Serious question: Is it OK for medical professionals to laugh at themselves or make fun of the profession in public? Some say no. I say it’s not only OK, but humor might be good for the professional — ...

BANGOR, MaineBANGOR, Maine — A state lawmaker is taking exception to the macabre humor that Maine’s chief medical examiner used in an old job posting. The 2017 posting for a deputy medical examiner ...

Tensions rise at St. Denis Medical as new challenges test both leadership and loyalty. Episode 3 promises fresh conflicts, ...

If you work in health care, you know that a healthy sense of humor is an important way to combat a pressure-filled work environment. A chuckle every now and then can work wonders. Have you thumbed ...

The brutally honest preschooler who comes to visit your patient, the nursing meme someone posted on the coffee machine, a rumbling stomach during a blood pressure check: If you don't notice humor in ...

Since I believe laughter is often the best medicine, I didn’t have to look very far to find funny movie scenes that also delivered meaningful medical lessons. Since I am a huge proponent of laughter ...

Source: By NBC Television (eBay front back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In Samuel Shem’s seminal 1978 novel about medical internship, The House of God, the protagonist calls patients ...

“Oops” is not what a patient expects from a hospital nurse fixing to administer a pain-relieving treatment. In my case she simply had squeezed an extra gob of ...

Wendi McLendon-Covey explains why her new role in the NBC sitcom "St. Denis Medical" made sense following her 10-year run on ...

This week is a special week on the Medical Watch, WGN News is honoring the unsung heroes of medicine — nurses. From cancer treatment to rehab, we tackle memory care and end of life. When a person gets ...

They say that laughter is the best medicine, but it could be a good parenting tool too, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State. In a pilot study, the research team found that most ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A state lawmaker is ...