Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed.

The Internet has changed the patient-physician relationship but may actually help that relationship become more equally balanced in terms of information flow.

Little-know medical facts about weight-loss aids.

A physician describes how patients are selected for gastric bypass surgery in his practice and the lifelong relationship he commits to with his surgical patients.

Patients for gastric bypass surgery should be carefully selected on the basis of several objective factors, and those chosen should be treated and monitored by specialized teams to optimize outcomes.

Two doctrines are proposed for electronic medical records: one, to regulate the storage and exchange of data, and the other, to empower patients to choose who has access to their medical information.

Dr Thaddeus M. Pope joins Health By Law to discuss updates to the Uniform Law Commission’s Health-Care Decisions Act.