A study of nearly 1,000 social media posts about direct-to-consumer medical tests found that most downplayed the risks and overhyped the benefits. Influencers often have a financial incentive to ...

The modern healthcare system operates on a fundamental belief that more testing equals better care, especially for older adults. This approach, while well-intentioned, has created an unexpected crisis ...

Many of us with health anxiety have unreasonably high expectations of medical professionals and resources. We hope and expect that physicians, scans, examinations or tests should be able to provide a ...

Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses. Her stories explore the price tag of clinical AI, digital health at the FDA, and the boom in direct-to-consumer ...

I get anxious about viewing my medical test results online. What should I do? Should I view them on my own, or ask for my doctor to weigh in first? My patient, a retired Miami cop, had seen a lot of ...

Racing heart, dizziness, shortness of breath—these classic anxiety symptoms prompt thousands to seek help from mental health professionals each year. Yet for many patients, these troubling sensations ...