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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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Medical Education
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Medical Students Get Real-Life Lessons About Social Determinants of Health

Medical students describe their eye-opening takeaways from a program that immersed them in underserved communities.

  • Nov. 27, 2017
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Standardized Patients Teach Skills and Empathy

Specially trained people pose as real patients, help medical students learn to handle sensitive issues.

  • Nov. 27, 2017
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NIH, Research Community Target Next Generation of Scientists

Getting that first grant is more difficult than ever. What is being done to help junior researchers secure the funding they need?

  • Nov. 13, 2017
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Medicine at the Crossroads of Technology and Humanity

Noted author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee will tackle tough questions about medicine’s future at Learn Serve Lead 2017: The AAMC Annual Meeting.

  • Nov. 5, 2017
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Behind Bars and Beyond: Connecting People in Prison to Quality Care

At Learn Serve Lead 2017, participants envisioned how academic medicine can improve the health of those those currently or formerly incarcerated.

  • Nov. 5, 2017
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Charting the History of American Medicine Through Bellevue

In a new book, author David Oshinsky, PhD, uncovers the history and misconceptions of Bellevue, America’s first public hospital.

  • Nov. 5, 2017
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Morality and Medicine: Best-Selling Author David Brooks Explores Character, Culture, and Medical Education

From Obamacare to Nietzsche, commentator and Learn Serve Lead plenary speaker David Brooks delves into medical education and noble virtues.

  • Nov. 4, 2017
Viewpoints
Suicide Prevention: My Top Clinical Priority

To save lives, all of us must #BeThere for veterans in need. A Viewpoint by David J. Shulkin, MD, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Nov. 3, 2017
Viewpoints
Looking Back and Moving Forward—75 Years of the LCME

Darrell G. Kirch on celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accreditation body for medical schools.

  • Oct. 31, 2017
Viewpoints
Where Should We Stand on DACA? Flexner Would Answer the Call

Equity issues are not new to medicine; they began with the legacy of Abraham Flexner, the father of academic medicine.

  • Oct. 17, 2017
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