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A consultant asked the author and her colleagues that question--and took their responses seriously. This article shows how well a practice makeover can work when physicians are given their say.

This doctor believes in the saying, "Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before."

While specialists are in high demand, primary care doctors can still find work?especially those willing to practice in Small Town, USA.

Doctors are finding nontraditional ways to supplement stagnant practice earnings--selling everything from pregnancy calendars to advice on aging. Here&s what works.

Your best resource when looking for employment in this high-tech age? It's that old standby--other people.

Don't fumble the patient handoff

Teens, Real Estate, Savings

When her suicidal patient balked at going straight to the psychiatric hospital, the author put her foot down and was rewarded in more ways than one.

When her suicidal patient balked at going straight to the psychiatric hospital, the author put her foot down and was rewarded in more ways than one.

After leasing a powerful new sports car, the author enrolls in a high-performance driving school. The trick now is to survive the two-day course.

But progress is painfully slow, our latest survey shows. And the pressure on payments isn't letting up.

Education, Fuel Prices, Banking

In a single year, the market went from "Raging Bull" to "Cries and Whispers." Four of our five model portfolios did much better

Here are six qualities that can help your portfolio soar.

Of 17 stock funds we recommended a year ago, 13 beat the S&P 500?six by more than double.

The world has changed in the 27 years since our first annual Financial Guide--but our mission remains constant: to help you save and invest wisely and profitably.

You'll have more time in the office for patients who really need it. But don't ignore the legal and economic concerns.

The Internet, Stocks, E-Commerce, Autos

Don't hold your breath. This year, neither major party candidate is straying far from the political center. Now if Ralph Nader had his way...

More than 100 medical programs are designed for personal digital assistants. Here's how some key titles stack up.

An intranet at the University of Michigan Health System is pulling patient information together into a useful electronic medical record.

Intimate partner abuse is as common--and as much of a medical problem--as smoking, hypertension, and other ills that you routinely ask patients about.

Acupuncture works for both patients and doctors, Might this patient have been telling the truth?, Now the picture is clearer, Have women doctors learned to strike a balance?

Most doctors have children?and no end of frustration and joy raising them.

Letters to the Editors

Autos, Stocks, Plastic, Retirement

Pulled out of a snowdrift, the patient seemed near death--the perfect subject for a young intern who'd been hoarding vials of a light brown powder.

A child darted into the street, changing the author's life forever.

The Honduran villagers were poor, many sickly, and they'd just endured Hurricane Mitch. But the author saw more smiles in a week than in many months of practice back home.

Whether it's cereal or health insurance, you're right to wonder whether there's truth in the hype--and to be concerned about what the "improvements" might cost you.