physician is accusing health officials of breaking the law to create fake records in a case involving an investigator falsely posing as a military veteran with PTSD.

Dr. Linda Marraccini posted a note outside the office door and gave patients until Sept. 15 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or else she will end the doctor-patient relationship.

Televisits took off during the worst days of the pandemic, but states are rolling back the temporary rules that facilitated them. That’s adding fuel to debates about states’ authority over medical licensing.

A report recommends that all Americans select a primary care provider or be assigned one, a landmark step that could reorient how care is delivered in the nation’s fragmented medical system.