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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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CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Professionalism
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Calling all voices

New editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine seeks to broaden perspectives in the esteemed journal.

  • May 7, 2020
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To address COVID-19 and future pandemics, we must answer fundamental questions

Being in the middle of a pandemic feels unsettling and frightening. We need more research to better diagnose, treat, and prevent COVID-19.

  • April 15, 2020
A researcher in protective gear holds a COVID-19 blood sample
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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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Packing ethics into medical students’ global health trips

Short-term global health programs can misread local needs and put students in tough situations. Here’s how leaders are ensuring ethical, effective experiences.

  • Feb. 11, 2020
two patients and a global health worker
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Academic medicine on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak

As a new, deadly virus spreads, U.S. experts are mobilizing to decode the disease and protect patients. A leading virologist talks about breaking developments.

  • Jan. 30, 2020
A person in a biohazard suit takes a person's temperature
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Please, call me Doctor

Physicians’ first names don’t belong in the classroom or the clinic, argues one educator.

  • Jan. 22, 2020
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AAMC Statement on Passage of Appropriations Minibus and Health Extenders Package

AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued a statement on passage of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.

  • Dec. 18, 2019
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Research at the ends of the earth

From the heights of Mount Everest to the bottom of the ocean, some researchers go to extremes in their quest for scientific solutions.

  • Dec. 15, 2019
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Please, call me Mara

Medical students and residents are responsible, mature, and smart. Let’s show them our respect by asking them to use our first names, argues one educator.

  • Dec. 3, 2019
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Can compassion help heal patients — and providers?

With tools like MRIs, neuroscientists are literally reading minds to understand and boost compassion. Now they’re using what they know to help heal medicine.

  • Nov. 19, 2019
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