The words some doctors use are often misunderstood by patients and their families, leaving them feeling confused and vulnerable, according to researchers. In a study published Wednesday in the journal ...

Medical report phrases that sound scary but are usually benign Reading your medical records can feel like decoding a foreign ...

Every day it seems a biotech company releases data for a promising new drug that it hopes will cure some dreaded disease, but has been studied only in a handful of people so far. Or a big university ...

What in the World Does That Word Mean? Over many centuries, health professionals have developed a unique vocabulary, often derived from Greek or Latin words. Because many of these original medical ...

Pancake brain. Prune belly. Hot cross bun head. These phrases might sound like the kind of mean-spirited monikers you’d expect from a playground bully, but they’re actually common terms used by some ...