More medical residents across the country are joining a union known as the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR). They want a stronger collective voice in advocating for a safe and healthy training ...

As medical schools across the United States have expanded to meet the needs of an aging population, the number of post-graduate training positions — commonly known as residency programs — has not kept ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—Olga Meave, M.D., didn’t mind the dry, 105-degree heat that scorched this Central Valley city on a recent afternoon. The sweltering summer days remind her of home in Sonora, Mexico ...

With more than £100,000 in student debt, Dr Luke Craddock, 26, now faces unemployment - Lorne Campbell/Guzelian After seven years of medical training, gruelling hospital shifts and more than £100,000 ...

Doctors aren't the only ones who wear white coats. But one physician is trying to show that the traditional white doctor's garb can do extra duty in the kitchen. As Americans strive to eat more ...

The manifesto rang with a tone of bitter disappointment. “We are growing intellectually passive,” it said. “Much of our time is squandered in academic exercises from which we learn little.” Rigid ...

For Dr. Aaron Hultgren, the wake-up call was Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when the young emergency physician returned from an overseas trip and found his hospital without power, its doors closed to the ...

When Leena Aljobeh saw her sister-in-law talk with a doctor after giving birth, something clicked that inspired her to go into medicine. She was always a people person with an interest in science. At ...

Resident doctors are considering a revised government proposal on training and job reforms as the BMA consults members on ...

Dr. Olga Meave examines Veronica Ayon at Clinica Sierra Vista, in Bakersfield, Calif., in August. Ayon says she feels most comfortable with Meave because they share a cultural background and language.