Medscape contributor Andrew N. Wilner, MD, recently encountered a vexing problem in his practice as a neurologist: multiple patients refusing medical treatment, at great cost to their own health and ...

A Washington state woman who was arrested after she refused for more than a year to consistently isolate or take medication for tuberculosis has finally been cured of the disease. The Tacoma-Pierce ...

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Patients who have contracted COVID-19 after refusing to get vaccinated against the disease are sharing their regrets on social media, as well as being featured in vaccination campaigns created by ...

A stern letter written by a California pediatrician warning parents that their children must be vaccinated or leave his practice is making the rounds on social media. The missive was written in 2015 ...

Credit: Getty Images. Difficult-to-help patients can present clinicians with interpersonal challenges. A cooperative model may at time better serve the relationship between patient and clinician.

A growing number of doctors across a wide range of specialties have done away with routine patient weigh-ins in an effort to avoid weight shaming, but others argue this obscures a critical health ...

A 60-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police say he refused to leave St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., and threatened to shoot hospital security guards, according to ...

Baby boomers, take note. The number of U.S. doctors refusing new Medicare patients has increased to record levels as low government payment rates force them out, statistics show. The American Academy ...

Local health officials obtained court orders to compel the patient to isolate and take medication, but she repeatedly violated them. The Health Department said Monday that the woman had tested ...