After becoming pain patients themselves, these physicians say they faced a system built to treat anatomy, not suffering. The lessons were humbling — and transformative.

The March 2 episode of American Idol marked the end of Hollywood Week — and the end of the road for some fan favorites. Do you agree with the official Top 30?

By law, insurers must spend 80% or 85% of premiums on patient care. But when prices rise, they can pass on the increase to ...

This article as published on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 in. By Elisabeth Rosenthal Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy.

I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for ...

The indoor track at Sykart is designed to challenge drivers of all skill levels, which is a fancy way of saying it’s easy to learn but incredibly difficult to master. The course winds through the ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the ...

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to ...

After enduring a two-year diagnostic odyssey, Gregory Maassen received a diagnosis of a postinfectious form of peripheral ...

Why do we have pain in the absence of injury, or long after our tissue has healed? How can the same pain stimulus feel so ...

Postoperative infections were the most common complication in spine patients at the 30- and 90- day checkpoint, according to the American Spine Registry’s 2026 report. The report, released Feb. 26, ...