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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

  • June 27, 2024
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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have…

As prostate cancer cases rise, newer drugs, genetic testing, and clearer imaging give patients more options, reduce side effects, and save time.

  • June 25, 2024
In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an external device is used to drive electromagnetic pulses through the skull to improve mood.
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The growing field of neurotherapeutics offers psychiatric patients new hope

Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies

  • June 20, 2024
Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024

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AAMCNews Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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DACA students risk everything to become doctors

Nearly 200 undocumented students and residents are currently training in U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals.

  • Sept. 17, 2019
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Increase Funding and Reauthorize the Title VII and VIII Health Professions Training Programs

Learn more about the Title VII and VII Health Professions training Programs and the AAMC's position on them.

  • Sept. 10, 2019
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The healing power of poetry

Poetry beats like a heart, soothes emotional wounds, and builds life-giving connections.

  • Aug. 16, 2019
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A summer of opportunity for future health professionals

The Summer Health Professions Education Program celebrates 30 years of preparing students who are underrepresented in the health professions.

  • Aug. 2, 2019
students in surgery at SHPEP University of Iowa
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Doing better for disadvantaged students

Learn Serve Lead 2019: The AAMC Annual Meeting speaker and sociologist Anthony Jack, PhD, studies the challenges that come with being disadvantaged.

  • July 30, 2019
Anthony Jack, PhD
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A conversation with David J. Skorton, MD

The new president and CEO of the AAMC talks about increasing the diversity of the health care workforce and embracing the arts and humanities.

  • July 15, 2019
David J. Skorton, MD sitting on a chair
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Where are all the women in surgery?

Women have been discouraged from entering the surgical specialties. That’s changing, thanks to concerted efforts by medical schools and teaching hospitals.

  • July 15, 2019
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“Manning up” can often bring men down

Too often, black men don't share their feelings and miss out on getting mental health help.

  • July 14, 2019
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Enduring truths in an age of disruption

In his final column as president and CEO of the AAMC, Darrell G. Kirch, MD, reflects on the values that guide academic medicine.

  • July 9, 2019
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Finding success as a first-generation medical student

Students who were the first in their families to graduate from college are bringing about change in medical school, cheered on by mentors and advocates.

  • July 2, 2019