On New Year's Day, 2023, 25-year-old Imogen Nunn died by suicide. Nunn candidly shared her experiences of deafness and mental health problems. An inquest revealed that long-standing issues in ...

FRAMINGHAM — When Dan Ringer’s first daughter, Delaney, was born deaf 16 years ago, he learned American Sign Language. It's a skill that he brings, along with his natural compassion, to assist deaf ...

Pediatric primary care providers need more training and support in respectfully addressing weight issues with families while avoiding inadvertently stigmatizing terms, suggest findings from a ...

A new study shows that when clinicians hear a patient described with negatively biased language, they develop less empathy towards the patient and, in some cases, become less accurate in recalling the ...

Recent regulations from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have, respectively, focused on prohibiting information blocking ...

Originally published on BMS.com in recognition of Health Literacy Month, the following article highlights how Bristol Myers Squibb’s Universal Patient Language (UPL) program is advancing clearer, more ...

“What is your duty in the matter of telling a patient that he is probably the subject of an incurable disease? ... One thing is certain; it is not for you to don the black cap and, assuming the ...