Dr. Nitin Pai, a practicing gastroenterologist in Pune for the last 25 years, medicine is not just a career-it’s a family tradition. As a third-generation doctor, he never had to ask himself why he ...

Not long ago, I cared for a middle-aged man I’ll call Jim, who was generally healthy but had recently started to feel sluggish. One of his friends told him to try a hormone supplement. After Jim saw ...

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Credit: Getty Images. The perspectives of professional societies and experts differ significantly on whether clinicians other than physicians should be permitted to use the honorific “doctor.” Recent ...

Every year on July 1, India celebrates National Doctors' Day. This year's theme, "Honor the Calling," is a timely reminder that medicine is not merely a profession—it is a lifelong commitment to ...

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in a decade America will have a shortage of up to 124,000 doctors. This makes no sense. The profession is lavishly paid: $350,000 is ...