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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have improved

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

Pregnant woman in bed with a fan because of the heat wave

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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

June 6, 2024

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FDA and Academic Medicine Community Advancing Public Health Through Collaboration

As the practice of medicine rapidly changes, partnerships between academic medicine and public agencies such as the FDA will help achieve better health.

Nov. 1, 2016

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Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Confront the Obesity Epidemic

Training physicians to tackle obesity and motivate patients has been attracting greater attention from academic medicine—and with good reason.

Nov. 1, 2016

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New Focus in Medical Education on Learning to Recognize Causes of Diagnostic Errors

Medical students and residents are learning strategies to prevent diagnostic errors by recognizing flawed clinical reasoning and other factors.

Oct. 25, 2016

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Program Provides Alternative Path to Funding for Research Grants

A new public-private program has been established that offers researchers a second chance to find funding for their projects if they don’t receive NIH support.

Oct. 11, 2016

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New AAMC Chiefs to Tackle Big Issues in Medical Education, Research

The AAMC welcomes two new chiefs to its staff: Alison Whelan, MD, as chief medical education officer, and Ross McKinney Jr., MD, as chief scientific officer.

Oct. 4, 2016

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Celebrating Ignorance and Failure

Ignorance and failure are a critical component of success in scientific discovery, according to scientist and writer Stuart Firestein, PhD.

Sept. 29, 2016

Front covers of: Failure: Why Science Is So Successful and Ignorance: How it Drives Science

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3D Printers Are Revolutionizing Medicine

Scientists have developed innovative techniques that enable physicians to use 3D printers to create custom-designed body parts for patients.

Sept. 29, 2016

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Merging Social Determinants Data into EHRs to Improve Patient Outcomes

Given the growing body of evidence about the social determinants of health, there has been a push to enter social data into electronic health record systems.