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  • Tips to make sure doctors don’t tune you out0

    In their new book, When Doctors Don’t Listen, Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency room physicians Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky reveal that doctors often tune out a patient’s story when seeking a diagnosis. These doctors only clue in on specific symptoms, and they tend to then over-test and over-treat. The authors of the new book

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  • Breast-Saving cancer treatment may improve survival0

    According to a new study among early stage breast cancer survivors, those who receive a lumpectomy plus radiation and those who have a mastectomy both have similar rates of survival. The latest research indicates the more invasive surgery isn't necessarily the better option.   TODAY, 1/28/2013

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  • Aging America: Elder abuse on the rise0

    As many as 2 million seniors are abused, exploited or neglected every year, according to available statistics and surveys, and experts say that number could actually be much higher. Some research indicates that one in 10 seniors have suffered some form of abuse at least once. Unfortunately, the needs of these abuse victims are growing

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