The doctor instructed his patient to stand in front of him. He cupped her crotch and inserted his fingers into her vagina through her clothes, moving his hand repeatedly to her rectal area. Then he squeezed her breasts, according to the formal accusation filed by the Medical Board of California.
In recent midterm election exit polls, 41 percent of American voters cited health care as the most important issue facing the country. But beyond agreeing on its importance, Americans haven’t come to a consensus about whether health care is a right, a privilege or a commodity.
Twelve years after Teresa McKeown beat stage 3 breast cancer with a brutal regimen of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, the disease returned, more aggressively than before. This time chemotherapy failed. Day after day, she sat in a chair in her living room, too sick to move. She kept four journals, one each for her husband and her three grown children, and mustered the strength to write her thoughts about a future she didn’t expect to share.
Children's Hospital of Michigan announced it is restricting visiting hours and rules during flu season, as there is a rise of confirmed flu cases in the metro Detroit area. Dr. Curt Stankovic, the medical director of pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Hospital said younger children are particularly susceptible to catching and spreading these illnesses.
BOSTON – A federal jury Thursday convicted five defendants on racketeering and mail fraud charges stemming from the probe of a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs shipped from the company where they all worked.
A week ahead of its next meeting, the team leading the University of South Florida's efforts to consolidate appears to be without a leader. Dr. Jonathan Ellen, named chairman of USF's consolidation task force in March, stepped down as CEO of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital on Tuesday.