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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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Match Day goes virtual

As the nation grapples with COVID-19, medical schools take a moment to celebrate more than 30,000 students who matched to their chosen specialty.

  • March 20, 2020
Students at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School gathered in the online videoconferencing platform Zoom to share Match Day announcements
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The Match®: 10 things to know as the day draws nigh

Even as COVID-19 upends daily life, Match Day goes on — sending medical students on their next career step and strengthening America’s health care system.

  • March 18, 2020
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The new coronavirus affects us all. But some groups may suffer more.

The new coronavirus is worrisome for everyone. But for people who live with poverty, health inequities, and other woes, the outbreak could be especially brutal.

  • March 16, 2020
Residents receive food from the National Guard near a containment area set up to halt the spread of COVID-19 in New Rochelle, New York.
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Coronavirus testing: How academic medical labs are stepping up to fill a void

As a CDC test failed, academic labs across the country developed their own. Some tests are live, while others await FDA approval.

  • March 12, 2020
A woman runs tests using a test tube in a lab
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An increasing number of teaching hospitals offer online counseling visits. That's more important now than ever.

Telepsychiatry visits are increasing access to mental health care, particularly in rural areas, prisons, and nursing homes.

  • March 12, 2020
A woman having an on-line discussion with her doctor
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This should come as no surprise

As Congress considers laws to protect patients from surprise bills, teaching hospitals provide upfront cost estimates, fee discounts, and physicians in network.

  • March 11, 2020
A woman stares at a handful of bills
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Is it time for term limits in academic medicine?

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, spoke with AAMCNews about how term limits are needed to diversify medical school leadership.

  • March 10, 2020
Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
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“This is what we do”: Academic medicine mobilizes to prepare for COVID-19

From training front-line workers to activating their incident command centers, hospitals are preparing for a worst-case scenario — and hoping for a best.

  • March 6, 2020
Health care workers transport a patient into an ambulance
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Bankruptcy court approves request from Hahnemann owners to purchase liability insurance for residents and attending physicians

Hospital owners had asked court to approve $6.2 million payment to ensure physicians’ liability insurance coverage will continue now that Hahnemann has closed.

  • March 4, 2020
A health care worker exits Hahnemann University Hospital on July 9, 2019. (Christopher Evens/Alamy Stock Photo)
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Celebrating 10 women medical pioneers

These women faced poverty, stereotypes, and discrimination and went on to build hospitals, win a Nobel, run a medical school, and improve the lives of millions.

  • March 3, 2020
Students in the operating amphitheater of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1903