Did a real-life or fictional doctor inspire you to become a doctor? My mother—a trailblazing physician in rural India in the 1960s—was my greatest inspiration. She was one of the first female doctors ...

Telemedicine may help practitioners better reach their patients, but the convenience could come at a cost for the provider. In a qualitative study recently accepted in Nature’s Pediatric Research ...

The rise of social media has transformed how people — especially children and adolescents — access information, interact with their surroundings, and make decisions about their health and well-being.

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on health information and how they view their own health. Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...