Seriously ill patients and family members face intense emotional suffering. Even a single word may scare patients and families, make them feel disempowered, and possibly negate the effectiveness of ...

These "never words" can be harmful when spoken by clinicians to patients and families facing serious illness. Seriously ill patients and their families experience intense emotional suffering, and ...

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Catheter Precision, Inc. (NYSE American:VTAK), a U.S.-based innovative medical device company focused on electrophysiology products, today announced it has received its first purchase order for LockeT ...

The Northwest Arkansas Council on Wednesday (Nov. 13) released a 44-page report that provides a roadmap toward transforming ...

Last month, the New York Times published a thoughtful opinion piece by Dr. Daniela Lamas of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (“ ...

Researchers have compiled a list of phrases that clinicians should avoid using when discussing sensitive issues with patients and their families.

H istorically, medical research has been male-dominated in terms of subjects as well as researchers, even though women make ...

Exhibit explores the many facets of modernist matriarch Gertrude Stein, who will be the subject of a conversation on Nov. 20 ...