Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. Welcome to the “First Opinion Podcast.” I’m Torie Bosch, editor of First Opinion. First Opinion is STAT’s home for big, bold ideas from health care ...

A confirmed MSH2-associated Lynch syndrome diagnosis provided a unifying biological explanation for multiple primary cancers ...

Seeing infectious disease patients at a North Carolina hospital on Christmas Day 2025 could easily make a doctor cynical. You might think this is the wrong moment to ask patients or their families ...

Patient portals like MyChart and My Health Connection are changing how people interact with healthcare, offering instant access to records, appointments, and secure messaging. While these tools can ...

The hype over GLP-1 drugs has become so great, some patients may be dead set on getting started on these obesity medications, no matter what you think. But as a physician, it’s your job to make sure ...

I always tell medical residents to sit. Preferably on a chair, or, with the patient’s permission, on the bed. As a fellow of maternal-fetal medicine, a specialty dealing with high-risk pregnancies, I ...

A doctor shares the story of a young patient with chronic illnesses who chose to stop dialysis and enter hospice.

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Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession. But days ...

Dr Kathryn Fox's patient woke up from resuscitation and punched her. He wasn't confused — he was angry. What happened next ...