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 ...

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 — ...

Many people with mental health or substance use disorders experience stigma and perceived biases when seeking medical care—not directly related to their mental health—in a hospital Emergency ...

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 ...

What is the best way to make a stressful emergency room visit even more stressful? The disease or the accident is not the ...

One hospital's push to transition patients who are nearing the end of life from the emergency room to hospice care appears to be working. After the program went into effect, 54% of ER patients at ...

BOSTON – An IV bag dangled from a curtain rod, pumping fluids into the patient. A paramedic drew a blood sample as an Olympic women’s rugby match blared on the television facing the woman’s bed. Lucia ...

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 ...