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Why Medical School May Not Be the Path for You 07/30/2018 08:00pm • Not every person who wishes to become a physician is cut out for it, and it's better to discover that truth earlier rather than later. A person may have the best intentions -- a deep desire to help humanity, for example -- but intentions alone won't spell success in medical school. Here are common r 10 Medical Schools With the Most Applicants 07/30/2018 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C Bethesda doctor identified as victim in fatal Del. watercraft crash 07/30/2018 07:02pm • WASHINGTON — A doctor from Bethesda, Maryland, has been identified as the man killed in a personal watercraft accident in Delaware Saturday. Dr. Stephen Greenhouse, 53, died after his watercraft collided with another one Saturday afternoon off Little Assawoman Bay on Saturday, the Delaware Depa Va. woman convicted of $83M Medicare, insurance fraud 07/30/2018 05:40pm • WASHINGTON — A Loudoun County, Virginia, woman who ran a sleep study clinic has been convicted on charges of running a health care fraud that siphoned $83 million from Medicare and private insurers. Young Yi, 44, of Sterling, who formed the 1st Class Sleep Diagnostic Center and 1st Class Medica ASL Interpreters: Allies or Oppressors? 07/26/2018 08:00pm • Whenever you scroll through your Facebook feed, go to a concert or attend a public event, you'll often see a person whose hands and body seem to move like a silent rapid-fire raver, magically providing access to the world of sound for deaf people. Often, you'll see these people glorified on Faceboo Credit Card Advice That Doesn't Always Work 07/26/2018 08:00pm • Sometimes, credit card advice isn't as clear-cut as we'd like. It would be great if credit cards came with a user manual that could tell us the exact results of our actions. But that isn't possible because credit card advice isn't a one-size-fits-all game. Everyone's situation is a bit unique. Keep Predicting Arthritis for the Next Generations 07/26/2018 08:00pm • Baby boomers know it, and so do their parents: Older age often brings arthritis. And it may already be time for the next generations -- millennials and Generation Zers -- to pay attention to that fact. The number of people being diagnosed with arthritis appears to be climbing fast, and experts say i Can Physical Therapy After Breast Cancer Surgery Reduce Risk of Lymphedema? 07/26/2018 08:00pm • The American Cancer Society reports that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, and for many of these patients, surgery will be part of their treatment. These surgical procedures can be grouped into two main categories: breast-conserving surgery, such as a lumpectomy, or Your Guide to Exercising With Osteoporosis 07/26/2018 08:00pm • If you have osteopenia or osteoporosis, you may be concerned that putting stress on your bones through exercise could lead to fractures. But with the right strategy, working out is the exact solution to help prevent those very injuries. "Exercise causes stress on the body, which is not always a bad Data Doctors: How to maximize iPhone battery life 07/26/2018 09:31am • Q: My iPhone battery is almost dead by the middle of the day most of the time and I suspect some new apps I installed recently might be contributing. Is there a way to check them? A: In the early days of the iPhone, Apple essentially paused third-party apps that were running in the background, but Too Fat for Fitness? Lessons From a Plus-Size Athlete 07/25/2018 08:00pm • I used to have lists of all the things I was going to do when I was thin. But after years of yo-yo dieting, losing weight and -- like the vast majority of dieters -- inevitably gaining more back, I realized that day may never come. So, I decided to stop waiting for a thin body to show up and take t What It's Like to Be 11 -- and Have Crohn's Disease 07/25/2018 08:00pm • At age 8, Allie Shute woke up in a panic, her jaws trembling in anxiety. It was the morning of her first batch of tests to find out what was causing the symptoms she'd been living with . Now 11, Allie appears to be what most would call a typical middle schooler. Her vibrant pink shirt reflects her PANDAS: When a Simple Strep Throat Leads to Frightening Behavior 07/25/2018 08:00pm • Diana Pohlman thought her 7-year-old son, Garrett, had been molested or assaulted. How else could she explain that one day he was a healthy, happy kid, and the next, she says, "he was completely out of his mind?" Case in point: He came home from second grade, fell to the ground and began panicking Finding a Cure for Physician Burnout 07/24/2018 08:00pm • Today more than ever, professionals tend to get caught on the proverbial wheel, spinning in our fast-paced worlds. This is even more true for physicians. Unlike their predecessors, who were able to spend time and focus on patient care, today's physicians are tasked with juggling additional, more co How Can I Find the Best Pulmonologist? 07/24/2018 08:00pm • Our lungs work hard every day to make sure we're able to do all the things we need to do, extracting oxygen from the air we breathe and sending it onward to cells in every corner of the body. The lungs also remove the waste carbon dioxide that the body produces, a process repeated thousands of time