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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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Doctoring at 1,500 feet — during a pandemic

Caring for patients on helicopters is intense — even more so during COVID-19. Here's what it's like to train in the high-flying world of air medical transport.

  • July 9, 2020
A University of Wisconsin Med Flight helicopter team prepares to transport a patient with profound respiratory failure from COVID-19
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Providers in early hot spots rest and prepare for what's next

While staff in the first COVID-19 epicenters try to recover from the onslaught, hospitals beef up wellness supports to stave off fatigue and emotional fallout.

  • July 6, 2020
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Podcast
Racial Health Disparities: How COVID-19 Magnified a Public Health Emergency

David Skorton, AAMC president and CEO, and Malika Fair, MD, senior director of health equity partnerships at the AAMC, discuss racial health disparities.

  • June 24, 2020
Beyond the White Coat with David J. Skorton
Viewpoints
Telemedicine paradoxically deepened our connections with patients

A surge in telemedicine visits during COVID-19 provided unexpected benefits for patients and providers.

  • June 18, 2020
A mother and son have a telemedicine visit with a doctor
Press Release
Vizient, AAMC Expand Benchmarking Capabilities to Community Providers through Clinical Practice Solutions Center

The AAMC and Vizient, Inc. announced today the launch of community benchmarking capabilities for physicians.

  • June 17, 2020
Press Release
AAMC Statement on HHS Nondiscrimination Final Rule

The AAMC issued this statement on the HHS final rule (6/12/2020) that changes nondiscrimination provisions applicable to federally-supported health programs.

  • June 15, 2020
AAMCNews
Starting residency during a pandemic: What will change? What will stay the same?

We asked residents how they got through that tough first year. From the simply practical to the profoundly philosophical, here are their savviest insights.

  • June 11, 2020
Scene of doctors in a hospital hallway
Viewpoints
Want to help battle COVID-19? Bring in more community health workers

COVID-19 has hit marginalized communities hard. But community health workers can help battle deadly health care inequities and inefficiencies.

  • June 9, 2020
Community health worker Orson Brown (right) reviews health-related goals with a patient during a pre-pandemic home visit in Philadelphia
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Transcript: Exploring the Future of Health Care Policy After COVID-19: Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.)

David Skorton, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) to discuss how the coronavirus has forced us to look at health care policy .

  • May 29, 2020
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Transcript: Exploring the Future of Health Care Policy After COVID-19: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)

"Beyond the White Coat" Transcript: Episode 5, Part 1

  • May 29, 2020