Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that all medical schools specifically train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they’re hitting ...

I give a lot of talks to groups of doctors, especially newer doctors such as residents and fellows. Two of the most common questions I get after these talks are what kind of insurance they should get ...

Doctors, dentists and other medical professionals see the consequences of disabling injuries all the time in their line of work. It is a hands-on profession, so it’s not surprising that most of them ...

Three decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect, new research finds that many physicians remain unaware of their obligations under the law when caring for people with disabilities.

Lisa Iezzoni was in medical school at Harvard in the early 1980s when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She started experiencing some of the symptoms, including fatigue, but she wasn't ...

Shortly after one of my younger sisters was diagnosed with breast cancer in her early 50s, I scheduled a routine check-up with my new primary care physician. I use a wheelchair because of multiple ...

The Government Accountability Office plans to investigate the Social Security Administration’s use of consultant doctors to review claims, a congressman announced Monday. The announcement follows a ...

Doctors contracted by the state to review disability applications often processed claims quickly and denied most of them — making big money along the way. Tennessee has among the highest rejection ...