A man who pleaded guilty in April in a patient abuse case was sentenced Thursday to nine months in prison.

Patients said a Pennsylvania foot doctor got handys with them during appointments while keeping them dependent on opioids. Now, he's been sentenced. Women who accused a western Pennsylvania podiatrist ...

State investigations at two Prospect-owned hospitals in Connecticut unearthed a pattern of alleged patient abuse and a failure by hospital staff to conduct timely investigations in accordance with ...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that a Richmond man was found guilty of sexual assault and patient ...

Three-quarters of Canadian family doctors say they suffered at least one incident of major abuse at the hands of a patient, according to a new study. The study, the first national look at violence in ...

Poor training, understaffing and confusing work policies were to blame for an incident in which a patient was improperly restrained at the state's newest psychiatric hospital in Butner, workers said ...

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse and assault. When a woman came to the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute complaining of hip and groin pain, X-ray technician Karol Ruszczyk ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former residential healthcare employee is now in jail after being accused of abusing a vulnerable adult in his care. Larry Brantley, 44, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and ...