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.

Many types of medical practitioners can treat you and your family. But with so many types, it may be hard to decide which to see. Here’s how to differentiate between primary care practitioners, family ...

Close up of provider writing medical data of hospitalized patient while visiting him at intensive care unit. The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to ...

MOSCOW, Pa.— It’s not the fanciest medical practice — a converted beauty salon inside a home. But it’s where dozens of people in this rural northeastern Pennsylvania community came when they felt sick ...

When you go to a doctor’s office for a stomachache, sore throat or back pain, it’s becoming more likely that the person treating you won’t be a physician but a nurse practitioner. Even Dr. Thomas ...