Pretend play is a great strategy to help a child overcome the fear of going to the doctor. Here's how to help prepare your toddler or preschooler for a visit with a pediatrician. New experiences like ...

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones - Proverbs 16:24 Clinical trials demonstrate that doctors (and other healthcare practitioners) who express empathy ...

Nine-year-old Gabrielle McNeal wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up, but on Friday, she got to pretend to be a doctor while her mom, Helen McNeal, sat on the physicians’ table. The pretend ...

AKRON, Ohio — Cherry Dudley is a human guinea pig. She does it for the betterment of humanity, socialization, a few bucks and a periodic chuckle. For several years Dudley, 61, has been playing the ...