Sometimes it’s pretty obvious that it’s time to head to the emergency room, but others…you might not be so sure. You may start to second-guess yourself: Is it really that serious? Especially for women ...

Hospital emergency rooms (or departments) deal with sudden illnesses and injuries. They maintain preparedness for every kind of health emergency, including vehicular accidents, heart attacks, strokes, ...

In the past, going to the emergency room was kind of a no-brainer: If you were sick and needed immediate medical attention, you went. But that’s changed with the COVID-19 pandemic. ER visits plummeted ...

As an emergency medicine physician, being in the emergency room (ER) is my comfort zone. But I’ve also experienced the ER as a worried spouse and mother, so I know it can be a mysterious, frightening, ...