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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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Nation’s physician workforce evolves: more women, a bit older, and toward different specialties

Female doctors remain concentrated in family and child specialties, while sports medicine is among specialties that are growing, says a data report by the AAMC.

  • Feb. 2, 2021
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Press Release
75-year Partnership Between Veterans Affairs, Academic Medicine Ensures Better Access to Care for Veterans

AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement in recognition of the 75th anniversary of academic affiliations with the VA

  • Jan. 29, 2021
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Feeding future doctors: Universities work to alleviate food insecurity among medical students

Data on food insecurity among medical students is sparse, but researchers think it’s a growing concern amid the pandemic. Schools are working to help.

  • Jan. 14, 2021
People stock the shelves of a campus food pantry at the University of Toledo in Ohio
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Our moment to heal health care

COVID-19 has changed academic medicine forever; it’s up to us to make it better than before.

  • Jan. 12, 2021
Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, says we can leverage the positive changes from the pandemic to improve academic medicine in the coming years.
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As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, medical students help with inoculations

As vaccine efforts launch, medical students have stepped in to administer shots and fill other vital vaccination needs. It's an experience they’ll never forget.

  • Jan. 7, 2021
Third-year Albany Medical College student Niki Wadhwa administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an intensive care unit staff member at Albany Med on one of the first days of vaccination.
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America’s medical residents, by the numbers

The 2020 Report on Residents looks at specialties by gender, changes in specialty preferences through medical school, and new doctors serving in needy areas.

  • Jan. 5, 2021
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Top 10 AAMCNews stories of 2020

The pandemic dominated headlines, but it wasn’t the only topic that grabbed our readers’ attention. Here are the 10 most-read news stories of 2020.

  • Dec. 30, 2020
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Miracles, mysteries, and mayhem: Medicine at the movies

Curious how “frozen” patients came alive, why one doctor wore rubber noses, how a Black lab assistant changed cardiology, and more? Watch these medical movies.

  • Dec. 29, 2020
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Press Release
AAMC Statement on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

The AAMC issued this statement following the passage of legislation (H.R. 133) that would fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2021.

  • Dec. 22, 2020
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WATCH: Medical students rally to connect with isolated seniors during the pandemic

Medical students volunteer to help ease isolation for seniors in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Dec. 22, 2020
Laura Pugh, a third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, delivers groceries to a local senior.