Dr. Atul Gawande talks with Dr. Eric Topol about being mesmerized by surgery, unpeeling great stories, and why he keeps his options open.

Nearly 2 decades after the furor over Lucian Leape's 'Error in Medicine,' the number of hospital deaths related to medical errors continues to grow.

A 29-year-old Stanford dropout has developed a new biotechnology that threatens to give laboratory medicine its biggest shakeup in decades.

Dr. Eric Topol talks with NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman about juggling careers in medicine and television, and what it's like to break through academia's glass ceiling.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, talks with Medscape at the National Health Research Forum in Washington, DC.

Dr. Charles Argoff discusses the management of a 55-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis and peripheral nerve injury who is overusing her opioids.

Being friends with your patient could distort your medical judgment. Ethicist Art Caplan tells us when such friendships are acceptable.

American Psychiatric Association President Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman on how government policies are out of sync with our country's medical needs.

Accepting a small gift from a patient seems perfectly fine, but what if you receive a very costly gift that has the potential to influence the care you give?

Farzad Mostashari, MD, reflects on his tenure as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in an interview with Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD.