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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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Why we know so little about women’s health

Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical trials. Today, the medical field still doesn’t know how well many drugs and devices work for women.

  • March 26, 2024
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Why Aren’t There More Disabled Doctors?

This week on “Beyond the White Coat,” we’re discussing a group that often gets left out of the diversity conversation: doctors with disabilities.

  • March 19, 2024
Beyond the White Coat Podcast Season 4, Episode 6: Why Aren’t There More Disabled Doctors? with David J. Skorton, MD, Allison Kessler, MD, and Lisa Meeks, PhD.
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Artistic medical students and The Match®

A New York Times bestselling author. A professional dancer. A potter. Some students have pursued artistic endeavors throughout their medical school journeys.

  • March 13, 2024
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Personalized medicine is coming, but who will have access to it?

Experts warn that new technologies that tailor health care to individuals may exacerbate health inequities.

  • March 7, 2024
Researchers work in the lab of Marjorie Gondré-Lewis, PhD, at Howard University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., which is a recipient of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to further diversity research in personalized medicine.
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Breaking barriers: A timeline of women in medicine

From being deemed too weak to study medicine in the 19th century to now outnumbering male medical students, we look at U.S. women in medicine across decades.

  • March 5, 2024
Students at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, one of the first U.S. medical schools for women, observe an operation in 1945.
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Drugs used in hospitals leave giant carbon footprint

The production and use of pharmaceuticals creates significant greenhouse gases. Hospitals are trying to reduce their own impact but face challenges.

  • Feb. 29, 2024
Covid-19 vaccine production line
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Recognizing a distinguished career in academic medicine

Steven L. Kanter, MD, executive director of AAHCI and former head of AAHC, to retire in June after spearheading the merger of those organizations with AAMC.

  • Feb. 27, 2024
Steven L. Kanter, MD
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Making medicine personal: Moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach to health care

Medical researchers and clinicians are making strides in understanding how to personalize treatment to individual patients’ needs.

  • Feb. 22, 2024
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, associate professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the University of Virginia (UVA) is leading experiments that may contribute to personalized medicine in the future.
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Ask an Expert About … Virtual Community Building

Penny Schnarrs, director of AAMC community relations and strategy, joins “Ask an Expert” to discuss the importance of building virtual communities.

  • Feb. 20, 2024
Beyond the White Coat presents Ask an Expert, Episode 5, with Penny Schnarrs, Director of Community Relations and Strategy
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States are banning gender-affirming care for minors. What does that mean for patients and providers?

As a growing number of U.S. states ban treatment to align a young person’s body with their gender identity, doctors must halt care they say can be lifesaving.

  • Feb. 20, 2024
A young woman siting on a psychiatrist's couch in the consulting room and talking to her therapeutic practitioner.