I assume my doctor would have no need for the $20 grocery gift card I usually use as a thank-you. What would you suggest? GENTLE READER: What about giving her something priceless, which is what ...

Even out in public, if I run into someone from the hospital, it is common for them to address me as “Dr. Jones.” However, when I go to a medical office as a patient, whether it is my primary ...

Fast forward to last year, my doctor had me do a scan to check for arterial plaque because my total cholesterol went over 300 mmol/L. I had declined her recommendation to take prescription ...

‘My life was destroyed by a drug that a doctor prescribed after a ten-minute conversation, without offering me any warning of the potentially devastating side-effects,’ says the 37-year-old ...

A mum of triplets who had the same life-threatening condition as Jesy Nelson during her pregnancy faced a heartbreaking question from doctors ... for them to tell me my babies were OK, and ...

“The doctors weren’t overly concerned, so neither was I.” She then began to develop pain throughout her body - but again put it down to getting older. "I was tripping over my feet, running ...

But it was the discomfort from her legs that upset her most. 'I kept going to the doctor about it but was always told my big legs were just fat, and that I needed to lose weight,' says Pai.

Brittany Burnette, a 34-year-old nursing home director from Tennessee, dedicated her life to caring for others—until she developed a debilitating condition that caused her bones to rot after ...

If anyone goes near them, I scream the place down. "Another doctor decided it was worth trying to save it.I've got horrendous scarring on my legs from where the flesh has fallen away but I don't care.

Thankfully, another doctor stepped in and said they thought the limb could be saved. "They were going to amputate my leg at the knee," Teresa, from Stowmarket, Suffolk, said. "I was in so much ...

As a child, Sarah had she struggled with unexplained symptoms, and doctors repeatedly dismissed her concerns. She said: "I was convinced my problems were psychological because that's what they ...

Hello Kitty's Sanrio is celebrating some major anniversaries in style, collaborating with the Japanese watch brand Angel Heart for new anniversary watches inspired by the characters My Melody and ...