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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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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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2019–2020 AAMC Board of Directors Announced

The AAMC has announced its new board of directors. The board’s term will run through the conclusion of Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting, November 2020

Nov. 13, 2019

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Amy Edmondson: Psychological safety is critically important in medicine

Amy Edmondson, PhD, Harvard professor, talks about how to create an interpersonal climate that encourages input from all members of the patient care team.

Nov. 12, 2019

Author Amy Edmondson delivers her speech at at Learn Serve Lead 2019: The AAMC Annual Meeting.

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What every doctor needs to know about patient safety

The AAMC is releasing the first-ever, across-the-board set of skills physicians and trainees need to ensure safer, high-quality care. Here’s an inside look.

Nov. 4, 2019

Doctor with a patient, doctor washing hands, and doctor throwing a used syringe away.

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Why women leave medicine

Research shows that almost 40% of women physicians go part-time or leave medicine altogether within six years of completing their residencies. Here’s why.

Oct. 1, 2019

Female doctor walks down a hospital hallway.

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Navigating the hidden curriculum in medical school

From the clinic to the cafeteria, students pick up messages far beyond what they learn in official courses.

July 30, 2019

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Residents are sleep deprived. So what’s new?

Medical schools and teaching hospitals are closely monitoring duty hours, educating learners on sleep hygiene, and even building sleep pods to fight fatigue.