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Physicians often harbor unconscious bias against kids and teens with obesity. It affects how they talk with their patients and can make kids' health worse. Some doctors are trying a new approach.

Monday marked the first day of class for students in Nova Southeastern University's new medical doctorate, or M.D., program. It's the first such program...

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the family of a child who had to undergo a kidney transplant in a medical-malpractice case that…

A Broward County doctor has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenager during a medical procedure.The South Florida…

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says the medical establishment and drugmakers began telling doctors in the 1980s that opioids were effective treatment for chronic pain. "That was patently false," she says.

State medical authorities revoked the medical license of an “integrative medicine” doctor Thursday for his role in the death of a college student from…

A new poll shows that Floridians are divided about how their health care has changed in the two years since much of the Affordable Care Act has gone into…

Young doctors being trained at dozens of hospitals around the country are being asked to work up to 30 hours straight as part of a study. Critics say the study is risky and unethical.

Health care providers around Florida are continuing a push for laws that would expand the roles of nurse practitioners and physicians assistants.Florida…

Over a two-month period, the Florida Department of Health ordered 59 individuals or businesses to stop playing doctor, the Palm Beach Post reports. Most…