What Is a General Practitioner? A general practitioner focuses on your overall physical and mental health. They're often also called family doctors or internists, but there is a slight difference.

Staying healthy means more than going to see a doctor when you're sick. It also means taking charge of your health by eating well, exercising regularly, and maintaining a strong relationship with your ...

“I always wanted to be a doctor. One of my first favorite toys as a child was the Fisher-Price doctor set with the stethoscope and the thermometer,” says Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., a board-certified ...

Many doctors have suggested that family physicians are struggling with an identity crisis. Is it true? Family physicians are specialists who, paradoxically, specialize in being comprehensivists. They ...