In the United States’ health care system, you can spend weeks or months anticipating a doctor‘s appointment, plus a few minutes or hours in the waiting room when the day comes. In contrast, your ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If you've tried to schedule a doctor’s appointment recently, you might have had to flip your calendar to a ...

Everyone has experienced it: It can take forever to get an appointment to see your doctor. We dig into the underlying problems and offer hope for a better future. By now, most of us understand that ...

It’s human nature to feel a little anxious when you have an upcoming doctor’s appointment. COVID-19 certainly changed the way our health care system operated over the past few years. Many doctor ...

A Roman poet, Virgil, said, “The greatest wealth is health.” More than 2,000 years later, that statement still rings true. While scheduling and going to doctor’s appointments can feel like a full-time ...

Getting a doctor’s appointment for an urgent issue like the flu or COVID may not be a problem these days, but anyone trying to become established as a new patient with a family doctor may be in for a ...

This is a typical waiting room in a doctor's office. Waiting time can be frustrating for both patients and doctors (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The average physician now ...

Taking time to prepare for your doctor’s appointment can help ensure you make the most of your time and cover everything important to you. This can include writing down your questions beforehand and ...