The distress that Will Bynum, MD, later recognized as shame settled over him nearly immediately. Bynum, then in his second year of residency training as a family medicine physician, was wrapping up a ...

Donald Trump and his health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. are under heavy fire from health experts from across the political spectrum for killing hundreds of millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine ...

There's an emerging effort to teach "shame competence" to medical school students and practicing physicians. While shame can't be eliminated, researchers maintain that related skills and practices can ...

Shame can lead people to avoid getting treatment for dental issues, potentially worsening oral health inequalities, a new study warns. A better understanding of dental shame could encourage more ...

Feelings of shame are linked to reduced quality of life - as shown by the first study to measure shame as a factor influencing the connection between chronic gastrointestinal disorders and mental ...