Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that all medical schools specifically train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they’re hitting ...

Being a medical student or resident is hard enough, but what if you have a disability that adds to the challenge? One medical resident with a physical disability was about a year and a half into ...

I give a lot of talks to groups of doctors, especially newer doctors such as residents and fellows. Two of the most common questions I get after these talks are what kind of insurance they should get ...

Lisa Iezzoni was in medical school at Harvard in the early 1980s when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She started experiencing some of the symptoms, including fatigue, but she wasn't ...

Doctors, dentists and other medical professionals see the consequences of disabling injuries all the time in their line of work. It is a hands-on profession, so it’s not surprising that most of them ...

Denise Hok, of Colorado Springs, Colo., opts for home health care over visiting a doctor’s office, when possible. (Dougal Brownlie for KHN) Going to the doctor’s office can feel so routine. You sit in ...

The Government Accountability Office plans to investigate the Social Security Administration’s use of consultant doctors to review claims, a congressman announced Monday. The announcement follows a ...