Adults can say “no” to any aspect of medical treatment that they wish to. This includes recommended diagnostic tests, physical examinations, drugs, or surgeries. This is part of patient consent, which ...

Poland is a board-certified addiction medicine physician, associate professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. I’m writing this with a heating pad on my back, a lukewarm cup of ...

What if happiness came not from what we accept, but from what we reject? More and more women are finding balance by learning to say no—no to what society values, no to what tires, no to what damages.

You stopped drinking—but the rest of the world didn’t. One of the hardest parts of changing your relationship with alcohol is learning how to say “no” to a drink with confidence. People ask me all the ...

When many of us started our careers, our instinct was to say “yes” to opportunities, “yes” to requests, “yes” to anyone who asked for our time or expertise. That eagerness helped us build ...