More hospitals across the country are using medical chaperones to accompany patients during doctor visits. Massachusetts' largest hospital network recently started offering them to patients undergoing ...

Doctors have long dealt with stigma and threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and substance disorders. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen some ...

People of South Asian origin are more likely to be affected by heart disease, but their risks often go unnoticed. Researchers are looking to genetics to better understand heart disease in South Asians ...

Priyanka Dayal McCluskey, WBUR senior health reporter, and Michael Curry, president and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, join WBUR's Morning Edition to review the biggest ...

Loneliness and social isolation have major implications for our health. Health care providers and insurers are starting to pay more attention to these risks. And in Massachusetts, there is a program ...