Tips for keeping your kid in one piece this year

Aug. 8, 2012
Before parents send their kids back to school, Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Dr. Rahul Khare and Dr. Michael Terry share their suggestions for dealing with allergies, heavy backpacks and a whole host of education-related problems.

In doctor-patient relationships, talking is the best medicine

Jun. 12, 2012
Communication is paramount to the success of most relationships—especially in the case of doctors and patients, where some emerging evidence suggests that good communication with a patient can lead to better health outcomes.

Paging Dr. Google

May. 1, 2012
According to a Pew Research survey, eight in ten American Internet users look for health information online. As a result, doctors say they're seeing an uptick in patient anxiety--or as medical types like to call it, "cyberchondria": the technologically savvy cousin of hypochondriasis is the result of unfounded anxiety concerning one's wellness brought on by visiting health and medical websites.