I recently suffered from what doctors believe was encephalitis, a brain infection, likely contracted while traveling internationally. For the first time outside of pregnancy, I — an emergency doctor — ...

Patients fill a row of chairs while waiting to be seen at an emergency room in Fresno. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) If you’re in pain and have to go to the emergency room, it’s good to be a white ...

Syracuse, NY -- Despite putting a dent in emergency room wait times, two of Syracuse’s hospitals are still far worse than their peers nationally in getting patients in and out of ERs. St. Joseph’s ...

Patients nearing the end of life who go to the ER may have to wait for hospice care until it is too late One hospital's push to speed the transition got patients supportive end-of-life care sooner ...

My resident describes our next emergency room patient — a 32-year-old female with severe, crampy mid-abdominal pain, vomiting and occasional loose stools. The symptoms have been present for nearly a ...

Here’s a basic truth of human life: No one plans a visit to the emergency room, and no one really wants to be there. The unexpected, oh-****-now-I’m-in-trouble nature of the place means that everyone ...

If you’re in pain and have to go to the emergency room, it’s good to be a white man. A new study finds that women who go to the ER for treatment of pain are less likely to get the needed pain ...